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  Although not the most active thought in the minds of this world, somewhere on this globe owners or perspective owners of the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe could be bored to tears by the mere 451-horsepower from the vehicle’s 6.2 liter V-8 engine. Along with the powerplant, maybe ponderings relating to the look of the [...]

  For anyone who pays even the slightest attention to the sports car culture, the name Carroll Shelby could be one of the first personas that would instantly spark recollection. The master craftsman behind the Cobra sports car and the architect of the early Ford Mustang competition-caliber performance, the accomplished former race car driver’s is [...]

My first encounter with a Jeep Wrangler was a used 1990 with a hard top, straight 6, and a five speed.  It was a brute of a machine.  I could see daylight between the hard top and the full doors.  Needless to say it was noisy, drafty and not very comfortable on city streets let [...]

It has been eluded to that the younger people are not embracing car ownership with the same value as they did 40-50 years ago. Expense after expense, the need to live smaller in this current society, fortunately technology has grown more compact to grant otherwise immobilized individuals with the ability roam a virtual expanse. Eager [...]

The luxury sales wars are heating up. The three top luxury players are Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Globally, no one else registers on the radar. The aforementioned companies all have their eye on the top spot. BMW has held it since 2005, when Mercedes relinquished its position. Audi, on the other hand, has grown steadily. [...]

The Infiniti Etherea Concept that debuted in Geneva provided a good look at Infiniti’s new small car. The small luxury segment in the United States currently includes only the Audi A3, and it is about to expand very quickly. These new cars are front-wheel drive and are geared toward reaching new buyers. For a long [...]

Lotus has big plans for its future. While we thought it found a successful niche with the Elise over the past decade, the company consistently lost money for its parent Proton. In order to have a hope of succeeding, something had to change. Dany Bahar was brought in from Ferrari as Chief Executive Officer and [...]

Fisker’s funding issues with the Department of Energy have caused there to be some uncertainty over the future of the Atlantic. Formerly known by the Project NINA moniker, the Atlantic was introduced at the New York International Auto Show in April. With a commitment to government investment, Fisker secured a former General Motors plant in [...]

When Chrysler dropped the Sebring and replaced it with the new Chrysler 200 in 2011, the car went from just being a rental car choice to a legitimate contender in the mid-size sedan segment. The new Chrysler 200 uses the same platform as the Sebring, but engineers changed and strengthened everything on the new car.  [...]

High gas prices make most people think differently about driving. Carpooling, driving less, switching to more fuel-efficient vehicles – those are all options many consider. Truck and large SUV sales usually correspond closely with changes in prices. Hybrids are one way to do that, but so are diesels. In the rest of the world, particularly [...]

Audi’s new 4.0-liter turbocharged V-8 is quite the engine. Case in point: the 4.0-liter is now being used at Bentley. For the first time the Continental GT has added eight-cylinder power as an option, after sticking with twelve-cylinder power for its life span. The 4.0-liter V-8 packs a horsepower punch, and it is slated to [...]

MINI has kept up a steady product cadence, introducing a new model variant every time we turnaround. The main product in all of this though is still the MINI Hardtop. Next year it will be replaced, and BMW is hard at work on a followup to the successful current generation model. The original MINI hasn’t [...]