Filed under: Economy, Safety, Videos, Hatchbacks, SMART
The IIHS has put the 2008 smart fortwo through its frontal offset crash test, and the video is on YouTube even though the IIHS hasn’t released its results yet. For everyone who points out the benefits of the smart’s miniscule size, there are a number of others who say […]
Filed under: Tuners, Sports/GTs, Euro, Hatchbacks, Opel
Click above for a gallery of the Steinmetz Corsa OPC
The Opel Corsa is small, cool, and like most other neat U.S.-automaker Euro offerings, unavailable to us — at least for now. As good as the current car would look wearing Saturn badges and slotted beneath the Astra, we’ll have […]
Filed under: Convertibles, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Euro, Audi
Click either image for high-res galleries of Audi’s two new TTs
Audi has gone ahead and released all it knows about the two newest versions of the TT. The first is the TTS, the most hotted-up version of Audi’s sports car brandishing a 2.0L TFSI (turbo, direct-inject) four-cylinder that produces […]
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, Commercial Trucks, Supercars, Nissan
Click the image above for more hi-res shots from the first day of Nissan 360
Nissan is holding its second ever Nissan 360 event in Cascais, Portugal as we speak. The two-day Nissan (and Infiniti) product extravaganza gathers every product produced by the company from around the world, and […]
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Wagons/Estates, Volkswagen, UK
Click on the image for more high-res shots of the Passat R36
Volkswagen’s most powerful Passat ever, the R36, which we’ve been hearing about for over a year, is finally on sale in the U.K. in both sedan and wagon versions. Featuring a 4MOTION all-wheel-drive system to put the 300 horses […]
Filed under: Economy, Japan, Hatchbacks, Nissan
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Nissan Cube.
Let’s just get this out of the way right now: this blogger is going to buy one of these cars when they come to America. And I’m a die-hard 385-plus-horsepower sports car owner for years now. And I live in LA. […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Convertibles, Sedans/Saloons, Cadillac
While Cadillac busies itself with a 2-door version of the new CTS sedan, the folks over at Coach Builders, Ltd have been busy taking their tops off. The boulevardier CTS gets an insulated, hydraulically-powered roof fitted with a heated glass rear window and cloth headliner. The top also comes in […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Sedans/Saloons, Volkswagen
Click above for high-res gallery of race action from Jetta TDI Cup
The first race of the first all-diesel, road racing series in America took place this past weekend at VIRginia International Raceway, and we were there, or rather AutoblogGreen was there, to watch it go down. The gorgeous VIR long course […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Bentley
Click above for gallery of the Bentley Continental DC
We can’t imagine being an apprentice at Bentley leaves you a lot of spare time, what with your full class load on how to stitch the perfect steering wheel, match wood grains and build twin-turbo V8s with your bare hands. A team […]
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Mazda
If you’ve ever smashed up a car in an accident, you’ve probably had the unpleasant experience of dealing with insurance agents who assess what can be saved and what has to be written off. In most cases, insurance companies might find ways to save as much as they can. But the insurers […]