Mercedes-Benz engines under the hood of Infiniti Gs
| This will preety much translate into: you buy an Infiniti and on your engine will be written “Mercedes-Benz”. And it’s not a joke! Because of the alliance of Daimler AG and Renault-Nissan, Infiniti’s G series will be getting a Mercedes-Benz engine. This means that Romanian Dacia could get Nissan or Mercedes engines? Cool! (Dacia is owned [...] |  |
Honda stabs the Ridgeline dead by 2012
| Launched in 2005, Honda Ridgeline was supposed to be a strong competitor to light duty truck in North America. It is indeed good looking, versatile and has plenty of cool features, but it seems it hasn’t exactly touched a string in American buyers’ hearts. Though it was the first truck to incorporate an independent rear suspension, [...] |  |
The red fury: Ferrari 599 GTO
| This red beast is derived from Ferrari‘s 599XX race car and it represents the most outrageous version of the two-seater 599, being actually a toned-down racing car that’s been homologated for road use, hence why it has been given the classic Gran Turismo Omologata moniker. By no coincidence, just 599 units wil be built, each powered [...] |  |
Details on 2012 Audi A6
| Audi A6 will make its debut early next year as a 2012 model. Building on technologies first developed in the TT platform, the next-generation 2012 Audi A6 is expected to use the lightweight ASF II spaceframe technology as its base. Audi has developed the Aluminum and Steel Spaceframe (ASF II) technology to provide a platform [...] |  |
Facelifted 2011 VW Touran MPV
| Auto Mobil International in Lepzig will be the place where VW will reveal 2011 Touran 7-seater MPV, which has suffered its second facelift since its debut in 2003. The styling is inspried by Polo, Golf and Touareg models, as follows: At the front, the Touran gets VW’s latest corporate grille along with new headlamp and [...] |  |
2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD priced from $28,960
| The fact that Chevy has to recall milions of cars will not stop GM from going on with the business. So, they anounced prices for Silverado, which is on recall list for brake issue. The updated 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD pickup truck range will start at $27,965, which excludes a $995 destination charge, while an upgrade [...] |  |
Jaguar XJ Limo Green Hybrid Study
| This year’s “World Mobility Forum” exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany (April 15-18) will be the ocasion on which Jaguar will show off its XJ “Limo Green” hybrid study that was teased for the first time last September. Making use of Chevy Volt-like hybrid power train, the 2011 XJ-based Limo Green comes with a range extending gasoline [...] |  |
Revised Passat CC adds Sat Nav and Bluetooth as standard
| Seems like VW-AG group has found the key to success, namely to good sales results: besides good performance cars, they give you a lot of high-tech stuff as standard for your car and DO NOT charge you for their entire value, but just for a sum that you won’t even notice when paying for the car. For the [...] |  |
GM to investigate Six Million Chevy, GMC Trucks And SUVs over break issue
| After all this year’s recallings over break issues or unintended acceleration issues, for not just one carmaker, GM, having its name put on the list, planned to equip many GM models with brake-override systems, which will slow vehicles in the event of sudden acceleration. GM’s problem, however, is related to break issues, not unintended acceleration, which [...] |  |
2011 Audi A3 combines sportiness and elegance
| Refined style, agile driving fun and elaborate technology – the Audi A3, the A3 Sportback, the A3 Cabriolet and the S3 are the sporty models in the compact segment. Audi now displays its premium character even more explicitly through new attentive details on both the exterior and the interior. The sporty elegance of the A3 [...] |  |
