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Playboy Playmate Rides in F1 3-Seater at New Texas F1 Tack
Playboy Playmate Rides in F1 3-Seater at New Texas F1 Tack

24 Oct 2012, 11:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Circuit of America is a brand new track in Texas, near Austin. Constructors broke grounds in January last year, and in a few weeks it will host the penultimate round of the 2012 Formula One season, ...

 
Nissan DeltaWing Repaired in Less Than 24 Hours
Nissan DeltaWing Repaired in Less Than 24 Hours

19 Oct 2012, 15:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan’s dedicated team of mechanics and engineers have managed the impossible and fixed the DeltaWing endurance racer is already fixed, less than 24 hours after the car crashed into a Porsche...

 
Future Drive Motor Show Announced for 2013 at ExCeL London
Future Drive Motor Show Announced for 2013 at ExCeL London

18 Oct 2012, 11:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / EcoVelocity, he event which gathered tens of thousands of green motorists in its first year, has created a spin-off in the form of the exciting new show – ‘Future Drive Motor Show’...

 
Nissan Deltawing Crashes During Testing in Atlanta
Nissan Deltawing Crashes During Testing in Atlanta

18 Oct 2012, 11:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Nissan Deltawing project just can’t seem to catch a break. This little car proved it could be good at endurance engine with only a 1.6-liter turbo from the Nissan Juke powering it, but it&...

 
China’s First Ferrari Owner: Li Xiaohua aka Mr. Ferrari
China’s First Ferrari Owner: Li Xiaohua aka Mr. Ferrari

17 Oct 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A red 348 TS became the very first Ferrari ever bought by a Chinese man. In 1992, two decades ago, Li Xiaohua became the proud owner of his first Prancing Horse, a car which soon became a simple of ...

 
Peugeo 208 e-HDI Impresses in 2012 MPG Marathon
Peugeo 208 e-HDI Impresses in 2012 MPG Marathon

8 Oct 2012, 12:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The most efficient version of Peugeot’s funky new 208 is the 1.4-liter e-HDI, which can reportedly exceed the 90 MPG (3.13 l/100km) in real world driving conditions, reaching a reported 93.4 M...

 
2013 European Car of the Year Nominees
2013 European Car of the Year Nominees

3 Oct 2012, 14:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Electric cars were all the rage the past couple of years at the European Car of the Year awards. In 2011, the Nissan Leaf took the title, and earlier this year its sworn rival the Chevy Volt-based O...

 
Hyundai Announces WRC Return With Radical i20
Hyundai Announces WRC Return With Radical i20

27 Sep 2012, 13:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s a little-known fact, but hyundai used to have a rally team in 2000 to 2003, one which used an Accent. Recently, a Veloster rally car has recently been unveiled, but to keep the fans happy...

 
Opel Presents Adam in Paris Ahead of Motor Show <span>· Live Photos</span>
Opel Presents Adam in Paris Ahead of Motor Show · Live Photos

26 Sep 2012, 17:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hi there, my name is Adam, Opel Adam. No, don't be silly, I am not the ghost of Opel's founder, I'm the brand's new city car and I'm here to capture your imagination. Tak...

 
Self-Driving Cars Now Legal in California
Self-Driving Cars Now Legal in California

26 Sep 2012, 14:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Considering the fact that Google had announced that it wants nation-wide legalization of autonomous or self-driving cars, as well as the fact that they first obtained it in the state of Nevada, Cali...

 
Electric Odyssey EV Trip Around the World Ends Successfully
Electric Odyssey EV Trip Around the World Ends Successfully

25 Sep 2012, 15:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The happy conclusion of Rafael de Mestre’s trip around the world in his Tesla Roadster also coincided with the end of a very similar endeavor. The ‘Electric Odyssey’ of Antoin Guy ...

 
Rafael de Mestre’s Successfully Completes EV Trip Around the World
Rafael de Mestre’s Successfully Completes EV Trip Around the World

24 Sep 2012, 13:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After starting off in Barcelona, a few months back, Rafael de Mestre and his Tesla Roadster arrived in the Spanish city yet again, only this time after having traveled around the entire world, in or...

 
Chinese City Guangzhou Embraces and Celebrates ‘Car Free Day’
Chinese City Guangzhou Embraces and Celebrates ‘Car Free Day’

24 Sep 2012, 11:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Most cities’ congestion problems could be solved, with relative ease, by banning people from using their cars all the time, and offering advanced mass transit solutions. However, since limitin...

 
Iveco Stralis Hi-Way Voted ‘Truck of the Year 2013’
Iveco Stralis Hi-Way Voted ‘Truck of the Year 2013’

19 Sep 2012, 11:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Iveco may not be doing so well as a company, the quality of their products still persists, and so, their new Stralis Hi-Way has just been voted ‘Truck of the Year 2012’, by 25 lead...

 
Nissan DeltaWing Ready for ALMS
Nissan DeltaWing Ready for ALMS

18 Sep 2012, 11:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan’s racing team that is in charge of the DeltaWing project is obviously upset with the way things worked out at the Le Mans 24 hours earlier this year. After being “unceremoniously ...

 
Cadillac to Auction First 2013 ATS for Charity
Cadillac to Auction First 2013 ATS for Charity

17 Sep 2012, 15:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The first Cadillac ATS sedan has already rolled off the line some time ago, but the manufacturer held onto it until it could find the right cause. Today, they’ve announced it will be auctione...

 
Ferrari Parade: New World Record Set at Silverstone <span>· Video</span>
Ferrari Parade: New World Record Set at Silverstone · Video

17 Sep 2012, 07:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / What if the streets were exclusively populated by Ferraris? There’s one that you’re holding by the steering wheel, one on each side of yours, one parked, one waiting at the traffic light...

 
16 Lexus LFA Supercars Lap Laguna Seca
16 Lexus LFA Supercars Lap Laguna Seca

14 Sep 2012, 12:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Lexus is a Japanese luxury maker that mainly offers boring sedans and a few SUVs. There’s nothing to get the pulse going, and certainly nothing to make your rich Beverly Hills neighbors enviou...

 
Ferrari Announces 1,000-Strong Parade at Silverstone
Ferrari Announces 1,000-Strong Parade at Silverstone

13 Sep 2012, 09:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As far as crowd-pulling goes, virtually nothing can do it better than a bunch of Ferraris, on a track. However, when a bunch equates to over 1,000 cars, the appeal for petrolheads is undeniable. Wel...

 
Ford Celebrates 50 Years of Cortina at Goodwood Revival
Ford Celebrates 50 Years of Cortina at Goodwood Revival

12 Sep 2012, 08:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford will celebrate 50 years since the launch o the Mark I Cortina at this year’s Goodwood Revival show. This was their best selling car in Britain for 10 of the 20 years it was sold, and a to...