Volvo V60 Cross Country Coming to Los Angeles Auto Show · Video
5 Nov 2014, 10:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Better late than never, the Swedish automaker finally decided the V40 Cross Country needs a slightly bigger brother. Baptized the Volvo V60 Cross Country, the sports wagon combines soft-road capabil...
440 HP Radical SR8 RSX Redlines at a Whopping 10,500 RPM
1 Nov 2014, 12:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Founded in 1997 by two engineers and amateur drivers, UK-based Radical Sporstcars is just what its name implies – a specialty automaker that makes probably the most radical road-legal and purp...
Hyundai Elantra Joins the 10 Million Club
31 Oct 2014, 11:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / There are a lot of enticing options to choose from these days if you are in the market for a practical and affordable compact sedan. One such model comes from South Korea in the form of the Hyundai ...
ESP Mandatory in Europe Starting November 1st, 2014
29 Oct 2014, 17:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Between 1987 and 1992, engineering big shots Bosch and Continental joined forces with BMW and Mercedes-Benz to co-develop a vehicle safety feature called Elektronisches Stabilitätsprogramm. ...
2015 Ford Kuga Upgrades Include Reworked 2.0 TDCi Turbo Diesel Engine
28 Oct 2014, 13:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Marketed as the Escape in the United States, the Ford Kuga has been upgraded recently with an extensive list of goodies, including previously optional features now offered as standard and a more eff...
2015 Hyundai i20 Wagon In the Pipeline, Crossover Variant Possible
27 Oct 2014, 10:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When Hyundai first unveiled the new-generation i20, some people sort of laughed at the South Korean manufacturer's intention to step up its game in the highly competitive European B-segment. If...
European-Spec 2015 Mustang: How Ford Is Working to Offer Better Ride Comfort
27 Oct 2014, 09:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While you’re waiting for your European-spec 2015 Mustang to be arrive (deliveries start in the first quarter of next year), Ford engineers are working overtime to complete the final tweaks. Am...
Ford is Very Proud of its Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection System
24 Oct 2014, 17:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Active safety systems have come an incredibly long way in the last five years or so. Thanks to them, not only drivers of modern vehicles, but also other traffic participants are considerably safer t...
Watch the Fastest Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 in Europe Pull an Amazing Quarter Mile
24 Oct 2014, 16:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In case you weren’t already aware of the global tuning world’s fasciantion for the Jeep Grand Cherokee, you’ll be in for quite a surprise. We are, of course, talking about the SRT ...
How the Koenigsegg One:1 Caused Germany to Change its Registration System
24 Oct 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We were amazed at the might of the Koenigsegg One:1 each time we talked about it, but we didn’t expect the Swedish hypercar to be of such magnitude as to determine a country to change its regi...
Current Fuels Might Damage Euro 6 Engines, Study Says
23 Oct 2014, 14:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As you may already know, starting next year, automakers will build Euro 6 compliant vehicles to sell throughout Europe, while the non-compliant vehicles on stock will be allowed to find an owner unt...
2015 Volvo XC90 Price List for Europe Announced, It Starts from €59,472
21 Oct 2014, 14:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After months of speculation and teasing ended in a glamorous fashion with a Torslanda plant debut event, the new 2015 Volvo XC90 recently received pricing for the European area. No beating around th...
C7 Corvette Stingray Supercharged by Abbes Design
21 Oct 2014, 12:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the 2015 model year, the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray adds a suite of new bits and bobs, but the highlight of the lot comes in the form of the fast-shifting Hydra-Matic 8L90 automatic tranny. Whe...
2015 Ford Focus Pricing for Europe Starts From €18,750 · Video
21 Oct 2014, 10:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Pretty similar to the compact executive sedan and supermini segments, Europe is a big battleground for automakers that manufacture C-segment cars. The freshest candidate is the 2015 Ford Focus, a mo...
167 Tesla Model S Fleet for Amsterdam’s Green Schiphol Airport
21 Oct 2014, 08:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Planning a trip to Amsterdam? Here’s what you won’t burn there as soon as you step out of the airplane - fossil fuels, as the Schiphol airport just became a bit more... greener. In an...
2015 Ford Mustang - Euro-spec Model Loses Some Power Over its American Brother
20 Oct 2014, 17:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After a year of slow teasing we found out almost every secret the sixth-generation of the breed holds. However, European customers of the new pony will be in for a little shock because the Euro-spec...
Citroen C4 Cactus Crash Tested, Gets 4 Euro NCAP Stars
20 Oct 2014, 15:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Similar to what the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety does for the American motorist, Euro NCAP is a European car safety performance assessment programme that's sole target is to find out ...
2015 Hyundai i20 Enters Production, First Deliveries Slated by Year's End
17 Oct 2014, 15:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After it made its world debut earlier this month at the Paris Motor Show, the all-new Hyundai i20 B-segment supermini in Euro-spec guise has finally entered production. Though it's wearing Hyun...
Volvo FL and FMX Trucks Now Available in Crew Cab Guise
17 Oct 2014, 13:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After a super successful and viral suite of video ads, including the one with Van Damme doing an epic split between two FM models, Volvo Trucks isn't resting on its laurels just yet. As such, t...
First All-Electric Italian Supercar - the 800 HP Lavinia
14 Oct 2014, 12:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Ask someone to tell you the name of a supercar and you've got about 60 percent chances to hear Italian automakers like Ferrari or a Lamborghini, simply because they were among the first to crea...