Filed under: Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Toyota, Lifestyle
Art and automobiles share an uneasy crossroads. Automotive body design is certainly art, but the expression tends to be curtailed by the demands of commerce. Design a car that leans too far towards pure art, and the market will reject it. The symbiosis of needs has served the automotive industry […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Auto Show, Peugeot
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In Geneva early this year, Peugeot picked from over 4,000 entries to name the Flux as the winner of its 4th annual design competition. Now, the lucky designer who penned the Flux, Mihai Panaitescu, will see his creation built to scale […]
Filed under: Car Buying, Sedans/Saloons, Chevrolet
The Malibu’s debut at dealerships this November is coming up quick, so Chevrolet formally announced pricing for the entire lineup, including the hybrid.
You can read the full press release after the jump, but the quick and dirty version begins with the base LS model that comes in at $19,345, a […]
Filed under: Etc., Jaguar
As a wrap-up to a very memorable career as “The Architect,” Karl Rove’s Jaguar was covered in plastic wrap by some White House jokers. Rove is the man considered to be the mastermind behind George W. Bush winning both his Presidential bids, but it couldn’t stop him from getting punked. While away […]
Filed under: Chrysler
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Well, it looks like somebody is going to be buying the Chrysler Sebring. We just got a tip that GAZ has bought the rights to build a modified version of the last-gen car for sale in Europe. Along with manufacturing help […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Sports/GTs, Supercars, BMW
You figure after twodifferent tuners had squeezed the M5’s 500 HP V10 into an E92 BMW 3-series, you’d seen enough of that particular swap. Not quite. The German tuners at G-Power thought that a more suitable candidate for the big boy in the M lineup would be the previous […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Japan, Honda, Toyota
Thirty-odd years ago, Japanese car manufacturers began designing and building cars specifically for the world’s largest automotive market place: America. Sadly, the big three never returned the compliment and have yet to design a car tailored to the second largest market: Japan. However, California’s Swift Engineering has just won the […]
Filed under: Coupes, Sedans/Saloons, Honda
The first Honda Accord, released in 1976, had a 93.7-inch wheelbase and 68 horsepower. This latest Accord, the 7th generation, has a wheelbase nearly 17 inches longer, and 200 more horsepower. My, how you’ve grown. You’ve seen the pictures and read the releases on the new Honda Accord sedan and coupe. […]
Filed under: Garage, Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Jaguar
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Put a gun to my head, hand over a winning lottery ticket and tell me to go out and bring back the best grand touring sports car money can buy, and I may just return with a Jaguar XK. Ask for the best large […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Frankfurt Auto Show, Tuners, Supercars, Ferrari
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One of the many tuners showing off its wares in Frankfurt is Novitec Rosso, famed Deutsch tuners of all things from the boot-shaped nation. We caught wind of the firm’s newest endeavor a month or so back, and today, […]