This week, VW’s plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, built the 30 millionth Golf, about 39 years after production of the original Golf began in early 1974. Volkswagen’s most successful European car ever, the Golf has been sold in over 2,000 units every day over the past 39 years. The milestone car is a Golf TDI BlueMotion, [...]
Despite being a hugely expensive car that is out of reach for most gearheads in the world, the Lamborghin iAventador has been a big hit since its 2011 launch. This week, the Sant’Agata Bolognese-based manufacturer announced the manufacturing of the 2,000th example of the Aventador, a Nero Nemesis car, which is destined for an unnamed [...]
The Honda mower just as modification work began. (Credit: Top Gear) British TV series “Top Gear” is known for building some pretty outlandish automotive creations. The latest in that lineage is a Honda FH2620 mower. That doesn’t sound very exciting until you learn just how heavily modified it is, from the tires to the engine. [...]
Less than four years after the production debut of the Panamera, Porsche’s Leipzig plant in Germany today built the 100,000th example of the liftback model. The milestone vehicle is a new Panamera S E-Hybrid in “rhodium-silver metallic”. The milestone model festively drove off the assembly line and through a paper wall that was signed by [...]
Kim Roxy proves you can do more with less. The founder of LAMIK Beauty (pronounced la-MEEK) began her journey into the world of cosmetics out of necessity. While attending Clark-Atlanta University, like many other broke college students, Roxy realized she needed a source of income. “I was in college and couldn’t afford to be there. Then [...]
Beyonce’s new song is quite the experimental record for her. “Bow Down /I Been On” is reportedly produced by Hit-Boy, Timbaland, Polow Da Don and Planet VI. Taking to YouTube, Hit gives us a glimpse of how he put together his half by breaking down each layer. Even with his rap ambitions now, Hit proves [...]
Pop musician and soon-to-be judge on The Voice Ursher Usher recently visited Mercedes-AMG’s headquarters in Affalterbach, Germany. He was there to stand near/help assemble the engine bound for his personal SLS AMG and to drive the new A45 AMG hatchback. This tidbit on its own isn’t newsworthy, but the cozy relationship between Usher and Mercedes-Benz could [...]
We don’t know about Denmark, but in the States, the fourth generation of the Toyota Supra (1992-2002) is not only a rare commodity nowadays – for example, we found 8 listed for sale on eBay and 91 on Autotrader, and that’s for the entire USA- but a very expensive one at that, with unmolested, low [...]
In case you think the Stig smashing the Ariel Atom’s lap record in the Pagani Huayra is the only exciting thing that happened in the first episode of Top Gear’s 19th season, you’d better reconsider. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from watching the BBC TV car show over the years it’s that you can [...]
Kia says this new concept, which looks like a hatchback from the picture, is bigger than its Sorento SUV. (Credit: Kia) The trend for crossover vehicles grew over the last five years, so it is not surprising that Kia’s newest concept, set for an unveiling at the Chicago auto show, bears the name Cross GT. [...]
Mercedes-Benz has revamped the E-Class for the 2014 model year, and as part of the changes, they’ve also given the much-loved-around-these-parts E63 AMG an upgrade. In addition to the big styling changes, the E63 AMG receives a pair of power upgrades—and most controversially, a standard all-wheel-drive system. That’s right—the E63 AMG, that German stuntin’ champion, [...]
If keeping up with those CyanogenMod 10 nightly builds was hard work, or just a little too bleeding-edge, then you might be interested to hear about the introduction of “M-Series” releases for CM10. Once a month, the team will release a more stable version for your downloading pleasure, though they are also keen to point [...]
A report in Automotive News says that GM plans to idle the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant where the Chevrolet Volt is built for a month starting in Sept. It will be the second time this year that the plant has been idled. Demand for the Volt has been slowly improving with just over 10,000 sold through [...]
We only just learned in earnest that XBMC was coming to Android last month, and yet we’re already looking at workable builds. Kermonine96 at the XDA-Developers forum has started offering his own, unofficial nightly versions of the media center front end, both for regularly supported devices with Neon processor code (most often HTC and Samsung [...]
Like Jelly Beans, custom Android ROMs tend to have different flavors — and CyanogenMod happens to be a fan favorite. Good thing then, that the CM10 team is now serving nightly builds of its Jelly Bean-based custom ROM update. According to the CyanogenMod Google+ page, CM10 nightlies are now available for the US Samsung Galaxy [...]