Seoul Motor Show, not Seoul Model Show!
How many of you go to motorshows not for the cars, but for the scantically clad ladies standing around the cars? I know that sometimes the intention can be split 50:50 between …
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Infiniti G37 features new VQ37VHR engine
Infiniti has updated their G Coupe with a new engine. Some might recognise this car as the Nissan Skyline V35, which carries the legend's moniker but hardly any of it's spirit. For …
Audi A7, Q5 and another mini-SUV coming up next
Audi has three more completely new cars to add to it's model range, in an effect to double it's model line-up by 2015. Currently Audi has 22 cars in it's line-up, and …
Toxins in Your Car Interior
Many are concerned with the amount of pollutants that a car is expelling from it's exhaust, and the harm it does to the environment. But strangely, there is not much focus on …
Woman drives Mercedes Benz SL500 into river
A woman in her late 20s driving a Mercedes Benz SL500 costing £96,000 drove her car into a ford and ended up getting washed downstream the river until a stable-owner heard her …
Shareholders want Chrysler name dropped from DaimlerChrysler
Two DaimlerChrysler Shareholders, Ekkehard Wenger and Leonhard Knoll have submitted a name change proposal to the DaimlerChrysler board of directors, detailing their wishes for the company to drop the name Chrysler regardless …
Zap releases more details on ZAP-X
Remember Zap? I reported earlier in February that US electric car maker Zap was employing the services of Lotus to develop the ZAP-X for them, an all-wheel drive crossover MPV which would …
Aston Martin Rapide: Safety by Volvo
Aston Martin will be procuring Volvo's help to develop the Aston Martin Rapide 4-door sedan's safety system. Volvo's safety engineering expertise was also used previously on the DB9 and V8 Vantage models. …
Proton Cars Get Some International Attention
Proton's Gen2, Savvy and Satria Neo, regarded as the first few cars in a generation of Protons that attempt to breakaway from the Mitsubishi rebadging era have been making it's way around …
Volkswagen to introduce new sedans once Proton deal is finalised
Volkswagen's head of international sales Kevin Rose says talks between Volkswagen and Proton are now at a fairly advanced stage, and both parties clearly know what they would want from such an …
Proton Updates in Indonesia
Proton says it has managed to position itself in the top three spot in Indonesia's taxi market, outselling other brands in a taxi market dominated by Toyota and Hyundai. This may be …
TV Poll: More than half of Germans want Autobahn speed limit imposed
You might remember how environmentalists petitioned for a speed limit to be imposed on the Autobahn some time back. Judging by your reactions, although most of you and me included would most …
Spyker wants to buy Lotus
Dutch car manufacturer Spyker has made a bid for Lotus, reported Dutch auto magazine AutoWeek. AutoWeek's unnamed sources claims the Dutch company is already in talks with Proton about the possible porchase. …
Cerberus hires Bernhard to analyze Chrysler bid
Other than the obvious buyout by another car company - General Motors, two non-automotive companies have been interested in Chrysler - the Blackstone Group and Cerberus. Investment firm Blackstone is currently already …
Kia’s Project Snowflake
Kia's attack of new and upcoming models on the European market continues with Project Snowflake, which will be a sports car similiar to the likes of the Audi TT. Now, the codename …
BMW CEO confirms BMW X6 name
BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer has confirmed that it's upcoming sporty crossover SUV model that has already been spotted going around on tests everywhere will indeed be called the BMW X6. Spyshots have …
Turbodiesel Bentleys soon?
Bentley is considering expanding it's engine line-up to something more than the current petrol guzzlers, either hybrids or turbodiesels. I personally think the Volkswagen Group's V12 TDI turbodiesel found in the Audi …
Lotus Integrated Exhaust Manifold
Lotus Engineering displayed their Integrated Exhaust Manifold technology at the 2007 Geneva International Motor Show. Basically, it is an exhaust manifold integrated into the cylinder head. A demonstration of this was shown …
Subaru’s 4-year plan: turbodiesel boxers!
Not much details of Subaru's new turbodiesel boxer engine were revealed at the Geneva 2007 Motor Show, causing an outcry from Subaru fans who expected to get the juicy details on the …
Volkswagen to adopt Audi’s MLP platform strategy
Volkswagen, one of the few car companies that manages to maximize the amount of vehicles it can produce from a single platform will now further enhance it's ability with Audi's modular MLP …
