The immortal BMW 507 Roadster definitely needs no introduction. It is simply the most beautiful car BMW has ever produced up to now and it will always remain as one of the most important design icons of the 50’s. BMW’s new roadster was hastily unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in autumn 1955, where it [...]
May 11, 2012 at 6:58pm by Justin Berkowitz Ferrari’s successor to the Enzo will debut sometime this year, company chairman Luca di Montezemolo announced in a press release this morning. “At the end of the year, we’ll also be unveiling the new Enzo, a limited series model and our first ever hybrid car,” he said. [...]
The best mod that you can make to improve the performance of any car doesn’t happen in the engine bay or in the wheel wells. It happens in the cabin; and I’m not talking about a stereo upgrade, a Momo steering wheel, or racing bucket seats. I’m talking about boosting the performance of the boob [...]
In a Q1 financial report, Ferrari quietly announced that they will be launching “the new Enzo, a limited series model and our first ever hybrid car,” by the end of this year. First was the video detailing the V12 Hy-KERS powertrain that will power the upcoming Ferrari Enzo replacement and now we have Ferrari announcing [...]
With Bruno Spengler’s (CA) victory and third place for Augusto Farfus (BR) at the Lausitzring (DE), BMW achieved a top-class result in just the second race of its comeback season in the DTM. In an interview, BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt speaks about the successful start to the season. Mr. Marquardt, can you believe what [...]
There are a couple of easy ways to get car guys interested. There are few ways to get a car guy interested that also get the EPA and the green crew on board. Turbocharging is one. Adding lightness is the other. Cadillac already has that first one in the bag by offering a 270-horsepower 2.0-liter [...]
May 11, 2012 at 12:28pm by Alexander Stoklosa Lotus the car company may not be on an even footing at the moment, but Lotus Racing seems to be chugging along just fine. One promising sign: The outfit recently revealed its latest Evora-based race car, the GTC. While the Evora GTC isn’t exactly all-new—it is a [...]
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BMW North America releases to dealers the ordering guide and pricing for the 2012 BMW M6 Convertible and 2013 BMW M6 Coupe. The 2012 BMW M6 Convertible will be the first of the three new M to arrive in US BMW Center showrooms. The M6 Convertible arrives this June and will be priced at $ [...]
Two victims seriously injured in a distracted driving accident are suing not only the man looking at his mobile phone when he should have been driving, but also the person sending him text messages. A New Jersey judge will rule later this month if a text message sender can be held liable for a distracted [...]
Bentley exists in a very fun little world of elite vehicles. They’re amazingly expensive, rare anywhere except Southern California, Miami and London and when they need to appease fuel economy rules and societal pressures say “You need a smaller, more fuel-efficient engine!” Bentley responds by dumping in a 500 horsepower V8. Bentley claimed that this new [...]
In the town of Longbridge, just outside of Birmingham in the U.K., British workers assemble an all-new MG model from kits imported from China. We went up to the once-sprawling industrial site to check out the operation, where China’s SAIC employs 300 engineers, runs a design studio, and screws together mostly finished cars. Welcome to [...]
A very short update for Day 5 of the One Lap of America as the day was pretty hectic with 3 events at Hastings Motorsport Park; two time trials & an autocross. Then we had a 650 mile drive up to Brainerd, MN for tomorrow’s events. The two time trials went well with Mike piloting [...]
To go along with the Porsche 918 Spyder set for release sometime in 2013, Porsche is also readying a hardtop variant which we’re calling the 2015 Porsche 918 Coupe. Seen here testing in Germany, the road-going 918 Coupe was previewed by the 918 RSR (racecar) which debuted at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. This road [...]
We’ve just come from the space-age headquarters of McLaren, which is tucked away in a suburb of London. The stunning facility houses both McLaren’s racing teams as well as McLaren Automotive. It’s the latter that we will be talking about today, having scrounged, interviewed, and pestered everyone we could find. Fortunately, no Bothan spies died [...]