Ducati Rider Training Launches in the UK
23 May 2011, 13:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Ducati today announced the launch of a new rider training scheme that customers will benefit from at 13 locations across the country. The ‘Ducati Rider Training’ ...
Experienced Drivers Would Never Pass a Driving Exam
23 May 2011, 12:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Imagine a world where, from time to time, the authorities of your country would ask you to retake the driving exam. One would say that after years and years of driving on public roads, none of us wo...
Petrols Edge Out Diesels in Recent UK Survey
23 May 2011, 12:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Efficient and advanced diesel engines make a lot of sense on paper, but the fact of the matter is that cheaper and easier to maintain petrol-powered cars are still more popular, especially given the...
1910 American Pierce Four Wins Villa d'Este Motorcycle Best of Show
23 May 2011, 12:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Trofeo BMW Group in the first Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este for motorcycles was won by an American Pierce Four from 1910. Inspired by the F.N, the Pierce had a four-cylinder, 4-hp...
Britain's Worst Potholed Roads Revealed
23 May 2011, 12:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite the UK government’s plan to fix the roads, the long winter and heavy traffic has left British roads battered and scared. But some may demand a higher tax in suspensions bushings, bent ...
Japanese Begin to Lose Ground to the Americans
23 May 2011, 12:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The decade-long battle between the American and Japanese car producers has entered a new stage a few years ago, when two of the largest producers in the world, GM and Chrysler, had to file for bankr...
Ferrari Superamerica 45 Drops Top, Revs Engine
23 May 2011, 12:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We already covered the Ferrari Superamerica 45 in a post that preceded its big debut at Villa d’Este, but we had yet to see that quick-opening roof in action, or hear its V12 engine rev to its...
Ford Launches Focus Ultimate Test Drive in Australia
23 May 2011, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Building on the experience it gained in advertising its models in unconventional ways (a practice which started a couple of years back with the new Fiesta), Ford is continuing to release the Focus m...
Paul McCartney's Lamborghini Hits the Auction Block
23 May 2011, 11:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A vehicle previously owned by music legend Paul McCartney is to go under the hammer at the forthcoming Goodwood auction by Bonhams on July 1st, 2011. The vehicle in question is a right-hand-drive 19...
Spyshots: Audi S6 Avant
23 May 2011, 11:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The brand-new estate version of the A6 - the 2012 A6 Avant - just got its big day of veil pulling on May 18th, and it looks like the German carmaker wants to give us a new reason for jumping out of ...
Mercedes Benz Gives the GL-Klasse a Grand Look of Luxury
23 May 2011, 11:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Did you ever think that the worlds of off-roading and luxury have anything in common? Well, they do now, since Mercedes Benz has taken the wraps of its GL-Klasse Grand Edition - an exclusive, luxury...
BMW 328 Hommage Captured in Motion
23 May 2011, 11:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Created as a way to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 328 Roadster, the 328 Hommage concept has had its world premiere at the Concorso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este this past weekend. Un...
Holden's Ute Gets New Hard Tonneau Cover
23 May 2011, 09:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a while since one of Australia's favorite manufacturers, Holden, released something special for the true fans; the fans that buy, for instance, the VE Series II Ute, but have bee...
Volkswagen Unveils New Caddy BiFuel
23 May 2011, 09:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen' Caddy van model has now received a Autogas-powered engine (LPG). The alternative fuel emits less CO2 by over ten percent, but the biggest change is that running cost will be substan...
1928 Peugeot Landaulet 184 Travels Through Time
23 May 2011, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the biggest presentations at the Cannes Film Festival and at the same time one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris has proven to be just what th...
Aston Martin V12 Zagato Makes Its Engine Heard
23 May 2011, 09:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Having celebrated its world premiere at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, where it topped the “Concept Cars and Prototypes”, the Aston Martin V12 Zagato was caught on fil...
EV Cup Postponed, First Race Moved to the US
23 May 2011, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Announced as the first ever racing series for electric vehicles, the highly anticipated EV Cup seems to have hit a brick wall. The director of the event, Sylvain Filippi, announced this weekend that...
Red Bull Accuses Ferrari of Espionage
23 May 2011, 08:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It's been a while since an espionage scandal has made the headlines in the world of Formula 1, and the last time that happened it resulted in a team (McLaren Mercedes) being nearly kicked out o...
Kawasaki Launches Six of the Best Campaign
23 May 2011, 08:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Kawasaki announced it has launched the “Six of the Best” campaign which highlights half a dozen reasons for customers to buy a new ER-6n or ER-6f. The campaign ai...
1968 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale Takes Villa d'Este Trofeo
23 May 2011, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This past weekend, the shores of Lake Como have become too crowded for the human eye to bear: tens and tens of exquisite cars, some of them shown for the first time, have come together in a yearly s...