Archive for December, 2009

2011 GMC Acadia Denali Revealed

Friday, December 18, 2009 16:53 by Arman Barari No Comments

General Motors has unveiled the new GMC Arcadia revealing the fact that it’ll be the first crossover to get the Denali treatment. Denali badge for GMC cars means extra luxury and exclusivity through more standard equipments and unique styling cues. The car will go on sale in the third quarter of 2010 as a 2011 [...]

This was posted under category: Gm Tags: Gm, Gmc, Gmc Denali

2010 Mercedes Benz E-Class by ATT

Friday, December 18, 2009 16:21 by Arman Barari No Comments

What ATT has done here is remarkable! You see the 2010 Mercedes E-class is such a discrete and dignified executive sedan that you’d imagine it’s impossible to ruin it even with the most ridiculous body kits. But ATT, not only managed to do that, they’ve actually created one of the ugliest cars of the year! [...]

This was posted under category: Mercedes Benz, Tuning Tags: ATT, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes E Class

Aston Martin presents Carbon Black special editions

Friday, December 18, 2009 15:59 by Arman Barari No Comments

Aston Martin has released a special package called Carbon Black for the V12 Vantage and DBS Coupe. This package is designed to make these already exquisite cars even more cool and classy. They are painted in black, obviously, but it’s a specially formulated color which takes 50 man-hours of hand painting. Read More… On the [...]

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Walter Röhrl drives Porsche GT3-RS in 2010 Nürburgring 24 Hours

Friday, December 18, 2009 15:17 by Arman Barari No Comments

Walter Röhrl for Porsche is like Valentino Balboni for Lamborghini. But because Walter is German it means that he is not as mad as Valentino! He is more of a geek, and that makes him the perfect test driver for Porsche! Walter’s good though, he is a double world rally champion. Now at the age [...]

This was posted under category: Motorsport, Porsche Tags: Nurburgring 24 Hours, Porsche, Porsche 911 Gt3 Rs

Six-cylinder BMW 7-Series for America

Friday, December 18, 2009 9:26 by Arman Barari No Comments

Next year BMW will offer its 7-series flagship saloon in  the North American market with the 3.0 liter N54 inline-6 engine. It’s for the first time after 18 years that the German manufacturer is making a six-cylinder variant of the 7er, and that’s because they didn’t have a good six-cylinder engine for the job! Until [...]

This was posted under category: Bmw Tags: Bmw, Bmw 7 Series, Detroit Motor Show

Video: Valentino Balboni showing off mad drifting skills!

Friday, December 18, 2009 9:10 by Arman Barari No Comments

For those who don’t know, Valentino Balboni is a veteran, recently retired, test driver for Lamborghini. As a kinda tribute, the company has made a limited edition of its new Gallardo model named after him, which is also quit special! It is a RWD stripped-out and tarted-up model called LP550-2 and it’s like the ultimate [...]

This was posted under category: Lamborghini, Videos Tags: Lamborghini, Lamborghini Lp 550, Videos

Volvo planning two-year road trial for C30 BEV

Friday, December 18, 2009 8:53 by Arman Barari No Comments

The new variant of Volvo C30 which is a pure electric vehicle is now fully transformed from a prototype into an actual production model. But Volvo wants to put it on a two-year trial period before they start selling it to people in 2011, so they can study the car in real world condition and [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring, Volvo Tags: Videos, Volvo, Volvo C30