Honda to Cut Production in the US and Japan
27 Jan 2009, 11:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Unfortunately for the automotive industry, the fight against the economic recession continues with even more cost-cutting measures. This time the anti-recession move concerns Honda, the Japanese aut...
BMW, the Top Eco-Friendly Premium Car
27 Jan 2009, 11:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the second year in a row, independent research has placed BMW at the top of the list of premium cars with lowest average CO2 emissions. The list has BMW at the top, with an average of 159.4g...
Alonso Worried About Friday Mileage
27 Jan 2009, 10:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso believes the new rules imposed by the FIA in terms of Friday mileage will not allow teams to try out new things throughout the upcoming season. Having banned in-season testing in 20...
Opel Ampera Plug-in Hybrid Set for Geneva
27 Jan 2009, 10:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors today announced that Opel Ampera, its so-called “revolutionary” extended-range electric car, will be displayed at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show that opens its doors on Ma...
Cost Cutting Plan to Resurrect the GP2 Series
27 Jan 2009, 10:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The cost cutting measures introduced by the FIA in Formula One led to its feeder series, the GP2 championship, take the same actions ahead of its upcoming season. According to the series' offic...
BMW 730Ld Officially Launched in the UK
27 Jan 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW has just launched the 730Ld in the United Kingom, a long-wheelbase version of the 730d that boasts an additional 14 centimeters of legroom for rear seat passengers. The United Kingdom is one of ...
Paris to Host the 2011 French Grand Prix?
27 Jan 2009, 09:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone's dream of bringing a Formula 1 race to Paris is to become true soon enough. According to a media report issued by French sports newspaper L'Equipe, the French Senate has...
Mitsubishi Reportedly Working on Plug-in Hybrids, Electric Coupe
27 Jan 2009, 09:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since the hybrid market tends to grow up as more and more customers are looking for this kind of vehicles, altering production to concentrate on hybrid pretty much makes sense. This is exactly what ...
Skoda Goes Airborne in Germany, Lands on Church Roof
27 Jan 2009, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Residents of the small German settlement Limbach – Oberfrohna, near Chemnitz, woke up to the sounds of sirens, as emergency services rushed to the scene of a somewhat odd accident. The to...
BMW Sauber to Lose Sponsorship from Dell?
27 Jan 2009, 08:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After losing sponsorship from Credit Suisse last week, BMW is set to lose another important financial partner ahead of the 2009 season. When unveiling their 2009 challenger at Valencia – the B...
Porsche Debuts New Sports Exhaust System for 911 Carrera and Targa 4
27 Jan 2009, 08:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German sports car manufacturer Porsche released a new sports exhaust system for the latest generation 911 that will become available as optional equipment starting February 2009. Although the new pa...
Honda to Kill S2000 in December
27 Jan 2009, 08:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Honda today confirmed that its successful S2000 model will be discontinued at the end of the year, with the Japanese automaker insisting that although it was initially supposed to represent a limite...
NASCAR Sponsors to Cut Jobs
27 Jan 2009, 07:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Apart from teams finding it very hard to maintain or get sponsorship for the upcoming season, the NASCAR series is nowadays confronting with another series of financial setbacks. According to a repo...
Chrysler to Bring 7 Fiat Models in the US
26 Jan 2009, 17:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The short story so far: Fiat and Chrysler announced a so-called global strategic partnership and the American automaker confirmed that it plans to bring several models designed by the Italian compan...
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to Field 4 cars at Daytona
26 Jan 2009, 17:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will field 4 cars in the upcoming Daytona 500 race – on February the 15th – as announced by team president Steve Lauletta. The No 41 Chevrolet is yet to find out...
Heidfeld In Favor or Salary Reduction in F1
26 Jan 2009, 15:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Unlike Ferrari's Felipe Massa, fellow F1 driver Nick Heidfeld reckons that all F1 drivers should consider a cut in salaries in times of economic regression such as these. With everybody talking...
Bavaria Yachtbau, BMW Present Deep Blue 46, High Performance Motorboat
26 Jan 2009, 15:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW Group DesignworksUSA and Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH, a leading yacht manufacturer in Europe, today announced their first motorboat resulting from the collaboration: the Deep Blue 46 which will be dis...
Two Ferrari Dealers Fight Each Other in Court
26 Jan 2009, 15:39 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / It's always sad to see two brothers of the same family quarreling over certain issues, finally resorting to court in order to solve out the problem. Two Ferrari South African dealerships are...
ING Cut Sponsorship for Renault F1
26 Jan 2009, 15:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Williams-Toyota, another F1 team faces sponsorship troubles ahead of their 2009 campaign. Renault F1's leading sponsor, ING Group, has just announced it would cut no less than 7,000 jobs ...
2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse Coupe Photos Leaked on Web
26 Jan 2009, 14:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even though nobody knows for sure if they're really leaked photos or not, the editors over at Autoblog.nl published a bunch of images showing what seems to be the Mercedes Benz E-Klasse Coupe e...