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Ferrari 275 GTB/4 S NART Spider Sells for $27.5 Million at Auction

Ferrari 275 GTB/4 S NART Spider Sells for $27.5 Million at Auction

The highest car sale ever in the United States

A 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 S NART Spider sold for $27.5 million at RM Auctions Monterey sale during the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. It is the highest priced car sale ever in the United States and the second highest amount that a car sold f...
19.08.2013 | 7559 views | 0 comments
Bugatti Veyron “Jean-Pierre Wimille” Launches at Pebble Beach

Bugatti Veyron “Jean-Pierre Wimille” Launches at Pebble Beach

It is displayed alongside of the Type 57G Tank Car that Wimille drove

Bugatti debuted its new Veyron Legend “Jean-Pierre Wimille” edition at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. It is the first of the company’s six special Veyron’s dedicated to legends from the company that will be lim...
19.08.2013 | 6495 views | 0 comments
Toyota Hybrid R Concept Is A 400hp Yaris Three-Door

Toyota Hybrid R Concept Is A 400hp Yaris Three-Door

It will also be showing a new fuel cell vehicle

It turns out that the Toyota Hybrid R concept that it has been teasing for the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 10 for the last several weeks is not a 400hp hybrid supercar concept but a Yaris with the energy recovery system from the TS030 raceca...
19.08.2013 | 1164 views | 0 comments
Volkswagen Thinks Compressed Natural Gas Will Be Next Fuel Revolution

Volkswagen Thinks Compressed Natural Gas Will Be Next Fuel Revolution

It plans to have one CNG engine is each model line

Volkswagen believes that compressed natural gas could be the biggest revolution in European cars since it introduced TDI diesel engines in 1989. Its plan is to have one CNG engine in each of its model lines for each new car it releases. It has...
16.08.2013 | 5651 views | 0 comments
Ford Lowers 2014 C-Max Fuel Economy Rating in US by 5mpg

Ford Lowers 2014 C-Max Fuel Economy Rating in US by 5mpg

The 2014 C-Max also gets new gearing and body changes

Ford has bowed to pressure and is lowering the fuel economy rating of the C-Max Hybrid in the US by 5mpg. Ford will pay $550 to buyers and $325 to lessees of the 2013 C-Max as restitution for the lower than expected fuel economy. The 2013 car...
16.08.2013 | 1998 views | 0 comments
Volvo Launches Drive-E Turbocharged Four-Cylinder Engine Family

Volvo Launches Drive-E Turbocharged Four-Cylinder Engine Family

The new petrol and diesel engines will launch in the fall

Volvo claims that its new Drive-E engine family of turbocharged four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines produce the power of a V8 with the fuel economy of a four-cylinder engine. The Drive-E family will launch has three engines in the fall, in...
16.08.2013 | 6466 views | 0 comments
Europe May See Super GT NSX, LF-CC and GT-R Racing Next Season

Europe May See Super GT NSX, LF-CC and GT-R Racing Next Season

The rules are now aligned with the DTM series

The Japanese Super GT series held a press conference prior to the 1000km of Suzuka race where it announced its 2014 GT500 class racers, including the brand new Honda NSX GT500 and Lexus LF-CC. The Nissan GT-R is also being upgraded for next season...
16.08.2013 | 8186 views | 0 comments
Cadillac Elmiraj Hints at the Future Cars by Mixing Classic and Modern

Cadillac Elmiraj Hints at the Future Cars by Mixing Classic and Modern

It is on display at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

In 2010, Cadillac displayed the Ciel concept at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Its cascading headlights echoed the look of the third generation CTS that has just been revealed. For this year, Cadillac created a new concept that refine...
16.08.2013 | 10392 views | 0 comments
BMW M4 Concept Breaks into Pebble Beach in Smokey Metallic Gold

BMW M4 Concept Breaks into Pebble Beach in Smokey Metallic Gold

It shows for the first time what the next generation M car will look like

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is not just for old million-dollar cars anymore. This year, several automakers have brought concepts to display to the very wealthy visitors, and BMW’s concept for the next generation M4 is among th...
16.08.2013 | 6156 views | 0 comments
Refreshed Opel Insignia Getting 3 New Engines, One Under 99g/km of CO2

Refreshed Opel Insignia Getting 3 New Engines, One Under 99g/km of CO2

It also has suspension improvements

Opel will introduce the refreshed Insignia at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 10, and in addition to a slightly changed look, the car is getting three new engines. One of them is a new turbo diesel with 99g/km of CO2 emissions. The new e...
15.08.2013 | 2930 views | 0 comments

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