CHAdeMo: Let's Have a Tea while Charging
16 Mar 2010, 11:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the race to prepare the way for the next generation automobile heats up, not all taking part are looking into developing new vehicles. Although, so far, only a few manufacturers have engaged in e...
Novitec Rosso Retunes the Ferrari California
16 Mar 2010, 10:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Some people are so competitive that they like to brake their own record just for the fun of it. This kind of philosophy is apparently used by the Novitec Rosso tuner, who has released a new complete...
Hyundai Replaces Toyota as No. 1 Brand in KBB
16 Mar 2010, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following months of troubling news regarding Toyota vehicles and millions of cars recalled over safety concerns, the Japanese carmaker has lost the number one spot in Kelley Blue Book's (KBB) b...
Virgin Racing Aims to Push for F1 Title in 3 Years
16 Mar 2010, 10:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Virgin Racing's Sir Richard Branson was rather optimistic after the first grand prix of the 2010 Formula One season, despite the fact that neither of his two drivers managed to cross the finish...
Volkswagen R GmbH Is Born
16 Mar 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The factory-tuned segment of the automotive industry just got a bit hotter today, after German carmaker Volkswagen announced the R used on some of its high-performance models will no longer be just ...
Ecclestone Vows to Improve F1 Show, but after China
16 Mar 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With everybody going nuts about the lack of show in Formula One – after only one race in the 2010 series – the championship's executive Bernie Ecclestone insisted that no one should...
UAW, Toyota Reach Tentative Deal on NUMMI
16 Mar 2010, 09:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The projected closure of the New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) plant in California entered its final stretch this week, after the carmaker which still operates it, Toyota, and the UAW represent...
Lexus LFA Revs Up for the Nurburgring 24 Hours Race
16 Mar 2010, 10:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Lexus is currently preparing two LFA supercars to compete in the Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race in May, this time lining up as a prime challenger in standard production car guise. Development v...
Vettel's Engine Failure Leads to Poor Reliability Claims for Renault
16 Mar 2010, 09:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although everybody admitted that Red Bull Racing is currently the team to beat in Formula One, the Austrian outfit failed to convert their pole position in the Bahrain Grand Prix into a race win due...
ENCO Redefines the Audi Q5
16 Mar 2010, 09:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Imitating the appearance of a dangerous creature is a common survival technique in the animal kingdom - the automotive tuning world also uses this technique, allowing certain vehicles to become muc...
Ginetta Takes Over Farbio Sports Cars
16 Mar 2010, 09:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The sports car industry heated up these days, after the announcement of Ginetta's acquisition of British builder Farbio Sports Cars. As a result of the deal, all Farbio product will be rebadged...
Ferrari Success Leads to EUR25M Value for Santander
16 Mar 2010, 09:12 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following the first race of the new season, one cannot argue that Grupo Santander made a bad call joining Ferrari in Formula One. While keeping their commitments with McLaren Mercedes, the Spanish b...
Coulthard Blames Mosley for F1 Chaos, Boredom
16 Mar 2010, 08:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although he hasn't spoke too openly against former FIA president Max Mosley in recent years, former grand prix driver and current BBC commentator David Coulthard seems to have had enough with t...
Gay Car of the Year Goes Pink. 500C Pink
16 Mar 2010, 09:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After earlier this February a group called Ledorga, the organizers of a annual meeting for gay vintage car enthusiasts, announced it has selected the Fiat 500C as the Gay Car of the Year, Fiat decid...
2010 Nissan Murano Goes Diesel in the UK
16 Mar 2010, 09:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Nissan’s British division announced it has added a diesel engine version to the Murano crossover SUV line-up, shortly after the introduction the fourth member of its Crossover line-up, the Juk...
GM Executive Receives Important Role in U.S. Agency
16 Mar 2010, 08:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Alan Taub, General Motors’s vice president of global research and development has been elected vice chair for the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Visiting Committee ...
German and Italian Media at War after Schumacher Debut in Bahrain
16 Mar 2010, 08:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Michael Schumacher's return to Formula One seems to have sparkled a fight between nations, with the media in Italy and Germany picking on each other only a few days after the season opening Bah...
Toyota Finds Nothing Wrong with Runaway Prius
16 Mar 2010, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After yesterday several media reports surfaced, saying the runaway Prius incident which took place on March 8 could not be replicated, the Japanese manufacturer released an official statement showca...
Di Resta to Replace Sutil in Australian GP Practice
16 Mar 2010, 08:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Paul di Resta is understood to finally debut on the VJM03 two weekends from now, in the practice session of the 2010 Australian Grand Prix. The 23-year old Brit, who is currently preparing for anoth...
Adrian Hallmark Named Saab Sales Director
16 Mar 2010, 08:24 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Former member in Volkswagen’s senior management team, where he held the position of Executive Director of Asia, Adrian Hallmark has now been appointed executive sales director at Saab Automobi...