It would seem that every automaker involved in the Chinese market is jumping onboard the long wheelbase craze. The newest addition to the group is rumored to be the Volvo S60L, a stretched variant of its popular sedan model. The Swedish automaker will be joining the Infiniti M Long Wheelbase, [...]
BMW gave its popular 3-Series a revamp for the 2013 model year with the sedan model revealed back in October. We knew the 3 Series wagon variant wouldn’t be far behind, having seen spy photos back in February and now the German automaker has made it official for the European market. [...]
Yesterday, we reported the tragic news of Carroll Shelby’s passing, a man who’s passion shaped the automotive industry over the past few decades. Born to Warren Hall Shelby and Eloise Lawrence Shelby on January 11th, 1923, it wouldn’t be until 1952 that Carroll Shelby got behind the wheel of a [...]
That was exactly the question being posed at the Historic Racing Forum, hosted by the Credit Suisse Drives’ Club, ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix de Monaco Historique. Gathered for a discussion session were former F1 drivers Jochen Mass (James Hunt’s McLaren teammate during 1976/77), Emmanuele Pirro (who drove for [...]
Some bizzare news comes from the North today, as a woman hit a moose and kept on driving to work. In fact, she didn’t even notice her car was damaged until a co-worker noticed her injuries and nearly destroyed roof. Michelle Higgins, from Newfoundland, Canada managed to drive about 25 miles [...]
Back at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, Smart unveiled a collection of electric urban mobility products, with the fortwo electric car and ebike already becoming a reality. Next on its list will be the escooter, launching in 2014. The Smart ebike has raised some eyebrows since its debut, but the [...]
The Cadillac XTS may be hitting showrooms soon as the American luxury automaker’s flagship luxury sedan, but a rear-wheel drive successor is already on the drawing board for a possible 2015 debut. Based on the Epsilon platform, the XTS will be a front-wheel drive sedan when it finally makes it [...]
Call them Traffic Cones 2.0. The next generation of traffic cones, the DisposaCone proves that you can reinvent pretty much anything – even bright orange pylons. The DisposaCone has been approved under Section 6i of the federal Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) as a temporary traffic control device. [...]
Towards the end of last month, we got word that Aston Martin would be offering an Ultimate Edition model variant as a generation-ending sendoff for the DBS. Now the DBS Ultimate has just gone official on the British automaker’s website. Oddly enough, official specifications on the DBS Ultimate haven’t been [...]
Volkswagen continues to flex just how efficient its diesel models are, with a 2012 Passat TDI SE claiming a new world record by traveling 1,626.1 miles on a single tank of ultra-low sulfur diesel. The record was previously held by another Passat, – a 1.6 BlueMotion diesel model out in [...]
