Tesla has officially set foot on European soil, with the opening of the company’s flagship showroom in the Knightsbridge area of London. (That puts it very near Harrods and also close to the Victoria and Albert Museum, so tourists have no excuse for not stopping in.) This is great news for the 1,300 European citizens […]
Ah, Romania: home of quirky mid-century art, bloody communist repression, gypsies, and Dracula. Just like the textbooks say, it’s a land of contrasts. Case in point: this unholy, Frankensteinish alliance of a Volkswagen and an Opel, billed as “the coolest car in Draganesti-Vlasca”. We’re not sure if we want to give it a spin or […]
What is it: A long, long overdue replacement for the Saab 9-5 luxury sedan and wagon Key facts: Built from GM’s Buick LaCrosse/Chevrolet Malibu platform; V-6 and turbo V-6 engines; all-wheel drive option On sale: Late 2009 in Europe Price: $40,000 (est.)Has the Saab 9-5 has been with us forever, at least in car […]
No, that’s not an exercise in Photoshoppery you see at left: it’s the Aston Martin “Cygnet” concept–a city car based directly on the fuel-efficient Toyota iQ (potentially known in America as the Scion iQ). Says Aston Martin Chief Executive, Dr Ulrich Bez: “The offering of a ‘Cygnet’ with a DBS, DB9 or Vantage is a unique […]
The 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class has been on the drawing boards for a while–and now, the German automaker is running tests on prototypes spotted by the spy photographers over at Motor Authority.The new ML-Class sport-ute is due to arrive in 2011 as a 2012 model. These first photos of test mules show what could be a […]
Ever fantasized about ripping up a car with your bare hands? Ever fantasized about doing that while dressed as a Ryu, a popular character from the old-skool Capcom videogame, Street Fighter? You’re not alone. Anymore.[Buzzfeed]
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In the more upscale models of the outgoing Subaru Legacy, there was a controller that bore a strong resemblance to the one used for BMW’s iDrive.For 2010, it’s gone. That elegant controller, for a feature called SI-Drive, looked like it was meant for navigation functions, while in reality it helped fine-tune powertrain performance.SI-Drive ..
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The bravado necessary to run a company like Porsche well has so far been one the of the strengths of the company’s current leadership, in particular Wendelin Wiedeking, as it attempts to acquire Volkswagen AG. But that brave move was caught in the unfortunate timing of the current economic crunch, and things have soured.Instead […]
Many of Volkswagen’s new vehicles continue to be rated worse-than-average by Consumer Reports in reliability, below the industry average in J.D. Power’s annual Initial Quality Survey (the latest just released last week), and near the bottom in post-sales service, as gauged by Power’s latest annual Customer Service Index (CSI).Yet, as the ..
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Acclaimed (and ridiculed) Segway inventor Dean Kamen has developed an intriguing hybrid scooter. Similar to, say, the Chevy Volt, the scooter is powered by electricity, but Kamen has added an external-combustion Stirling engine to keep the batteries fully charged. Although a Stirling wouldn’t be ideal as a primary power source, it ought to do ..
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