The BRABUS edition of smart’s diminutive little fortwo is, as we like to say, officially official as of yesterday when the brand pulled the wraps off the new-for-USA model. Unlike the Europeans who have had access to BRABUS smarts for the last few years, we won’t be getting the force-fed 112-horsepower three-cylinder engine here in [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The new Vauxhall Insignia (UK name, also called the Opel Insignia in Europe and Buick Regal in China) has been voted as the 2009 Car of the Year (Europe)!
The Insignia won by the tiniest 1 point margin – 321 points, beating the first runner up, the Ford Fiesta to the pole. Trailing behind in third [...]
Are you a big fan of Ford Mustang?Then, it is officially released!When the 2005 Ford Mustang debuted, it thoroughly reinvigorated the pony car segment that it created four decades earlier. After 25 years of being assembled on the archaic rear-wheel-drive Fox platform, the Mustang finally had an all-new platform and styling that hearkened back to [...]
Are you a big fan of Ford Mustang?Then, it is officially released!When the 2005 Ford Mustang debuted, it thoroughly reinvigorated the pony car segment that it created four decades earlier. After 25 years of being assembled on the archaic rear-wheel-drive Fox platform, the Mustang finally had an all-new platform and styling that hearkened back to [...]
The entire production run of the Bugatti Veyron has been limited to just 300 units with 230 of those already spoken for, so when a new special edition is announced you can be sure you’re about to get something quite unique. Bugatti initially created the Pur Sang (meaning ‘pure blood’ or ‘thoroughbred’ in French) edition [...]
There are few problems that more horsepower can’t fix or at least help you ignore. And as a perfect case study, we bring you the 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX. Our first impression of the new-for-2008 WRX left us hot and cold. Interior quality, overall refinement, and noise isolation were vastly improved, but the WRX lacked [...]
Rinspeed made an official announcement about its presence at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show next week. After many photos and informations about a convertible submersible, they will finally unveil the sQuba Concept. The sQuba is based on the Lotus Elise and is inspired from a James Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me.
The submersible [...]
In addition to the race-ready RMR Genesis Coupe, HKS and Street Concepts brought out their own rear-wheel-drive two-doors to the party.
The Street Concepts coupe builds off the 3.8-liter V6 model, coating the exterior in a “Stealth Fighter-inspired” paint scheme and matching it to a custom grille, tinted head and tail lights and an APR wing. [...]
In addition to the race-ready RMR Genesis Coupe, HKS and Street Concepts brought out their own rear-wheel-drive two-doors to the party.
The Street Concepts coupe builds off the 3.8-liter V6 model, coating the exterior in a “Stealth Fighter-inspired” paint scheme and matching it to a custom grille, tinted head and tail lights and an APR wing. [...]
Hamann SLR Volcano reworked of Mercedes McLaren SLR supercar.Indeed a very good touch!I’m carzy to get one!With 5.4-liters of supercharged displacement to work with, Hamann turned up the boost with a new pulley, custom exhaust manifolds and tuned ECU to bring output up to 700 hp and 612 lb.-ft. of torque – an increase of [...]
