carscoop.blogspot — While not a household name yet, Ugur Sahin, a Turkish car designer based in the Netherlands, will ring a bell for many of our regular readers who will remember him from past projects such as the 2007 Ferrari Dino, 2010 Aston Martin Gauntlet and more recently, the 2011 Soleil Anadi....
autoblog — Filed under: Classics, Performance, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury The phrase "instant classic" gets thrown around a lot these days, and applied to all sorts of mediocre stuff, from mass produced retro muscle cars to Italian exotics that are astonishing only by virtue of price. Truth be told, you can probably count the...
autoblog — Filed under: SUV, Lexus, Toyota, Rumormill, Design/Style, Luxury Add another one to the endangered list. The number of traditional body-on-frame SUVs has been dwindling as manufacturers replace them with crossovers, which is the direction the Lexus GX 460 is heading. According to Ward's Auto, the GX will likely be supplanted by...
autoblog — Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, Performance, Truck, Videos, Ford, Off-Road, Ram Our friends at Pickuptrucks.com have pitted two serious off-road bruisers against one another in a desert throw down. The Mopar Ram Runner and Ford F-150 SVT Raptor locked horns in a battle for supremacy wherein both trucks had to tackle a...
carscoop.blogspot — Who would have thought that the Ford Cougar, known as the last generation Mercury Cougar in North America, would prove so popular with the replica crowd? After a couple of Bugatti Veyron 16.4s and an Audi R8, we have now unearthed a Ferrari F430 Scuderia clone based on a...
jalopnik — I don't listen to much hardcore anymore, mainly because I've grown tired of hearing the same complaints over the same rhythms and the same chords for too long. At a certain point, hardcore was beating a dead horse, music-wise. More »
carscoop.blogspot — Even if you are not an engineer, it's always interesting to learn about what goes on behind the locked doors of automotive test facilities. Ford is affording us a sneak peak at how it tested the new Transit Custom Van's doors to ensure that they can withstand heavy day-to-day...
autoblog — Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal We've never really understood the logic behind purchasing a specialized license plate to fund some sort of cause. Wouldn't it make more sense to just send your money directly to whatever organization is championing the issue and slap a bumper sticker on your car next to the...
blogs.cars — With the announcement of more sophisticated, technology-laden versions of the Toyota Avalon, Ford Taurus and Chevrolet Impala, you'd think the state of large, non-luxury family sedans was pretty sound, but think again. Over just the past five years, the full-size family sedan market has seen its relevance halved, according to R.L....
blogs.cars — It was the pickup truck equivalent of an uncaged match: The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor up against the Mopar Ram Runner, racing over dunes, ruts and dried river beds in the blistering-hot desert that’s well east of Los Angeles. It was a winner-takes-all timed race to see which of these...
autoblog — Filed under: Performance, Etc., Europe, Hatchback, Volkswagen, Design/Style It's been 30 years since the very first Volkswagen Scirocco GTS rolled off the assembly line. Featuring little more than a slightly reworked front valance and some trippy decal work, the original Scirocco GTS was likely most notable for the fact that it...
jalopnik — First of all, PLEASE STAY CALM. Yes, there has been a pig wearing a scarf spotted on the side of Interstate 376 in Pittsburgh. The pig was not apprehended, but leapt a guard rail and ran off into the woods. More »
carscoop.blogspot — Earlier today, we told you about Toyota's plans to debut a pre-production concept of the next generation Auris hatchback (also known as the Corolla hatchback in some markets) at the 2012 Paris Motor Show this September. As it seems, we won't have to wait until the fall to get...
jalopnik — Few cities can compare with New York when it comes to aggressively discouraging car ownership. This sign, familiar to anyone living in the West Village, is just one more piece of the "take the subway, asshole" urban fabric. More »
carscoop.blogspot — The recent unveiling of Peugeot's 301 budget compact sedan in advance of its world premiere at the 2012 Paris Motor Show in September had Khalil Bouguerra from Virtuel-Car pondering what a crossover variant would look like. The result is the 301 RXH modeled after Peugeot's larger 508 RXH. ...
jalopnik — There's more to driving than tire-shredding hoonage. Beautiful roads and a free afternoon are all you need for a perfect drive. Having a first-gen Toyota MR2 and some of the finest driving roads in Hungary at your disposal doesn't hurt either. More »
carscoop.blogspot — An advertisement doesn't necessarily have to be "in your face" to be effective. For example, take a look at the promotional concept that Brazilian ad agency AlmapBBDO prepared for Volkswagen's genuine auto parts. The agency came up with the idea of placing special banners on popular video spoofs on...
carscoop.blogspot — While even stray dogs nowadays seem to comprehend the concept of looking both ways before walking across the road, some pedestrians insist on their "right" to walk in front of vehicles where there is no crosswalk. Amazingly, even though this pedestrian was only inches away from meeting her (?) maker,...
autoblog — Filed under: Spy Photos, Budget, Sedan, Ford While the sedan is hardly our favorite Fiesta - that would be the forthcoming, Europe-only ST - as long as Ford still feels the need to sell a four-door sedan we suppose it's only fair that it get the same updates as the hatchback....
jalopnik — The Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen, or G-Wagen, has been sold to civilian buyers since 1979. The AMG version debuted 20 years later, pairing the rugged overland vehicle with a 5.4-liter supercharged V8. A decade later, its successor, the 6.2-liter G63, was rumored to be on the chopping block. Nope. More »
jalopnik — Maybe if Dustin Hoffman's character in The Graduate had driven a Lotus Elan instead of an Alfa Romeo Duetto, he might not have ended up looking for love in all the wrong places. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Series 3 would make a great graduation present, but will its...
jalopnik — It's easy to marvel at things like the Golden Gate Bridge, but what has human kind done for infrastructure recently that will have future generations downloading cyber postcards and stopping at the side of the road for cheesy Google-pad photo-ops? More »
autoexpress.co.uk — Leaked Japanese brochure pictures reveal first pictures of the all-new Toyota Auris
carscoop.blogspot — Thirty years ago, Volkswagen launched the second generation of its Scirocco coupe - albeit based on the same platform as the original model. To celebrate the occasion, the Wolfsburg automaker is reviving the Mk2's GTS moniker on a new edition of the current Scirocco, which will receive its public...
thetruthaboutcars — For someone who prides himself on slaughtering the sacred cows of automotive journalism, such as the irrational infatuation with the CTS-V Wagon, it was about time that I got a taste of my own medicine. The Ford Mustang V6 ended up being the bitter pill that finally bitch slapped by...