Filed under: Motorsports, Canada
It’s official, Formula 1 and Montreal are in love again. Bernie Ecclestone’s supersonic price increases in 2008 drove the Canadian venue (and North America entirely) off the map in 2009. It was the first time in three decades that the F1 club didn’t visit Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and by the end of […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Mercedes-Benz, Design/Style, Luxury
Kircherer SLS 63 CP — Click above for high-res image gallery
To put it kindly, we’ll call the attempts to tune the appearance of the Mercedes SLS AMG gilding the lily. Although the folks at Kircherer were obviously not doing the same amount or potency of drugs procured by […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Volkswagen
There have been rumblings about VW getting into F1 by signing up with a specific team, but the chatter was always quashed. This time, reports suggest that VW is actively talking up the idea of getting into Formula 1 after 2012, but as an engine supplier to multiple teams. Hans-Joachim Stuck, VW’s […]
Filed under: Alfa Romeo, Fiat
In truth, Alfa Romeo didn’t simply rename the coming model formerly known as “Milano” to “Giulietta.” It was Fiat’s unhappy Milanese workers who made a stink awful enough to get the company to change course in nomenclature. Seems the new Milano was due to arrive as the last of the Milanese […]
Filed under: LA Auto Show, Budget, Sedan, Chevrolet
2011 Chevrolet Cruze - click above for high-res image gallery
More than a year after first showing us a styling buck and nearly as long since launching it overseas, General Motors is finally showing off the production Chevy Cruze for North America. Set to be shown publicly this week […]
Filed under: Car Buying, Japan, Hyundai, Kia, Earnings/Financials, South Korea
As Hyundai continues to pull itself up by its bootstraps, the company is moving decisively and picking up share around the globe. However, one key market continues to be so problematic for the brand that they’ve decided to abandon it altogether: Japan. Rather than dodder around […]
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Etc., Videos, BMW
BMW M1 in camouflage - Click above to watch the video
For the life of us, we can’t figure this. BMWblog has posted a video of what surely looks like an O.G. BMW M1, dressed up in that ubiquitous swirlydelic camouflage du jour and parked on a Munich street. It’s […]
Filed under: LA Auto Show, Convertible, Coupe, Technology, Ford
2011 Ford Mustang V6 - Click above for high-res image gallery
It would be reasonable to expect that Ford might pass over the Mustang and instead devote more attention to its other models since it’s fresh off a comprehensive revamp for the 2010 model year. However, that’s not […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Etc., Honda, Suzuki, Toyota, India, Tata, Design/Style
DC Designs customized Tata Nano - Click above for image gallery
It was bound to happen. Think back to when Volkswagen Beetles infested the roads of the globe; there was no shortage of customized Bugs. Tata aims to put the world on wheels with its low-priced […]
Filed under: Classics, Etc., Hatchback, Volkswagen, South America
The string of interesting and offbeat Volkswagens from the firm’s Brazilian division is enough to fill a coffee-table book. The SP2, for example, is one of the prettiest variations ever laid atop Type III mechanicals, one that many die-hard Volks-fans in the United States have never heard of. […]