Archive for December, 2009

Mitsubishi releases updated JDM Outlander Roadest with unique look

Filed under: SUV, Japan, Crossover, Mitsubishi

2010 Mitsubishi Outlander Roadest - click for high-res gallery
Normally when an automaker updates a model, even if it’s just a quick cosmetic change, the earlier version is treated like cheek meat - nobody wants it unless it’s a real good deal, and the dealers just want them gone. Mitsubishi […]

KBB lists its “most researched” new cars and trucks in 2009

Filed under: Car Buying, Etc.

Kelley Blue Book’s twenty most researched cars — Click above for a high-res gallery
Kelley Blue Book (KBB) strained the data from its voluminous cache to come up with the year’s 20 most researched cars, and the five brands that got the most attention. This will probably come as a surprise to […]

Reports: GMAC close to getting $3B+ cash injection from U.S. government

Filed under: Government/Legal
When the U.S. government conducted bank stress tests earlier in the year, one of the financial institutes that didn’t pass the mid-term exam was GMAC. At the time, the government told GMAC that it would need another $5.6 billion to weather another economic calamity, but the Detroit Free Press reports that the final […]

Report: Quebec drivers face hefty fine if they don’t drive on snow tires

Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Safety, Canada

Ah, Quebec. Beautiful women, beautiful city, fantastic food. But there is a dark side. No, not poutin and steamies. We’re talking about the language police! Answer your phone incorrectly, write something in English more than 50 percent the size of the equivalent French phrase or - worst of all - […]

Report: Merit pay returns to General Motors

Filed under: GM, Earnings/Financials
When General Motors was on the verge of bankruptcy, cuts were made to salaried workers’ pay and benefits. The move was important to help preserve as much cash as possible while also showing the federal government and the United Auto Workers that everybody in the company was making a sacrifice. Some might […]

Video: Audi Space on Playstation Home network the place for spiky-haired sky drivers

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Audi, Toys/Games

Audi Space promo video - Click above to watch video
Audi has released a promotional video for its Audi Space area on the Playstation Home network to the Internetz. It’s part Blade Runner, part Berlin discotheque and all e-Tron.
From where we sit, it could win a Truth in Advertising award […]

Video: Sickest model car lighting kits ever

Filed under: Etc., Videos, Toys/Games

Modell-Lichtsystem die-cast model lighting kits - Click above to watch video
That’s not a real Audi R8 pictured above. That’s a 1:18-scale Kyosho die-cast model, fitted with a Modell-Lichtsystem (ML) illumination kit. The ML light packages can turn a model car with photo-realistic detail into something that’s almost a smaller version […]

Review: 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 reminds us we’re in the wrong tax bracket

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Audi, Reviews

2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Sigh. Another day, another 500+ horsepower supercar to babysit for a week. Such is my lot in life. Obviously I’m joking, to a degree. To be honest, I wasn’t that particularly jazzed about the Audi R8 with the […]

From the Twitterverse: Lexus of Europe says LFA V10 is bespoke, not headed for GS F

Filed under: Coupe, Sedan, Performance, Lexus, Rumormill

Another country heard from - this time, a mole in Lexus of Europe has announced via the corporate Twitter account that the LFA’s V10 will definitely not be going into the GS F. The supercar’s 10-pot wonder is “bespoke to LFA,” which is ur-English for something custom made, […]

Video: 9ff TR 1000 reaches 391.7 km/h at Papenburg test track

Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Porsche
Click above to watch the 9ff TR 1000 reach 391.7 km/h at the Papenburg test track after the jump
There aren’t too many places you can cruise at over 200 mph in relative safety, but the Papenburg test track is one of them. The high speed oval located in Northern Germany […]