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Passion and Camaraderie at 2011 Bonneville Speed Week
Passion and Camaraderie at 2011 Bonneville Speed Week

6 Sep 2011, 09:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 2011 Bonneville Speed Week ended last month, and speed freaks from across America and beyond pledged to come again next year an test their metal on the salts. Yet we’re not here to talk ab...

 
Porsche Announces Frankfurt Offensive
Porsche Announces Frankfurt Offensive

5 Sep 2011, 12:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This year’s Frankfurt Motor Show promises to be the best one ever, but the car that’s at the top of our to-see list is the all-new 911 Carrera. It might only be an evolution that comes f...

 
Final 2012 F1 Calendar Released
Final 2012 F1 Calendar Released

1 Sep 2011, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in June,the FIA released the 2012 Formula One calendar, but that was just the initial version. After receiving multiple changes request the FIA sat down and started rescheduling things. As y...

 
Lotus Franfurt Offensive Includes Three New Models
Lotus Franfurt Offensive Includes Three New Models

1 Sep 2011, 06:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Last year's Paris Auto Show was "show and tell" for Lotus, with the British carmaker bringing an explosion of concepts. However, subsequently, many have accused the company that it is...

 
Toyota Sets New Electric Vehicle Nurburgring Record
Toyota Sets New Electric Vehicle Nurburgring Record

30 Aug 2011, 21:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new advocate for electric vehicles, which comes from Toyota. At this point ,you might think that things are going to become boring pretty fast but we'll just say...

 
Renault Gordini and Gibson Reveal Show Car and Guitar at Music Festival
Renault Gordini and Gibson Reveal Show Car and Guitar at Music Festival

26 Aug 2011, 15:11 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / With the upcoming Rock En Seine music festival in France, Gordini shook hands with Gibson to create a unique show car and equally unique “Gordini by Gibson” electric guitar. The leather ...

 
Goodwood Revival Will Bring Cars, Planes and Trains Together
Goodwood Revival Will Bring Cars, Planes and Trains Together

26 Aug 2011, 12:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Our first and only passion is the automobile but we love a good classic WWII plane from time to time, especially if it’s a working piece of history like a Mustang or a Spitfire. Goodwood Reviv...

 
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Replica Goes Under the Hammer
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Replica Goes Under the Hammer

26 Aug 2011, 09:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Those of you who ever dreamt of having the chance to own the legendary movie car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will now get the chance to do so... as long as they are the highest bidder at an upcoming auc...

 
The Original Pink Panther Car Up for Grabs... Again
The Original Pink Panther Car Up for Grabs... Again

26 Aug 2011, 09:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Certainly many of you remember The Pink Panther Show from the seventies, the series of animated cartoons that brought the main and title character in the opening and closing credit sequences of ever...

 
EcoVelocity Electric Avenue Brings Quirky EV Together
EcoVelocity Electric Avenue Brings Quirky EV Together

25 Aug 2011, 11:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / EcoVelocity’s Electric Avenue, isn’t an automotive festival for Eddie Grant’s song, but the low carbon motor festival has created a feature inspired by the song for four days at Ba...

 
1937 Mercedes 540 K Spezial Roadster Sold for Nearly $10M at Monterey
1937 Mercedes 540 K Spezial Roadster Sold for Nearly $10M at Monterey

25 Aug 2011, 09:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The recently RM Auctions event at Monterey witnessed the sale of a very special Mercedes 540 K Spezial Roadster, with the hammer dropping at no less than $9,680,000. This was due to the fact that fe...

 
Record Number of Skoda Fabia S2000 Cars to Enter the Barum Rally
Record Number of Skoda Fabia S2000 Cars to Enter the Barum Rally

25 Aug 2011, 06:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s Czech Barum Rally Zlin – round seven of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge - will see no less than 14 Fabia S2000 cars lining up at the start, the British division of Skoda...

 
Audi R8 LMS Counts Its 100th Win at the GT3 Asia Series
Audi R8 LMS Counts Its 100th Win at the GT3 Asia Series

24 Aug 2011, 13:02 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Just three weeks after winning the 24-hour hour race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, Audi Sport customer racing has yet another milestone to announce in the manufacturer’s customer racing pr...

 
2012 Toyota Camry to Set the Pace at Daytona 500
2012 Toyota Camry to Set the Pace at Daytona 500

24 Aug 2011, 06:49 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / We could start off by saying “as tradition goes,” but this is definitely not the case. When speaking of American motorsports tradition nothing is goes better that NASCAR. And while forei...

 
mia electric Car Brand to Make UK Debut at EcoVelocity 2011
mia electric Car Brand to Make UK Debut at EcoVelocity 2011

23 Aug 2011, 14:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The upcoming EcoVelocity motor show (September 8-11) will witness the UK debut of a new electric vehicle brand, mia electric, which will bring three variants of its Microbus to the event. The vehicl...

 
EV Cup iRACER Ready to Storm EcoVelocity
EV Cup iRACER Ready to Storm EcoVelocity

23 Aug 2011, 12:39 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It looks like the upcoming EcoVelocity low-carbon motor festival in the UK will witness the unveil of an iRACER, a track focused electric vehicle designed and engineered from the ground up as a pure...

 
Ford Debuts 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster at Pebble Beach
Ford Debuts 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster at Pebble Beach

23 Aug 2011, 12:24 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s Pebble Beach event witnessed the unveiling of an important piece of automotive history, as Edsel Ford’s restored 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster was presented to the public. ...

 
Oldest Surviving Production Bentley in the World Sells for Nearly $1M
Oldest Surviving Production Bentley in the World Sells for Nearly $1M

23 Aug 2011, 07:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s Pebble Beach event witnessed the sale of the 1921 3 Litre ‘Chassis Number 3’, the world’s oldest surviving production Bentley. This happened 90 years after Bentle...

 
Volkswagen Single Seat EV to Be Shown on September 8th in Berlin
Volkswagen Single Seat EV to Be Shown on September 8th in Berlin

23 Aug 2011, 07:15 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Volkswagen is poised to unveil its single seat experimental EV in Berlin on September 8th. The concept was dreamed up by the manufacturer with an eye on developing future driving concepts that will ...

 
Ford F-250 Super Duty Breaks Two Speed Records
Ford F-250 Super Duty Breaks Two Speed Records

23 Aug 2011, 06:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Good news from the Bonneville Salt Flats keep coming these days and we are about to hit you with some more. This time, we’re not talking about one, but two speed records that have been broken....