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Walter Röhrl returning to the Pikes Peak on the original Audi Sport quattro S1

Walter Röhrl returning to the Pikes Peak on the original Audi Sport quattro S1

It’s been 25 years since rally legend Walter Röhrl competed in the Pikes Peak and ran to the victory in the famous and oldest hill climb in the United States in his nearly 600 hp Audi Sport quattro S1. Now Audi is going to join them tog...
29.03.2012 | 8575 views | 0 comments
Mazda Bringing Takeri Concept to New York with Skyactiv Diesel

Mazda Bringing Takeri Concept to New York with Skyactiv Diesel

Add another sedan to the pile for the New York Auto Show starting April 4, but this one is a tad more interesting. Mazda is bringing its Takeri concept to New York. This specific version of the car will be packed to the hilt with green tech on top...
28.03.2012 | 5691 views | 0 comments
Mercedes E300 Bluetec Hybrid Offer 109g/km Emissions from a Diesel Hybrid

Mercedes E300 Bluetec Hybrid Offer 109g/km Emissions from a Diesel Hybrid

Mercedes revealed the E300 Bluetec Hybrid around the time of the North American International Auto Show in January. The car is one of the first to be a hybrid diesel that leads to low emissions and theoretically high torque. Mercedes will have the...
28.03.2012 | 5133 views | 0 comments
Jeep Debuts Altitude Special Editions for Grand Cherokee, Compass and Patriot

Jeep Debuts Altitude Special Editions for Grand Cherokee, Compass and Patriot

Jeep announced its contest to name a special edition model in January, and the fruit of that contest has been born. Jeep has announced the Altitude editions of the Grand Cherokee, Compass and Patriot. All of the cars offer a fully blacked-out appe...
28.03.2012 | 5599 views | 0 comments
Dodge Dart and Travis Pastrana Enter Global RallyCross Championship

Dodge Dart and Travis Pastrana Enter Global RallyCross Championship

Dodge and SRT Motorsports are entering a new Dodge Dart with 600hp into the Global RallyCross Championship with Travis Pastrana as the driver.  The Dodge Dart for the GRC shares a few traits with the street car. It looks the same, and it ...
28.03.2012 | 3915 views | 1 comments
General Motors and Peugeot Alliance Plans May Include Job Cuts and Plant Closures

General Motors and Peugeot Alliance Plans May Include Job Cuts and Plant Closures

General Motors bought a 7% stake in PSA  at the end of February, originally the plan was that they would share components, especially when ordering parts in the future, and share logistics in Europe. Now more details are coming out, and it ap...
28.03.2012 | 992 views | 0 comments
Ford and Citroen Choose Opposite Running Orders for Beginning of Rally Portugal

Ford and Citroen Choose Opposite Running Orders for Beginning of Rally Portugal

Ford and Citroën have chosen completely opposite strategies on road position for the Rally Portugal that begins March 29. Citroën has opted to take the first two positions to start the rally; whereas Ford has selected the last two p...
28.03.2012 | 5755 views | 0 comments
Jeep Reveals 470hp V8 Wrangler and Retro Concepts at Moab Easter Jeep Safari

Jeep Reveals 470hp V8 Wrangler and Retro Concepts at Moab Easter Jeep Safari

Yesterday we looked at a trio of frankly slightly boring special edition Jeeps, today Jeep brought the real fun with five vehicles: four concepts and one very real V8 Jeep Wrangler. The trucks were presented at the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah...
28.03.2012 | 7286 views | 0 comments
BMW and Toyota Working Together on Lithium Battery Research

BMW and Toyota Working Together on Lithium Battery Research

BMW and Toyota have been very friendly recently, the BMW will be sharing diesels with Toyota in Europe in 2014. Plus, a few months ago, Toyota opened its own lithium mine in Argentina so that it can supply its own raw materials for batteries - 16....
27.03.2012 | 6652 views | 0 comments
Audi Ready to Put A8 Hybrid and A6 Allroad on sale

Audi Ready to Put A8 Hybrid and A6 Allroad on sale

Audi already has the A6 Allroad Quattro on sale in Germany and will be rolling it out to the rest of Europe, and the A8 Hybrid and A8L Hybrid will go on sale in May.  The A8 Hybrid and A8L Hybrid are the third hybrids that Audi is offerin...
27.03.2012 | 3895 views | 0 comments

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