Officially Official: BMW confirms Efficient Dynamics production [w/video]
November 6, 2010 by admin
Filed under Concept Cars
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, BMW, Electric
BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics prototype – Click above for high-res image gallery
Sure, BMW is going to build a small, urban electric car – the Megacity – in a few years, but we’re pretty sure there are a lot of Bimmer drivers who won’t much care for that little thing, [...]
Alfa Romeo partners with Avatar’s Federico Alliney on official artwork collection
October 18, 2010 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Etc., Alfa Romeo, Design/Style
Alfa Romeo artwork by Federico B. Alliney – Click above for image gallery
Describing an Alfa Romeo as a rolling work of art is easy enough. We’ve done it, you’ve likely done it, and everyone else has, too. Heck, the blokes over at Top Gear even tried to sell a Brera [...]
2011 Dodge Charger: First official images, details released
October 5, 2010 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Sedan, Chrysler, Dodge, Design/Style
2011 Dodge Charger – Click either image for high-res image gallery
The hotly anticipated 2011 Dodge Charger has beat a path onto the Internet in a million little ways, but this is the first complete, undisguised look that we have of the redesigned muscle sedan after a seemingly endless stream [...]
Official: Ford Windstar recalled over rear axle risk
Filed under: Minivan/Van, Recalls, Safety, Ford
Back in May, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration started investigating cases of rear axles breaking in late model Ford Windstar minivans after receiving hundreds of complaints from owners. Over three months later, an official recall has just been announced that covers 575,000 1998-2003 Windstars sold in “Salt Belt” states [...]
Official: Toyota recalling 1.1M Corolla and Matrix models over stalling fears *UPDATE
Filed under: Sedan, Recalls, Safety, Hatchback, Toyota
2005-2008 Toyota Corolla/Matrix – Click above for high-res image gallery
Toyota has been in the hot seat this year for its high-volume safety recalls, has issued yet another action that covers its 2005-2008 model year Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks. Approximately 1.13 million vehicles are affected by a problem which [...]
Officially Official: Gordon Murray’s T.25 city car revealed
June 28, 2010 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Coupe, Budget, UK, Design/Style
Gordon Murray Design T.25 – Click above for high-res image gallery
After hinting at doing so for a couple of years, Gordon Murray has finally revealing his new T.25 city car at an event at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment in Oxford, England. The 1,212-pound car is just [...]
Officially, Official: Panoz reveals the Abruzzi Spirit of Le Mans
June 8, 2010 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Europe, Design/Style
Panoz Abruzzi Spirit of Le Mans – Click above for high-res image gallery
As Le Mans week has begun in France, ALMS founder Don Panoz has revealed the new limited production Abruzzi Spirit of Le Mans road car. From a design perspective, the Abruzzi clearly draws on the GTR-1 “Batmobile” [...]
It’s Official: VW taking 90% stake in Italdesign
May 25, 2010 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Volkswagen, Earnings/Financials, Design/Style
1970 Volkswagen Porsche Tapiro Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Remember those rumors that Volkswagen was poised to purchase Italdesign Giugiaro? Well, they’re rumors no more, as the two storied firms have just announced that it’s a done deal. The German automaker will acquire a 90-percent stake in the [...]
Officially Official: Ford Flex gets new top-shelf Titanium model
May 21, 2010 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Crossover, Ford, Design/Style
2011 Ford Flex Titanium – Click above for high-res image gallery
Earlier this month, Editor Paukert spied a caravan of Ford Flex prototypes sporting new trim pieces that indicated a higher-level trim model is in the works. A source within Ford confirmed that our assumptions were correct, and now the automaker has [...]
Officially Official: 2011 Ford Fiesta rated at 40 mpg highway
May 17, 2010 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: MPG, Ford
2011 Ford Fiesta – Click above for high-res image gallery
The EPA has finished calculating the fuel economy of the 2011 Ford Fiesta and, as the automaker projected, its new baby has hit 40 miles per gallon. The official numbers from the Feds are 29 mpg in the city and 40 mpg on [...]
