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Sixth-Gen BMW 3-Series Gets Total Redesign with New Styling, Engines and Tech

Sixth-Gen BMW 3-Series Gets Total Redesign with New Styling, Engines and Tech

The BMW 3-series is the world standard for compact, luxury sedans and has been since at least the 80s. In a move to command the media, BMW decided not to introduce the new, sixth generation 3-series at Frankfurt but instead did it today, October 1...
17.10.2011 | 6168 views | 2 comments
Vettel retunrs to wins and hands title to Red Bull

Vettel retunrs to wins and hands title to Red Bull

Sebastian Vettel cruised to his tenth win of the season in Korea to hand over the second constructors’ title to his team Red Bull. Starting in first row behind Hamilton, Vettel overtook the McLaren driver right on turn 4 of the first lap...
16.10.2011 | 893 views | 2 comments
Cadillac ATS Testing at the Nürburgring

Cadillac ATS Testing at the Nürburgring

Cars keep geting bigger. We posted BMW's new 3-series today, which is now bigger than a 5-series that was available in the early 90s. To cope, automakers have been introducing smaller versions of their cars. The BMW 1-series is a great example...
15.10.2011 | 2489 views | 3 comments
Hamilton beats Vettel and ends Red Bull run of poles

Hamilton beats Vettel and ends Red Bull run of poles

Red Bull’s chance of making a clean sweep in qualifying this season hás ended as Lewis Hamilton beat Red Bull’s world champion Sebastian Vettel and was the fastest of the session at the Yeongam circuit in South Korea. This p...
15.10.2011 | 2359 views | 2 comments
Arrinera Automotive Releases Video Debuting Arrinera Super Car

Arrinera Automotive Releases Video Debuting Arrinera Super Car

We wrote about the planned Polish-built supercar, the Arrinera, a few months ago. Arrinera plans for the car to cost around ₤100k GBP with a 6.5 liter V8 producing 650hp and 820Nm of torque. It is planned to accelerate to 100km/h in less th...
14.10.2011 | 7226 views | 1 comments
Toyota Returning to Le Mans in 2012 with Hybrid LMP1 Coupe

Toyota Returning to Le Mans in 2012 with Hybrid LMP1 Coupe

Toyota will enter the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans with a hybrid petrol LMP1 car. The chassis will be built by Toyota Motorsport GmbH in Germany who also ran Toyota's Formula 1 team while the engine will be made by Toyota in Japan.  The c...
14.10.2011 | 1759 views | 1 comments
Indy Car and American Le Mans to Return to Detroit for Belle Isle Grand Prix

Indy Car and American Le Mans to Return to Detroit for Belle Isle Grand Prix

Detroit is not what you think of when thinking of a city connected to motorsports. Some fantastic cars have been made there, but it is not a plce known for racing. But starting in 1982 there was a Formula 1 race around the streets of downtown Detr...
14.10.2011 | 3212 views | 0 comments
Chevrolet EN-V Shows Off Utopian, Zero Emissions Future

Chevrolet EN-V Shows Off Utopian, Zero Emissions Future

Toyota and Honda have done this in the past - showing off electric, personal transport vehicles that are touted as vehicles of the future. They are never actually produced and likely never will, but Chevrolet is adding its own personal electric ve...
14.10.2011 | 8213 views | 2 comments
Daimler Developing Faster Emergency Notification to Cars

Daimler Developing Faster Emergency Notification to Cars

Finding out about traffic jams has gotten easier with GPS traffic monitoring, but what about other driving emergencies, like icy bridges? Daimler has developed the technology to beam emergency information directly to its cars.  The system...
14.10.2011 | 4014 views | 0 comments
Euro Civic Aims for Top Euro NCAP Results

Euro Civic Aims for Top Euro NCAP Results

The newest version of the Civic in America has recieved less than stellar reviews from the media, but it seems like the European Civic is more of a success.  To be released early in 2012, Honda is touting the safety of the new, European C...
14.10.2011 | 1523 views | 0 comments

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