Archive for May, 2010

Limited Edition Vauxhall Corsa Black & White

Friday, May 21, 2010 16:29 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

For those who are confused between black and white for their next Corsa, Vauxhall has come up with something they call a perfect solution! Yep, they’ve colored the car in both shades and introduce this limited edition model. It comes in white but the roof, grilles and the new 17-inch wheels are painted in black. [...]

This was posted under category: Opel Tags: Limited Edition, Opel Corsa, Opel Vauxhall

Toyota Partners Up With Tesla For EV Development

Friday, May 21, 2010 16:17 by Arman Barari No Comments

Toyota Motors Company and Tesla Motors signed a new agreement in which the Japanese company buys $50 million of the Sillicon Valley-based firm’s stocks and in return they will help them with developing future electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support. Now this sounds like an odd pairing, because Tesla’s idea of an [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring, Toyota Tags: Electric Vehicle, Tesla, Tesla Motors, Toyota

Porsche 918 Spyder In Nurburgring 24 Hours?

Friday, May 21, 2010 16:06 by Arman Barari No Comments

This year’s 24 hours of Nurburgring was one of the most important ones in the history mainly because instead of some adrenaline junkies in badly tuned Opel Corsas, major manufacturers were taking part with their new and sophisticated sportscar. One of the hottest contenders was the new Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, which although retired [...]

This was posted under category: Motorsport, Porsche Tags: Nurburgring 24 Hours, Porsche, Porsche 918

Mercedes SLS AMG Voted As Germany’s Most Attractive Car

Friday, May 21, 2010 15:53 by Arman Barari 4 Comments

The super awesome Mercedes SLS AMG supercar has received yet another award, this time from Auto Bild magazine a they asked their readers to choose Germany’s most attractive car. And yes, the SLS won it among 103 products, receiving the most votes of any newly launched model. Mercedes also won the second place with the [...]

This was posted under category: Mercedes Benz Tags: Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Sls

Video: Hennessey 1000-hp Camaro On Dyno

Friday, May 21, 2010 9:14 by Arman Barari No Comments

Hennessey Performance HPE800 power package for the LS9-powered Camaro SS is just awesome! Their twin-turbo V8 develops 815 hp and 788 lb-ft of torque with pump gas, and if you feed it with 104-octane fuel, it cracks the 1000-hp barrier. In the video above, a HPE800 Camaro shows 847 “rear-wheel” horsepower on the dyno. Now [...]

This was posted under category: Camaro, Tuning, Videos Tags: Camaro, Chevrolet Camaro, Hennessey, Videos

2011 Cadillac CTS And CTS-V Coupe Pricing Announced

Friday, May 21, 2010 8:49 by Arman Barari No Comments

Cadillac announced the official pricing of the new CTS Coupe and the high performance version of it the CTS-V, along with each model’s list of special features and equipments. This classy looking coupe is priced very reasonably as it starts form just $38,990, for a RWD model powered by a 3.6 liter 304 hp engine. [...]

This was posted under category: Cadillac Tags: Cadillac, Cadillac Cts, Cadillac Cts V

2011 Ford Flex Titanium Edition

Friday, May 21, 2010 8:34 by Arman Barari No Comments

Box on wheels is the perfect term to describe Ford Flex’s styling! That said, it’s the coolest box-shaped vehicle ever made, it even has a trendy name to appeal to the younger buyers who also need something practical. But it’s getting a bit old now, so Ford decided to give it some new clothes and [...]

This was posted under category: Ford Tags: Ford, Ford Flex, Special Editions