Confirmed: Opel Working on Small SUV and Minicar
17 Dec 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of its fight for survival, Opel will direct its efforts towards several new products, including an electric vehicle, a small SUV, a minicar plus a hybrid model, all of these to be launched i...
Women Remains Permanently Aroused After Crash
17 Dec 2009, 08:00 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / You might think that sex and cars don’t really mix, unless you’re a horny teenager who just got his driver’s license or some sort of exhibitionist, but that’s not always true...
Updated: BMW ActivE Concept, Preview of the Megacity Vehicle
17 Dec 2009, 07:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was only a matter of time before premium car manufacturers began considering adding a wider range of electric vehicles to their line-ups. Apparently, the first step into expanding the EV offering...
Ford's Secret Weapon: the RUTH Robot
17 Dec 2009, 07:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Human touch is extremely difficult cu replicate in a lab. However, the engineers at Ford have developed a robot known as RUTH (Robotized Unit for Tactility and Haptics) to help them refine various t...
2010 Buick LaCrosse, Finalist in North American Car of the Year
17 Dec 2009, 07:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors can be really proud of its 2010 Buick LaCrosse as the car has been chosen as one of the finalists for the 17th North American Car of the Year award. The lucky winner will be officiall...
Undisguised Audi A1 Spotted Alongside Justin Timberlake
17 Dec 2009, 07:24 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Audi has already started throwing teasers of its new A1 model around the Internet, but this time, it’s the real thing. The undisguised model has been spotted in the company of ex-NSYNC singer ...
Rinspeed UC? Concept to Debut in Geneva
16 Dec 2009, 16:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2009 is not even over and carmakers have already begun giving us a hint at what the March Geneva Auto Show may bring. One of those manufacturers is Rinspeed, who will debut a new Intelligent Mobilit...
Steinmetz and Klasen Set Fastest Opel World Record
16 Dec 2009, 15:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / {img align=left}Steinmetz in collaboration with Klasen Motors have set a world record for the fastest street-legal Opel. The record was achieved in October, at the Italian Nardo circuit, where the &...
New Audi A8 Gets Google Maps
16 Dec 2009, 15:58 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / At the start of 2010, Audi will start selling its new generation A8, the German constructor’s flag ship model. As one of the new features of the car, Audi introduced a variety of Google servic...
BMW Recalls K1300 S and GT... Again
16 Dec 2009, 15:17 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The motorcycle unit of BMW has issued a safety recall concerning 2,019 units of the K1300 S and K1300 GT motorcycles, due to a problem that occurs from poor fuel quality which forms small deposits i...
Mercedes AIRCAP – Keeping Your Hair in One Place
16 Dec 2009, 19:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Convertible car owners, regardless of the make, model or whatever, have always experienced some (major) difficulties handling one of such a vehicle's most dreaded enemy (no, not rain): turbulen...
Confirmed: Duster to Be Built in Brazil
16 Dec 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Renault Brazil announced that they will invest $550 million next year as it plans to launch two additional models in the country. The first model which Renault will launch in Brazil will be the th...
2010 Freelander 2 Sport UK Pricing Announced
16 Dec 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / British car manufacturer Land Rover announced pricing for the Freelander 2 Sport model, which goes on sale in the UK in January 2010, priced from £26,695 on-the-road. The vehicle will be avail...
Villeneuve Says Return Should Be Easy for Schumacher
16 Dec 2009, 14:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve argued that Michael Schumacher will not find it difficult at all to return to greatness inside the Formula One championship, as he has done plenty of g...
ABT Audi AS5 Sportback Gets Up to 310 HP
16 Dec 2009, 14:11 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Just as expected, the tuners at ABT Sportsline showed their skills on the new Audi S5 Sportback, "with a clear emphasis on the word Sport", remarks Christian Abt, the managing director res...
It's Official: Chery Enters the 2010 Dakar Rally
16 Dec 2009, 13:59 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Chery has confirmed its participation in the 2010 Dakar Rally, thus becoming the first Chinese automaker to take part in what is probably the harshest race on Earth. Rival company Great Wall Motors ...
GM to Repay Government Debt by June
16 Dec 2009, 14:02 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / General Motors decided to pay its debt to the US and Canadian government by June. "We intend to pay the debt," chairman and acting chief executive Ed Whitacre said in his first meeting wit...
Tony Fernandes Accepts Branson's Stewardess Challenge
16 Dec 2009, 13:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sir Richard Branson's bet with Tony Fernandes regarding the best team of the newly entrants in the 2010 Formula One championship seems to take shape by the hour. Started off as a joke, the two ...
US to Lose $3.7Bn On Chrysler TARP Loans
16 Dec 2009, 13:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After earlier this month Gene Sperling, senior counsel to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talked about the prospects of the US government to lose $30 billion out of the $82 billion pumped into t...
FIA Agrees to In-Season Testing Ban Exception for Rookie Drivers
16 Dec 2009, 13:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Formula One reserve drivers for the upcoming season will not have to go through the same problems as the ones in 2009 in terms of debuting in Formula One. More exactly, they will be given the chance...