February 2012

Chevy's Corvette ZR1 and Camaro ZL1 In 2011, the Chevrolet Camaro earned a 37-percent share of the sports car market place in the United States, while its Corvette sibling picked up 28-percent of the luxury sports car market place. Some 88,249 clients took delivery of a new Camaro final year, while 13,164 buyers snapped up [...]

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In the realm of automotive game changers and earth shakers, Kia has received their official membership with the introduction of their all-new Kia flashship sedan (code named K9 and KH). Following a number of leaked sketches and teaser images, Kia has taken the wraps off of what will launch the Korean auto brand into the [...]

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Filed below: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Videos, Crossover, Nissan, Design/Style Nissan is headed to this year’s Geneva Motor Show in March with a slew of concept vehicles. The firm has let slip a teaser for one particular of those creations, total with a fast video. The automaker calls the new automobile the Hi-Cross [...]

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If you like the hissing and grunting sounds of a Nissan GT-R's 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V6, then we're pretty sure that you are going to love these two videos from Singapore showing a convoy consisting of more than 40 (!) Godzillas traveling together on the road. The drivers are members of the Nissan GTR Owner's clubs [...]

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Filed under: Geneva Motor Show, Hatchback, Volvo, Luxury Two pictures of the 2013 Volvo V40 broke onto Facebook lately and it seems their buddies did not want to be left behind. Fourteen far more press shots of Volvo‘s new five-door hatchback just burgled their way onto the Net, and from the front 3-quarter it looks [...]

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In an article by AutoCar, it is reported that Mercedes-Benz is eyeing to produce a three-door hatchback that can compete with VW’s Scirocco. This small car is likely to be included in the A-Class range, but nothing is sure yet. Aside from the small car variant, a long B-Class is also being planned. The car, [...]

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In an article by AutoCar, it is reported that Mercedes-Benz is eyeing to produce a three-door hatchback that can compete with VW’s Scirocco. This small car is likely to be included in the A-Class range, but nothing is sure yet. Aside from the small car variant, a long B-Class is also being planned. The car, [...]

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  As crossovers (aka demi-SUVs) go, the Range Rover Evoque isn’t the roomiest, or the most affordable, or even the most economical. But damn if it isn’t the coolest looking. Whether you pick the 3-door or the 5-door, there’s a good chance you’ll find yourself looking back at it over your shoulder every time you [...]

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BMW's M135i hot hatch. Image: BMW AG BMW’s M Performance line was announced last month, and so far the sub-brand’s focus has been on turbodiesels. That changes with the Geneva debut of the M135i hatchback concept, which, for the record, we want very, very badly to see in the United States. We’re fans of the [...]

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&nbsp The R230 chassis Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG was the initial AMG-fortified SL to be produced in important volumes and the initial to be exported to North America (The V12-powered R129 chassis SL60 AMG and SL73 AMG, as nicely as the usually aspirated R129 SL55 AMG, had been neither.). It also helped introduce thousands of buyers [...]

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Subaru has released their UK-specification of the Subaru BRZ. The new 2+2 coupe comes with 17 inch alloy wheels, a torque-sensing LSD, front, side, curtain and knee airbags, MP3 connectivity, dual-zone climate manage and LED daytime operating lights. The driver-focussed BRZ also has Subaru’s VDC (Automobile Dynamic Control) and can be fitted with either a [...]

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&nbsp Rare is the automaker-branded non-automotive product that was created with a great deal of involvement from mentioned automaker. Most of the time, the auto organization waits for the trinketmaker's check to clear and, as soon as that occurs, it's onto reviewing the next licensed item for approval. No consulting on the size and placement [...]

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A handful of years ago at SEMA, Jay Leno unveiled a unique Camaro V6 built exclusively for him by Ed Welburn (GM’s VP of International Style) and his Common Motors team. This a single-of-a-type Camaro capabilities a couple of turbos giving the three.6-liter V6 420 horsepower. Many of us believed this could be the subsequent [...]

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&nbsp Immediately after the great muscle automobile mass extinction of the 1970s, fans of these quintessentially American tire mincers were justifiably worried that this distinct genus of the motoring kingdom would never once more occupy a new auto showroom. The fear that the only location to witness these carnivores of the concrete jungle would be [...]

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Honda took it on the chin for its boring redesign of the Civic, but here’s one thing it got right: Reducing the use of toxic chemicals in the manufacturing process for its interior. According to the Ecology Center’s new report on HealthyStuff.org, the 2012 Civic uses the least off-gassing plastics, materials that can lead to [...]

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  In honor of Valentine's Day, here is a nice little infographic showing the results of a survey of men and women when it comes to a little frisky action in the car.  The results are both interesting and encouraging…   Source: BodyShopBids.com   Sub5zero.com — — —

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Opel is providing a new sporty and fashionable Kaleidoscope edition of the Corsa. Two upmarket metallic exterior colors — pepperdust and technical grey &ndash are available for the three or five-door Corsa model to achieve a spectacular and distinctive appear. The exterior features incorporate a glossy black roof, black mirror housings and a black grille [...]

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&nbsp When Mercedes-Benz and in-residence tuner AMG decided to reincarnate the spirit of the iconic 300SL &ldquoGullwing&rdquo in the form of the SLS AMG, we doubt that either group realized just how common it would turn into inside the tuning community. But the fact of the matter is the aftermarket has gone apecrap for this [...]

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I was in no way considerably of a fan when it comes to automotive test-drive/journalist junkie Chris Harris of EVO till just recently. Somehow, in the past handful of weeks, I stumbled upon some of his more agreeable test drive critique videos featuring cars that I personally occur to like and drive myself. Perhaps it [...]

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