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Porsche Cayenne Based Gemballa Tornado First New Model From Resurrected Tuner
2010 has been the sort of year Gemballa would never want a repeat of. It was in February when Uwe Gemballa, the founder of this high-end tuning company, was reported missing. Sadly, his body was found a few months later, ending speculation of where he was and what had happened. With news of the company…
Audi Returning to BTCC Racing Series With 2011 Rob Austin Racing Audi A4s
Over a decade has passed since the last time an Audi vehicle graced the presence of a BTCC race. Rob Austin Racing however is changing all of that in 2011, campaigning two Audi A4 in the famous racing series. Rob Austin Racing has already ordered two Audi A4 Next Generation Touring Cars (NGTC) from GPR…
Bugatti Veyron Available In “Rape Yellow”
The Bugatti Veyron may not be the best car of 2010, but it certainly wins inaugural award for “most unfortunate color descriptor” with the available “Rape Yellow” paint scheme. Before angry feminist groups start marching on Molsheim, it should be known that “rape” in this context refers to the flower from which canola oil is…
Volkswagen Offering Three 2011 Jettas for Just $5,995
On the first day the sale will only be accessible via Gilt mobile phone apps on the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices; from December 16th it will be made available on Gilt.com.
Buy a 2011 BMW 328i at 50% This Thursday at DailyWish.com
You’ve heard of Groupon and LivingSocial, the sites where members group together to buy services at a significantly lower cost. But how’s this for a deal? DailyWish.com is going to be selling something a little fancier than a medi/pedi – two 2011 BMW 328i vehicles at 50 percent off. On December 16 – that’s this…
2011 Porsche GT3 RSR GT Race Car Revealed
Porsche has just unwrapped its latest race car, the 2011 911 GT3 RSR GT, with more power, improved grip and a lot of letters. Using a 4.0-liter flat-six and six-speed sequential gearbox, power is now rated at 449-hp at 7800 rpm, an improvement of 5-hp over the outgoing model. Outside, the car gets wider front…
BMW 1 Series M Coupe Sets 8:12 Nürburgring Lap Time
If you thought BMW had released all the details on its new 1 Series M Coupe last week, you’d be wrong. Marketing the car as a true enthusiast’s machine, almost all 1 M Coupe’s sold are certain to find their way onto a race track and so BMW has gone though the effort of testing…
Audi R18 Le Mans Prototype Unveiled With Closed Cockpit Design
After Peugeot’s Le Mans victory, many speculated that Audi would be working on a new Le Mans Prototype to regain their dominance in the race series. And here we have it, Audi’s new R18 Le Mans Prototype and gone is their traditional open-top design. Not since 1999 has Audi brought a closed coupe to Le…
Volkswagen Golf R Officially Confirmed for the U.S.
Volkswagen‘s hottest of hatchbacks will make its way to U.S. soil, confirms the German automaker. A spiritual successor to the R32, the Golf R is part of VW’s new ‘R’ performance brand, and gets its motivation from VW’s always-impressive 2.0T turbocharged 4-cylinder rather than the old V6 in the R32. While VW hasn’t released specs…
BMW 1 Series M Coupe Revealed: Is This the Modern Day E30 M3?
BMW has just released full details and images of the new 1 Series M Coupe. That’s right, full details, not a partial reveal or choppy video, but the complete car – and there’s no shortage of pics either (see the gallery below). Perhaps more important at this stage, however, are the specs – which don’t…
Porsche to Develop Future VW Group Performance Models, Not Audi
From the outside, Volkswagen might look like a stable collection of some of the world’s best-selling brands, combined with some of the most exotic. But behind the scenes there’s a power struggle and newcomer Porsche looks to be taking over from the inside – an ironic twist to the German sports car maker’s story, with…
Volkswagen Golf R Coming to America, Will Debut at Detroit Auto Show
While still less than certain, the Volkswagen Golf R is reportedly set to be offered in North America next year, with a likely announcement set for the upcoming Detroit Auto Show in January. The ultra-hot hatch has already been on sale in Europe for close to a year, making the GTI look tame in comparison…
BMW 1 Series M Coupe Fully Revealed in Video
As anticipation builds for the car’s official reveal at the Detroit Auto Show in January, BMW has finally shown its new 1 Series M Coupe completely uncovered and from several angles in a new short video. The car is expected to deliver 340-hp from a twin-turbo inline-six engine. As is obvious from the video, the…
Jay-Z Gets Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport From Beyonce For His 41st Birthday
Jay-Z is a pretty lucky guy – one of the world’s best rappers, former CEO of Def Jam Records and a multiple Grammy winner worth about $450 million. If that wasn’t enough, he’s married to Beyonce Knowles, the super-talented singer who was kind enough to buy her husband a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport for his…
North Korean Officials Like Their Volkswagen Passats
The cars of North Korea (affectionately known as The Hermit Kingdom) have aroused a lot of interest over the years. Kim Jong-Il, North Korea’s dictator, is apparently a big fan of Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans, and the state owned industry even made some knock-off Mercedes 190Es for a time. But recent photos have surfaced, showing dignitaries…
Volkswagen Jetta TDI Lauded By Consumer Reports, Honda CR-Z Gets Dismal Rating
Consumer Reports released their ranking of fuel efficient cars in their upcoming January issue, and their rankings may come as a shock to conventional wisdom. Scoring highest was the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, a car that previously had a reputation for anything but reliability(although it was less about reliability than overall performance). The Ford Fiesta and…
Ward’s Auto Announces 10 Best Engines
The annual Ward’s Auto list of 10 best engines gets a pretty decent amount of publicity, in light of how little people pay attention to the publication in the other 364 days of year. This year’s list includes not one but two electric powertrains, with the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf making the list, while…
Volkswagen New Midsize Sedan Revealed
Volkswagen‘s New Midsize Sedan, the car designed and built in America, for American consumers, has been revealed in a series of spy photos that show the car undisguised. Not surprisingly, the car looks like a 2011 Jetta with bigger proportions, trading the Passat’s distinctive styling for something as generic as a badgeless car in an auto insurance commercial. Clearly,…
McLaren Offers Limited Edition Upgrade Kit for the SLR
When Mercedes rolled out the SLR Stirling Moss edition at the Detroit Auto Show a few years back, we thought perhaps the onslaught of special edition versions of the overpriced and over-hyped supercar had finally come to an end. At least that’s what Mercedes would have had us believe, especially with the McLaren/Mercedes partnership coming…
Mercedes E-Class Wagon Gets the Limo Treatment
Be it for a wedding or for a high-powered executive, there’s a time and a place for a stretched Mercedes S-Class. And with MB already selling a long wheelbase version of the E-Class in China, one has to admit there’s demand for such a product. But a stretched E-Class wagon? That’s right, Mercedes tuner Binz…
BMW Abandons World Touring Car Championship
In a move that would have been unthinkable in the last decade, but is hardly surprising in this era, BMW has announced that it is abandoning factory support for the World Touring Car Championship. The move comes after BMW’s withdrawl from Formula 1 at the end of the 2009 season, and a change in management…
2012 Volkswagen New Beetle Spied Testing [Video]
After being teased on Oprah recently, some spy video of Volkswagen‘s 2012 New Beetle has popped up online giving us the best look at at the new car. With lines more reminiscent of the original Bug, there’s a more prominent hood with a profile that’s closer to a coupe, eliminating some of the excessively cute…
2012 Mercedes SLK Revealed in Leaked Promo Video
The 2012 Mercedes SLK has been revealed online thanks to a leaked video that shows the new luxury convertible from every angle. Looking very much like the baby SL we expected it too, the 2012 SLK gets a more flat-fronted nose and many design cues from the new line of Mercedes products. The SLK will…
Porsche to Unveil ‘Spectacular’ Model at Detroit Auto Show
For the first time in four years Porsche will exhibit at the Detroit Auto Show, with a debut that is certain to reassert its presence. According to Hans-Gerd Bode, a spokesman for the German sports car maker, the vehicle will be “spectacular,” but, “You’ll have to wait and be surprised” he said. The last time…
