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| Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:49 AM PST Video: Drift Battle Moto contro Mustang Due moto modificate, una Mustang non troppo recente ed una striscia d'asfalto. Questi gli ingredienti di questo spettacolare video di drifting. Le due moto che si esibiscono in fumanti drift inseguite dalla Polizia, sono delle Triump Triple, modificate per permettere ai piloti di intraversarle ad ogni curva. La Police Patrol è però una Ford Mustang del 2004 con 550 cavalli, anch'essa elaborata a dovere.... |
| Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:01 AM PST  Ventas 2011: Grecia Filed under: Industria El mercado del automóvil griego cerró el año 2011 con los peores resultados de los últimos 22 años, con un total que no alcanzó ni las 100.000 unidades. En relación al 2010, las matriculaciones cayeron en un 31,0%, con un total de 97.682 unidades vendidas. En cuanto al mes de diciembre, las ventas de vehículos nuevos sin embargo se incrementaron en un 50,0%, sin duda animadas por la reciente subida... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 10:29 PM PST Kia Plans Airbag Recall Kia Motors Corp. is preparing to recall 145,800 vehicles in the U.S. to inspect and perhaps replace the clock spring contact assemblies in their driver's side airbag systems. The campaign, which is expected to begin in March, involves 2006-2008 Optima sedans and 2007-2008 Rondo MPVs. The defective mechanisms can be damaged over [...] |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 10:29 PM PST Kia to Launch Airbag Recall Kia Motors Corp. plans to recall 145,800 vehicles in the U.S. to inspect and perhaps replace the clock spring contact assemblies in their driver's side airbag systems. The campaign, which is expected to begin in March, involves 2006-2008 Optima sedans and 2007-2008 Rondo MPVs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the [...] |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:13 PM PST  Auctions: Barrett-Jackson 2012: Galpin Widebody Mustang nets $160,000 for charity Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Ford The time has come for the custom widebody Mustang from Galpin Auto Sports to find a new owner. Built by Galpin for industrial company SPX, this specially built Mustang features a hand-built body that widens the car by an incredible nine inches highlighted by PPG Candy Apple Red paint.... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:06 PM PST  Video: Why taking an axe to your friend's car is a bad idea Filed under: Etc., Videos, Australia, Humor We've said it once and we'll say it again: When it comes to pranks, we defer to the infallible wisdom of the prophet Vincent Vega, who once said, "Don't f*** with another man's vehicle." The reasons are innumerable and shouldn't require listing here, but in case you need a refresher, allow us to direct your attention to the video after the jump. A prank war in Australia... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:06 PM PST  Oil companies pay $6.8 million in fines for not using cellulosic biofuels that don't exist Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy Oil companies will pay $6.8 million in fines for not meeting federal quotas for blending in cellulosic biofuels - those produced from grasses, wood and plants - even though there weren't enough of those biofuels available for use, the New York Times reported. Those fines are likely to rise in 2012 because the cellulosic biofuel quotas that refiners have to meet will rise more than 30... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:06 PM PST  Video: Nissan-wielding Bloodmasters wreak havoc on Raceway Park Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Videos, Nissan, Racing At some point, drifting made the shift from counterculture revolution to the sponsor-laden vehicular equivalent of figure skating. We're not sure when it happened, but we certainly miss the days of watching grainy videos of mountain pass heroes piped over from Japan.... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST  Porsche: nuovo video sulla 911 Porsche ha diramato un altro video ufficiale che ha come protagonista la nuova 911. Oltre ad avere fatto una cura dimagrante, perdendo ben 45 chili, rispetto alla versione precedente la sportiva made in Stoccarda ha un passo allungato di 10 centimetri. Le motorizzazioni disponibili sono un 3.4 litri da 350 CV e un 3.8 litri da 400 CV; ad entrambi i propulsori si potrà abbinare un cambio manuale o un PDK... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST  Volkswagen se mosquea con GM por decir que es el mayor fabricante del mundo Filed under: Industria Es la historia de todos los años, así que no sabemos cómo es que no lo vimos venir de lejos cuando publicamos ayer que General Motors ha recuperado su antigua posición como mayor fabricante de automóviles del mundo. Siempre que toca señalar al triunfador del año correspondiente aparece algún constructor con la mosca detrás de la oreja, y este año es el Grupo Volkswagen el que ha salido a... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST  Video: Nothing says "Chip Foose" like... Volkswagen? Filed under: Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchback, Volkswagen, Design/Style To help tell the story of the 256-horsepower 2012 Golf R, Volkswagen has enlisted aid from an unexpected quarter: hot rodder and kandy-kolored-tangerine-flake-inclined Chip Foose. Turns out that Mr. Overhaulin' owned a 1985 Golf GTI and thought the world of it, and he engages in a couple minutes of reminiscing about his Mk II to prove it. The video is after the jump, and there's a... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST  Report: NY city council bans alternate side parking shame stickers Filed under: Government/Legal New York City drivers rarely get much to be happy about, but a recent decision by the New York City Council to eliminate the practice of stickering parking violators is bound to be greeted with unanimous joy. Outside of the mayor's office, that is. Despite The New York Times reporting a 47-0 vote in favor of prohibiting the city's sanitation department from applying the stickers to cars parked in the... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST December 2011 Vehicle Sales: What the Headlines Don't Tell You It Really Was a Toyotathon Sales of the Toyota Camry in 2011: 308,510 Sales of all Mazdas in 2011: 250,426 Sales of all BMWs in 2011: 247,907 Date of Tōhoku earthquake: March 11, 2011 Date flooding started in Thailand: July 31, 2011 Minimum number of months Toyota operated below 100% production capacity in North America: [...] |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST All That for Nothing: NHTSA Closes Investigation into Chevy Volt Battery Fires, Finds Nothing to Worry About Who could have predicted such an outcome? NHTSA has closed its nearly two-month investigation into the fiery deaths of some crash-tested Chevy Volts, concluding that "no discernible defect trend exists and that the vehicle modifications recently developed by General Motors reduce the potential for battery intrusion resulting from side impacts." Some more choice quotes from [...] |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST All That for Nothing: NHTSA Closes Investigation into Chevy Volt Battery Fires, Finds Nothing to Worry About Who could have predicted such an outcome? NHTSA has closed its nearly two-month investigation into the fiery deaths of some crash-tested Chevy Volts, concluding that "no discernible defect trend exists and that the vehicle modifications recently developed by General Motors reduce the potential for battery intrusion resulting from side impacts." Some more choice quotes from [...] |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST Daimler to Build Plants in China, N. America Daimler AG intends to erect assembly plants in China and either Mexico or the U.S. to help it reach an annual sales goal of 2.7 million Mercedes-Benz brand vehicles by 2020—double last year's volume, according to Manager Magazin. The German business magazine says the North American factory would begin in 2017 [...] |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST 2013 Nissan GT-R Priced from $97,820; We Chart Godzilla's Price, Power, and Performance Over the Years The GT-R, Nissan's twin-turbocharged hellion, has received upgrades each and every model year since it went on sale for 2009—and 2013 will be no different. Its price has been upgraded along with it: The 2013 GT-R will start at $97,820 for the Premium "base" model or $107,320 for the uplevel Black Edition. |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST 2013 Nissan GT-R Priced from $97,820; We Chart Godzilla's Price, Power, and Performance Over the Years The GT-R, Nissan's twin-turbocharged hellion, has received upgrades each and every model year since it went on sale for 2009—and 2013 will be no different. Its price has been upgraded along with it: The 2013 GT-R will start at $97,820 for the Premium "base" model or $107,320 for the uplevel Black Edition. |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:30 PM PST  Report: McLaren F1 successor to pack KERS into clean-sheet design Filed under: Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Technology, UK, MISC If you were impressed by the MP4-12C, well, you should be. It's an otherworldly performance machine. But we ain't seen nothing yet from McLaren Automotive, which is gearing up to launch an even more capable supercar. Whereas the 12C is targeted at the Ferrari 458 Italia, the next project down the pipeline is more along the lines of a successor to the iconic McLaren F1,... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:30 PM PST  Average U.S. vehicle age rises 12% in the last five years Filed under: MPG, USA New cars in the U.S. may be getting better gas mileage than they used to, but that doesn't necessarily mean the vehicles on the road are a whole lot more fuel efficient, overall. That's because more and more of us are driving older cars and light-duty trucks. The average age of the approximately 240 million light-duty vehicles on U.S.... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:30 PM PST  SMS Supercars unveils 620 Camaro, auctions first example for charity at Barrett-Jackson Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Chevrolet, Misc. Auto Shows, Specialty When Steve Saleen launched his new company, SMS Supercars, back in 2008, he announced that he would be expanding his portfolio of vehicles to include the muscle car offerings from Chevrolet and Dodge. First up was the 570 and 570X Challenger, followed soon after by the 302 Mustang. Now, Steve Saleen's muscle car trifecta is finally complete, as SMS officially unveiled the... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:39 PM PST Auctions: SMS Supercars unveils 620 Camaro, auctions first example for charity at Barrett-Jackson Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Chevrolet, Misc. Auto Shows, Specialty When Steve Saleen launched his new company, SMS Supercars, back in 2008, he announced that he would be expanding his portfolio of vehicles to include the muscle car offerings from Chevrolet and Dodge. First up was the 570 and 570X Challenger, followed soon after by the 302 Mustang. Now, Steve Saleen's muscle car trifecta is finally complete, as SMS officially unveiled the... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:39 PM PST NHTSA Press Reslease: Chevy VOLT Fire Probe is CLOSED The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the following statement today regarding the conclusion of its safety defect investigation into the post-crash fire risk of Chevy Volts (PE11037): Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed its safety defect investigation into the potential risk of fire in Chevy Volts that have been involved in a serious crash.... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:39 PM PST  Report: Kia start/stop system delayed due to poor feedback from media Filed under: Budget, Technology, Hatchback, Kia The come-hither 2012 Kia Rio has been bolting off dealer lots for obvious reasons that go beyond its $14,350 price. One of its noteworthy features for the U.S. market, especially for the segment, is stop/start, which Kia calls ISG for Idle, Stop & Go. Media feedback, however, has convinced Kia that ISG is not quite ready for prime time, so it's been sent back to the... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:39 PM PST  Video: 10j oude Pagani Zonda heerst Een stukje uit het 'dagboek' van Harry. Harry "ik heb lekker een Pagani Zonda C12S 7.3 en jij niet" Metcalfe. Hij laat de auto graag even zien. (more…) verwante verhalenMercedes rijders worden het meest geflitstDe autoverzameling van MegaUpload.com [updated]Inbeslaggenomen Canadese Lamborghini geveildFoto's: inbeslagname supercars Kim SchmitzLouwman Exclusive: het nieuwe Hessing |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:39 PM PST  Fotos espía: El Hyundai Elantra Coupé se desnuda antes de su debut en Chicago Filed under: Hyundai, Fotos espía, Cupés Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Ya no hace falta que sigamos durmiendo con un ojo abierto esperando la aparición de las fotos oficiales del Elantra Coupé en nuestra bandeja de entrada. El nuevo dos puertas de Hyundai ha salido a pasear así de fresco y campechano a lomos de un camión de carga antes de su presentación oficial dentro de unas semanas... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:38 PM PST  Spy Shots: 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe caught undisguised ahead of Chicago debut Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Budget, Hyundai, Design/Style Here it is, ladies and gents - the 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe. The svelte new two-door will make its official debut at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show in just a few weeks, but our intrepid spy photographers managed to catch this completely uncovered prototype on the back of a flatbed truck. Not surprisingly, the new coupe relies heavily on the same Fluidic Sculpture design language... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:48 PM PST  SEAT Argelia introduce el Ibiza "Linea R" Filed under: SEAT, Tuning y preparaciones, Utilitarios Sólo 200 unidades son las que SOVAC, importador de la firma española SEAT en Argelia, ha puesto a la venta del Ibiza "Linea R". Es una versión con aspecto más deportivo y dinámico pero que mantiene intacto el motor diésel de 1,6 litros y 105 CV. Entre otras cosas, el nuevo modelo incluye: Paragolpes deportivos Suspensión deportiva Alerón sobre el portón Llantas de aleación en negro ... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:48 PM PST Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid Prototype Drive: A Highway Hybrid? While in Japan for the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, we visited Honda's Twin Ring Motegi racing facility to see some of the company's future products. Among them was a plug-in hybrid system, a prototype of which was installed in a current-generation Accord. While the car we drove is just a development mule, we can confidently [...] |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:48 PM PST  Video: waarom Porsche nog steeds 'kevers' maakt Een stukje geschiedenis van het merk dat de afgelopen jaren zo veranderd is, door het merk zelf. Porsche licht de 911 nog even toe. (more…) verwante verhalenJapanner met Lexus IS-F doet domste crash ooit [video]G-Power BMW M5 Hurricane RS doet 357 km/u [video]Video: doe eens een mega-burnout in je GolfjeInfiniti daagt Porsche uit voor een mueslibattleGesnapt: Porsche Panamera facelift in de sneeuw |
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