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24 Hours of Le Mans Practice Report: Toyota Catches Fire

24 Hours of Le Mans Practice Report: Toyota Catches Fire

The first four hour practice session has wrapped, and there were some big surprises in the front runners even if the results do not show it.  Anthony Davidson in the #8 Toyota TS030 put in a 3:30.162 lap time on his fifth lap, which was t...
13.06.2012 | 1438 views | 0 comments
Renault Starts Twizy Car Sharing Test in France

Renault Starts Twizy Car Sharing Test in France

Renault will experiment with a car sharing service for the electric Twizy in the French town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines on June 21. The town will be supplied with 50 Twizys for journeys with or without a reservation. Renault calls the progr...
13.06.2012 | 2417 views | 1 comments
Build a Mustang for Father's Day

Build a Mustang for Father's Day

This weekend in the US is Father's Day where American children are supposed to celebrate their fathers. Ford is prmoting the idea that fathers and sons work together to build a classic Mustang from scratch, using all Ford parts of course. ...
13.06.2012 | 1653 views | 0 comments
Ferrari F70 Design Finalized with 3-Arc Design

Ferrari F70 Design Finalized with 3-Arc Design

Every 10 years Ferrari brings us something special. First there was the F40, then F50; the Enzo had the codename F60, and reports are that the design for the F70 has been finalized. Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo has already said that the ca...
13.06.2012 | 8727 views | 3 comments
Cadillac Trademarks LTS Name Possibly for Future Flagship

Cadillac Trademarks LTS Name Possibly for Future Flagship

Cadillac has trademarked the name LTS spurring speculation that it is planning a flagship model above the XTS. Unlike what we recently saw from BMW, Cadillac does not usually trademark names that it does not intend on using.  It is possib...
13.06.2012 | 7637 views | 0 comments
Porsche Posts 14.1% Worldwide Sales Increase in May

Porsche Posts 14.1% Worldwide Sales Increase in May

Porsche had a 14.1% increase in worldwide sales for May 2012; it sold 13,331 for the month. Porsche is up 13% for the year; it has sold 56,472 cars so far this year.  “In May, we notched up the greatest number of customer deliveries...
13.06.2012 | 2138 views | 0 comments
Top 10 legendary Le Mans cars

Top 10 legendary Le Mans cars

The 24 Hours of Le Mans race has since its first edition in 1923 been the most epic event on the annual motorsports calendar. And of course, not only the race itself is iconic, it has also brought about tales of cars, teams and drivers that went d...
13.06.2012 | 8314 views | 0 comments
Mercedes Planning 350hp AMG Version of New A-Class

Mercedes Planning 350hp AMG Version of New A-Class

Mercedes has its new A-class going on sale in Europe later this year, and it is already planning an AMG version of the car. The world can always use another hot hatch.  Early rumors about the AMG A-class, possibly called the A45 AMG, indi...
13.06.2012 | 17025 views | 0 comments
Saab Sold to Chinese-Japanese Business Consortium

Saab Sold to Chinese-Japanese Business Consortium

This long and winding story is finally over. Saab has been sold to a Chinese-Japanese business consortium called National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS) for an unspecified sum.  "NEVS and the Receivers of the Saab Automobile ...
13.06.2012 | 1441 views | 0 comments
KTM Building Next Gen X-Bow with Windshield and Doors

KTM Building Next Gen X-Bow with Windshield and Doors

KTM has big plans for its next generation X-Bow. While the current one has not windshield and no doors, KTM is planning both of these modern features on its next version of the car. The new car is due in March 2013.  Adding the windshield...
13.06.2012 | 7061 views | 0 comments

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