2011 Alfa Romeo Giulietta – Click above for high-res image gallery
Coach Sergio Marchionne has asked his temperamental star player, Alfa Romeo, to raise its game. Working to help that happen, the coach hasn’t stopped tinkering with the gameplan, trying to get Alfa out of another quasi-bust sales cycle. It’s been said the Giulietta has will [...]
Ford Transit Connect – Click above for high-res image gallery
Ford scored a big deal this week for its new Transit Connect when Canada Post chose the compact commercial van to replace its current fleet of mail carriers. The Canadian post office went through a competitive bidding process to select a new vehicle that included total [...]
Last week we told you about an incident in New York involving unintended acceleration in a 2005 Toyota Prius. This accident occurred just after the high-profile case involving Jim Sikes and his runaway Prius in San Diego, but unlike that incident where the car eventually came to a complete stop, the New York Prius crashed [...]
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery
You’ve probably heard the Toyota Prius referred to as the “Pious.” The joke is that Prius owners feel driving a hybrid means they are holier than thou. But it’s just a joke made by people who wish they could get 50 miles per gallon around town, [...]
Rolls-Royce Phantom – Click above for high-res image gallery
Having been introduced in 2003, the Rolls-Royce Phantom has been on the market for seven years now. That’s a pretty long life-cycle for a car these days. According to the ever-churning rumor mill, that’s only the tip of the proverbial iceberg, as Rolls may be planning on [...]
It used to be that every full-line American automaker offered a version of its mainstream full-size sedan to make it appropriate for police duty. By the time 1996 rolled around, the Chevrolet Caprice, which was the last would-be competitor to the standard-setting Ford Crown Victoria, was discontinued, leaving the lucrative police market to the Blue [...]
2012 BMW M5 Touring – Click above for high-res image
Master photochopper Jon Sibal has put digital pen to virtual paper to render up the next BMW M5, but unlike his previous F11 ‘chops, he’s applying his skills to the yet-to-be-confirmed Touring version of the mid-size bahn-burner.
As Sibal points out in his post, BMW has an [...]
2011 Ford Edge Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery
After spending some time with the 2011 Ford Edge Sport, it’s obvious Ford did more than just a run-of-the-mill mid-cycle refresh. And with the overhauled crossover hitting showrooms this summer, more and more information is trickling out. A member of the Blue Oval forums [...]
2010 Mzda CX-7 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Two years ago, Mazda introduced an advanced new 2.2-liter four cylinder diesel engine in the European market. Since then, we’ve asked Mazda officials on several occasions whether they would offer that engine in the U.S. market. The company has never ruled out bringing a diesel here, [...]
McLaren MP4-12C – Click above for high-res image gallery
If you read our deep dive on the McLaren MP4-12C, you’re thoroughly up to speed on the automaker’s first full-on foray into supercardom. However, something was missing. McLaren hadn’t provided the rudimentary performance figures to keep bench racers and keyboard jockeys frothing at the mouth. Until today.
According [...]
Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni on mountain roads – Click above to watch the video after the jump
Talk about a perfect way to spend an afternoon. The boys over at Motor Trend got their hands on Lamborghini’s hottest two-wheel-drive creation, the LP550-2 Valentino Balboni, but instead of taking it to the track or recording performance [...]
McLaren MP4-12C – Click above for high-res image gallery
At a press conference held at its technology center in the UK this morning, McLaren Automotive officially launched itself into existence as a real, honest-to-goodness automaker. McLaren Automotive chairman Ron Dennis introduced the new MP4-12C by reminding the audience that since McLaren entered Formula One competition [...]
Kia Forte Koup with “R” package – Click above for high-res image gallery
In our initial review of the Kia Forte Koup, we were very impressed with the car’s overall style and levels of standard equipment, but we wished that the car were a bit more potent on the street. One remedy for that is [...]
Thonet shift knobs for Volvo C70 – Click above for high-res image gallery
We’ll be honest – when we heard that a European contemporary furniture designer would be creating something specifically for Volvo, our first thought was, well, IKEA. (Very funny, we know.) However, the folks at Thonet (based in Germany, not Sweden) have created special [...]
The troubles keep mounting for Toyota as the company announced that the number of Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles that have been recalled will be going up by two. No, not two million… just two. That means the company has now recalled 8,500,002 vehicles in the past several months. This most recent recall involves a [...]
