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Turning my hand to cycling: Cycling from a motorist’s perspective

Turning my hand to cycling: Cycling from a motorist’s perspective

Here at Autoviva we love cars, you might have worked out that already, so it has been very interesting for me to turn my hand, or indeed my legs, to cycling. How would the transition work out? As a motorist I have been used to the driver&rsquo...
11.05.2012 | 6278 views | 0 comments
Sebastian Vettel Makes His Martial Arts Film Debut

Sebastian Vettel Makes His Martial Arts Film Debut

The week before the Chinese Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel arrived in China early and filmed a martial arts short film with female martial artist Celina Jade. The film is called "Drive of the Dragon." While obstensibly an advertisement...
11.05.2012 | 4935 views | 0 comments
Super Model Marisa Miller Advertises Buick Enclave

Super Model Marisa Miller Advertises Buick Enclave

Super model Marisa Miller who has appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and modeled for Victoria's Secret has filmed an ad for the revised Buick Enclave. The ad will not premiere in the US until Monday, May 14. Buick produced a...
10.05.2012 | 3057 views | 0 comments
Ford Begins EcoBoost Production in Romania

Ford Begins EcoBoost Production in Romania

Ford has begun producing the three-cylinder, 1.0 liter Ecoboost turbocharged engine at its factory in Craiova, Romania. Ford predicts that the added production will triple the number of EcoBoost engines on the road in Europe by 2015. By 2015,...
10.05.2012 | 4927 views | 0 comments
Infiniti Using Mercedes Engines for 4 Cylinder G-Series

Infiniti Using Mercedes Engines for 4 Cylinder G-Series

Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz are becoming quite close. Last November, Infiniti confirmed that it would use the coming A-Class platform for its future Etherea concept-based compact car. Now, Infiniti will be using Mercedes' four-cylinder diesel a...
10.05.2012 | 1713 views | 0 comments
Next Generation BMW Z4 to have sharper handling

Next Generation BMW Z4 to have sharper handling

The next generation BMW Z4 is due in 2015, and the first rumblings about the car say that it will be a better driving, more dynamic car than the current generation. BMW is also aiming for timeless styling for the next car.  The next Z4 wi...
10.05.2012 | 2222 views | 0 comments
Corvette ZR1 is the 2012 Indy 500 Pace Car

Corvette ZR1 is the 2012 Indy 500 Pace Car

Chevrolet has supplied the pace car for the Indy 500 22 times since 1948, and this year will be number 23, as the company has just announced this year's pace car for the 96th running of the race will be the Corvette ZR1. “Chevrolet i...
10.05.2012 | 2016 views | 0 comments
Audi Opens Work Site for Battery Development

Audi Opens Work Site for Battery Development

Audi is serious about developing safe, high voltage batteries for its future E-tron models. So serious in fact that is has just opened a work site 2km away from its Ingolstadt headquarters in Gaimersheim, Germany, that will create manufacturi...
10.05.2012 | 936 views | 0 comments
Toyota Expecting Highest Profit in 5 Years Thanks to US

Toyota Expecting Highest Profit in 5 Years Thanks to US

Toyota is expecting its highest profits in five years thanks to very strong sales in the North America and in China. Toyota forecasts sales in North America alone to be up 25% by the end of the fiscal year 2013. It is expecting to sell 8.7 million...
10.05.2012 | 4540 views | 0 comments
McLaren Switching to Higher Nose for Spain

McLaren Switching to Higher Nose for Spain

After the mid-season tests at Mugello, McLaren has decided to switch to a higher nose for the Spanish Grand Prix at Catalunya this weekend on the MP4-27. The new nose sits much higher than the previous design with longer pillars leading to the...
10.05.2012 | 5925 views | 0 comments

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