Friday, March 25, 2011

CARSCOOP

CARSCOOP

Link to Carscoop

A BMW M3 Coupe, a Hot Brunette, One Cool Video

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:14 PM PDT

The title to this post pretty much gives you all the necessary reasons to click through the jump and watch the video, so we're not going to waste your time with a long and pointless introduction. Turn up the volume and enjoy. VIDEO Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved


Audi: 38 Percent of all Models Sold in 2010 were Equipped with Quattro Drive

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:51 PM PDT

In 2010, the year that Audi celebrated the 30th anniversary of the quattro, it sold an impressive 437,792 quattro-equipped cars, or about 38 percent of its total production. The brand with the four rings said it sells more all-wheel drive vehicles than any other premium manufacturer in the world. The most popular all-wheel drive Audi was the...


SCOOP: Walkaround Video of a 2012 Mercedes-Benz ML Found Parked on the Road

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PDT

A camo'd 2012 Mercedes-Benz ML was recently spotted hanging out on the road by a Youtube user who takes us on a walk around the SUV model in the video after the jump. As we recently reported when our spy photographers snagged a lightly disguised prototype in Germany, the new ML is scheduled to launch towards the end of this year. Depending on the...


VIDEO: Ken Block Flips His Fiesta ahead of Rally of Portugal

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:33 PM PDT

Ken Block got off to a bad start before his third WRC event of 2011, crashing violently during the shakedown of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal yesterday. Even though the Ford Fiesta RS WRC was destroyed, lucky the American race driver and his copilot Alex Gelsomino managed to walk away from the incident without any injuries. It's the first...


Source Code: Toyota Fights to Limit ECU Code Viewing in Legal Battle

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Could Toyota's source code hold the answer to its sudden acceleration problems? Possibly, and it's currently working with attorneys to smooth out how this code will be analyzed in its ongoing unintended acceleration legal woes. For those of you too fried to remember, Toyota had a bit of a flub a couple years ago regarding unintended...


New Porsche Commercial Shows Sports Cars Doing Ordinary Activities in Style

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Porsches are renowned for their every day usability, although it's hard to believe this is the main reason for which people buy them. However, in its most recent commercial, Porsche promotes the practical side of its 911, Cayman and Boxster sports cars. The ad is made up of four short fragments called 'Snowmobile', 'Pickup Truck', 'Getaway Car'...


Detroit’s Cobo Center to Receive $221 Million Facelfit, Gains Extra Space for Motor Show [with Video]

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:45 PM PDT

After the worrying news on Detroit's staggering 25 per cent population decrease in the last decade, we have some good news for the Motor City as the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority announced a US$221 million renovation of the Cobo Conference and Exhibition Center, which as you already know, hosts the annual North American...


Fox Body Mustang Gets an Injection of Coyote V8 Power

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:49 AM PDT

There was a lot to like about Ford's "Fox Body" Mustang of the 1980's. Though lacking the attractive lines or brutish character of the first generation, it was a substantial aesthetic improvement over the Pinto-derived second generation 'stang. It was also somewhat unique in pony car history for offering a 2.3 L turbo four alongside the usual...


VIDEO: What Not to Do When You’re Pulled Over by the Police [NSFW]

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Indeed, there are some things you should not do or say when you've been pulled over by a police man. For example, don't floor the pedal to the metal and spin your tires the moment the law officer turns his back on you in a....parking lot. See the incident unfold in the video after the break (beware, foul language used by the police officer). ..


Mercedes to Debut New Concept Alongside C63 AMG Coupe and One More Unnamed AMG Model at NY Show

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:45 AM PDT

The latest news coming out from the upcoming 2011 New York International Auto Show in late April is that Mercedes-Benz is planning three worldwide and three North American production debuts. The three world premieres include a never before seen concept model and two AMG cars, the 2012 C63 AMG Coupe that we've already showed you, and another one...


Buick LaCrosse with eAssist Promises 37 Mpg on the Highway

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:23 AM PDT

Starting this summer, Buick will offer the 4-cylinder LaCrosse sedan with the eAssist micro-hybrid technology as standard. The LaCrosse eAssist uses a variety of systems and body modifications to deliver an estimated fuel economy rating of 37 mpg on the highway and 25 mpg in the city (pending EPA certification). Mated to a 182HP 2.4-liter...


Mercedes-Benz Delivers Custom Made 6x6 Zetros Trucks to Rich Mongolian Animal Hunters

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:03 AM PDT

No really, what you see pictured here are a pair of custom tailored all-wheel drive trucks that were made by Mercedes-Benz for two über-rich Mongolian businessmen with a passion for hunting wolves. According to the German automaker, the recreational variants of its Zetros 6x6 truck were recently delivered to their respective owners in Ulan-Bator,...


1978 Volkswagen Beetle Jubilee with Only 40 Miles on the Odo up for Auction

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:46 AM PDT

If there's one car that has withstood the test of time, that's the original Volkswagen Beetle. And even though more than 21 million Bugs were built between 1938 and 2003, it's not often that you stumble upon a pristine example with only delivery mileage on the odometer. The one you see pictured above is a 1978 Beetle Jubilee with a mere 40...


Ferrari Shows us How it Made the FF Promotional Video

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:35 AM PDT

The impressive video of the Ferrari FF has garnered close to 750,000 views on YouTube in one month, thanks to its spicy ingredients such as a new Ferrari model, spectacular scenes shot in scenic parts of the world and a majestic soundtrack. Now Ferrari released another video that gives us a behind the scenes look at how the promotional footage...


Subaru Also Extends Production Halt at all Car Plants in Japan

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:20 AM PDT

The situation in Japan for the country's automobile industry appears to be much worse than originally believed with many carmakers struggling to resume domestic output following the magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that killed thousands of people and damaged factories as well as infrastructure. Following yesterday's announcement...


Prior Design Teases New Tuning Package for 2012 BMW 6-Series Coupe and Convertible

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:48 AM PDT

Given that the first examples of BMW's new 6-Series Convertible will begin arriving in dealerships this spring followed by the Coupe model in the fall, it doesn't come to much of a surprise that tuners have started working on their packages for the Bavarian GT. After the announcements from AC Schnitzer and Hamann Motorsports, it's time for Prior...


No comments:

Post a Comment