One of the many regular car- and motorcycle-spotters at the infamous Mulholland Drive, just outside of Los Angeles, was on hand to film several passes of what he described as a “Mystery Car”. “Some Mulholland passes from an un-named car,” wrote YouTube author 31200MulhollandHwy, adding that, “CHP [California Highway Patrol] closed the road intermittently – [...]
Automakers have been making and breaking fuel-cell vehicle promises for years, and now Hyundai is jumping into the fray with the Tucson Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicle. The automaker is joining the Energy Department, gas suppliers, hydrogen and fuel-cell businesses and other automakers with the goal of solving infrastructure and resource challenges in order to bring [...]
Confirming a rumor that has been making the rounds for years now, and picked up quite a bit of steam within the past six months, Honda has announced it will return to Formula 1 as an engine supplier beginning in 2015. Honda didn’t explicitly say why it wouldn’t join up next season when the 1.6-liter [...]
The 918 Spyder may pay homage to Porsche’s illustrious past, but its real mission is redefining supercar possibilities. Smart use of advanced technology works to eliminate the traditional conflict between performance and efficiency. Faster, and theoretically more fuel-stingy than any past Porsche, the 918 ventures beyond today’s expectations of hybrid technology to ensure that driving [...]
CHRIS DOANE AUTOMOTIVE AND THE MANUFACTURER What It Is: The inevitable Jaguar F-type coupe, caught wearing camouflage on its roof designed to look like a softtop. It’s not fooling anyone, and it isn’t exactly a secret that Jaguar is working on a fixed-head F-type. Despite debuting as a roadster, the F-type was first previewed in [...]
Audi needs to maintain its momentum. Having rapidly made up ground on BMW and Mercedes-Benz in many important markets, it nevertheless still trails those brands in the U.S. But Ingolstadt isn’t running out of ideas, and these renderings provide a sense of what Audi has up its sleeve for the third-generation TT, the second-generation A5, [...]
Welcome to another story on an upcoming Alfa Romeo model. Nothing is ever certain, company insiders are quoted, and dates are given for the release of new models, some more implausible than the other. This time we talk about the Alfa Romeo-badged SUV, which, according to new information, is set to make its debut by [...]
(AllHipHop News) As if having his hand in bringing the Nets to Brooklyn wasn’t enough, Marcy projects bred rapper and music mogul, Jay-Z, is part of a group looking to renovate the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum outside New York City on Long Island. Attending the meeting Thursday, Jay-Z and his partners briefed media on four potential [...]
While we still have many years ahead of us for fuel-cell vehicles to become a practical and affordable alternative to gasoline- and diesel-powered models, automakers are edging closer and closer to that goal. On Tuesday, during the Fortune Brainstorm Green conference in Laguna Niguel, California, Chris Hostetter, group vice president of strategic planning for Toyota [...]
We know what your first question will be about the spy video and these latest shots of the 2015 Subaru WRX prototype, but unfortunately, we can’t give you an answer yet if this is the wishy-washy (read complete letdown), production version of the dramatic WRX Concept, a WRX iteration of the current Impreza to be [...]
Audi has been testing the waters with various electric vehicles over the years, and they’ve surely gathered considerable experience in the process. Now, they are reportedly transferring their knowledge into a VW e-Up!-based all-electric vehicle, which is set to arrive in 2015. The information comes courtesy of Automobil-produktion, which says their own source is German [...]
The new Volkswagen GTI, based on the seventh-generation Golf, is the automotive equivalent of airline-pilot intercom chatter. You know what we’re talking about: The pilot’s “From the flight deck . . .” speech. His tone is invariably measured and soothing (with a slight quasi-Southern/military accent). It’s the aural equivalent of a cozy comforter. He could [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA is considering the idea of splitting the 2015 All-Star weekend between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets. Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver says the league is holding discussions with both New York teams and they are open to a joint bid. The Nets play at the $ 1 billion [...]
Disney has begun to outline its plans for the Star Wars franchise, with the studio promising a new adventure in the galaxy far, far away every year from 2015. The studio made the announcement at the CinemaCon festival, explaining that the films would alternate annually between the ongoing sequence of “Episodes” and a series of [...]
KGP PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE MANUFACTURER What It Is: This camouflaged Subaru prototype is one of three things: a non-WRX, sporty Impreza variant; a thinly disguised and production-ready next-gen WRX or WRX STI; or a mule created to test the WRX’s powertrain and cooling. We think the final option is the most likely, as it combines [...]