Who Needs Antiroll Bars?
21 Jul 2012, 10:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / For most of their history, cars have been floaty boats, with soft suspension, as an extremely small percentage of car buyers really wanted a firm ride, which is useful 3% of the time, with the comfo...
Ford Shows Off All-New Transit Ahead of November Debut
20 Jul 2012, 09:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Ford Transit is a name synonymous with Europe and small businesses. It is a word which has been present in the vocabulary of small business owners and workers for over four decades, going throug...
Chevrolet Sells Nearly 1.3-Million Units in Q2
19 Jul 2012, 15:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Chevrolet seems to be on a bit of a roll at the moment, setting one of their highest sales records to date, selling almost 1.3-million cars in the second quarter of the year. This marks a 2.3% incre...
Improper Highway Use in Poland
19 Jul 2012, 15:22 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While we’ve seen bad drivers on the highway, we’ve never really seen drivers this bad on the highway. It seems that Poland’s A2 highway, and the spot where this 11-minute video was...
Veeco RT - Sporty EV Three-Wheeler from Portugal
19 Jul 2012, 12:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We are extremely pleased to see more and more independent manufacturers designing and building their own cars. While they will never challenge the ‘establishment’, they are a breath of f...
Honda Reveal Euro-Spec CR-V
18 Jul 2012, 14:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current Honda CR-V is a very appreciated and understated alternative to the compact SUV / crossover market. In Europe, it is mainly bought with diesel power, as Honda’s 2.2-liter diesel en...
Matte Black 1954 3100 Chevy Pick-Up Spotted in Bucharest
18 Jul 2012, 09:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It is so rare to see classic American motors from the 50s, outside the US, but when you do, take a good look, as it is very unlikely that you’ll ever see one again. We recently spotted this ex...
Upcoming Aston Martins May Use Smaller Engines
17 Jul 2012, 09:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The downsizing trend is reaching each and every manufacturer on the market, and in the face of ever-stricter emissions regulations, as well as the constant consumer demand for ever-more efficient en...
Peugeot 208 CC Speculatively Rendered
16 Jul 2012, 12:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ever since Peugeot launched the 206 CC, the original city-oriented retractable-hardtop car, they have steadily improved the formula, launching the 307 CC, 207CC and its most recent topless variant, ...
Do Polar Bears Really Love Nissan Leaf Owners?
14 Jul 2012, 11:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Is the Nissan Leaf and others like it saving the planet? Well, with so much contradictory information floating around, it’s actually very difficult to have a properly informed opinion on the m...
Skoda Reports Six-Month Sales Record
13 Jul 2012, 07:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Skoda has reported a very good first half of the year, with excellent sales on all the markets where its products are available. The January through June period marked a 8.4% increase over last year...
Renault Names Stefan Mueller as Chief of European Operations
12 Jul 2012, 14:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / To counteract poor European sales, which which reportedly fell by 14.9%, to 708,131, compared to last year, Renault has decided to appoint a new head of European operations, which will have fewer at...
Dutch Motorists Driving Badly
11 Jul 2012, 14:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While we’ve seen bad driving in Russia, and other less well-developed countries around the world, we were honestly expecting the Netherlands, a highly-developed country where people are of a c...
Kia's Slovakian Plant Achieves Production Record
11 Jul 2012, 11:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia (and Hyundai) are now on their way to start rivaling premium cars, after one of the most visible increases in quality and engineering ever seen in the industry. The ascent from bargain-basement ...
Nissan Reports Sales Increase in Europe
9 Jul 2012, 14:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 18,000 extra cars Nissan sold in the first half of the year might only represent a 5 percent increase over 2011, but with the overall European market crumbling under the force of the crisis, wha...
Fiat Industrial Receives Loan for ‘Green’ Tech Development
9 Jul 2012, 12:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As the world struggles to recover from the recession (Europe more so than other regions), automakers, even those who want to develop planet-friendly technologies, receive much less backing than they...
Skoda Death by Digger Explained Plus Three New Videos!
9 Jul 2012, 11:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We were saddened to last week when we showed you a perfectly good Skoda Superb being flattened in a very barbaric fashion by a man in a digger. Well, according to carscoop.blogspot.com, there are in...
Roskva Electric Motorbike Revealed in Norway
9 Jul 2012, 08:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Roskva electric motorbike was a very promising project undertaken by some very talented Norwegian engineering students. Well, while we had only previously seen the bike in sketches or 3D models,...
Chrysler Adopting ‘EcoDiesel’ Brand Name?
9 Jul 2012, 07:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Chrysler will apparently be adopting a new denomination for its diesel-engined offerings, giving up “CRD” in favour of something which is ‘more 2012’ - “EcoDiesel&rdquo...
Marchionne Still Pessimistic About Europe Car Sales
8 Jul 2012, 11:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Vehicles sales in America were already doing well when they unexpectedly picked up in June. However, it’s a completely different story back in Europe, as officials from different countries are...