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- Insane, Tire-Shredding Suzuki Might Boy Mini Ute with LS1-V8 [Video]
- After Tsunami, American Automakers Looking for Home Turf Sales Boost
- Chevrolet Introduces Z-Spec Accessories for 2012 Sonic
- Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Shatters Corvette ZR1’s Record at Miller Motorsports Park [with Video]
- Kia Confirms 2012 Rio Sedan and Hatch, and 2012 Soul Facelift for New York Show
- Hennessey's HPE1000 Escalade Cracks 60 in 3.3 Sec, bests Nissan's GT-R [with Video]
- European Union Asks Formula 1 to go Electric
- Gemballa Debuts Panamera Mistrale and Cayenne Tornado at Top Marques Monaco Show
- Czech Designer Imagines a Skoda WRC Racecar Based on the Vision D Concept
- BMW Invests More in its 'i' Project, Snatches Chevy Volt’s Lead Engineer from GM
- Ford Expands Airbag-Related F-150 Recall to another 1.2 Million Units
- Fiat Announces U.S.-Spec Version of 500 Cabrio
- ISIS AM01 is a Subaru STI-Powered Coachbuilt Sports Car [with Videos]
- Fiat SpA Could Raise Chrysler Ownership to 46 Percent as Early as June
- Spada Codatronca Monza in the Flesh from the Top Marques Monaco Show
- Peugeot Unveils China-Designed SXC Crossover Study
- 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Photo Slips Out on the Internet
| Insane, Tire-Shredding Suzuki Might Boy Mini Ute with LS1-V8 [Video] Posted: 14 Apr 2011 06:44 PM PDT  Come on, admit it, tire-smoking burnouts are a blast to watch. Even more so when the vehicle in question is a Japanese kei car stuffed with a GM-sourced LS1 V8. Enter the world of the Curupt, a wildly modified Suzuki Might Boy that comes to us from the land of Down Under. Largely unknown to most of the world, the Suzuki Mighty Boy is a toy-sized pickup truck-style model from the glorious 1980s that was sold in Japan as well as Australia and Cyprus between 1985 and 1988. Despite its promising name, the fact that it was based on the Giugiaro-designed Suzuki Curve kei car meant the Mighty Boy was anything but 'mighty' as power came from a puny 0.5-liter three-cylinder engine delivering around 28 ponies. Read more »
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| After Tsunami, American Automakers Looking for Home Turf Sales Boost Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:26 PM PDT  According to CNN's Fortune and simple, cold-hearted business logic, now is the prime time for American manufacturers to take advantage of recent catastrophic events and pounce on their home market's consumers. A lack of Japanese parts (or entire vehicles), in conjunction with a strong yen and ever-improving American small cars, has given Ford, GM, and Chrysler a potential sales pick-me-up as we stroll into the summer months.
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| Chevrolet Introduces Z-Spec Accessories for 2012 Sonic Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:09 PM PDT  No, Coca-Cola has not turned Chevy's upcoming Sonic subcompact into a mobile marketing tool for carbonated soft drinks. What you see pictured here is a Z-Spec accessorized 2012 Sonic and it will debut at the New York International Auto Show to officially launch Chevy's new line of aftermarket bits that will be available before the end of the year. Chevrolet gave us our first look at its new accessory lineup with the Z-Spec concept versions of the Cruze, Spark and Volt at the 2010 SEMA show.
Available bits will include a full bodykit comprising of front and rear aprons, rocker panel extensions and a silver exhaust tip, contrasting mirror caps and roof spoiler, contrasting upper and lower grille surrounds and a body graphics package like the one you see here. Read more »
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| Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Shatters Corvette ZR1’s Record at Miller Motorsports Park [with Video] Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:11 PM PDT  The Dodge Viper SRT10 American Club Racer (ACR) broke the production car lap record at Miller Motorsports Park, dipping below the 2-minute mark for the first time ever at the 3.048-mile Outer Course configuration. Dodge driver Kuno Wittmer stopped the clock at 1:59.995, beating the previous record held by Jan Magnussen in a Corvette ZR1 by almost four seconds (2:03.86). Read more »
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| Kia Confirms 2012 Rio Sedan and Hatch, and 2012 Soul Facelift for New York Show Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:03 PM PDT  In a move that shows Kia has no intention of letting the momentum it has gained with the launch of seven new products in the past two years fade away, the South Korean automaker confirmed today the world premiere of two new models at the rapidly approaching New York Auto Show (April 22 – May 1).
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| Hennessey's HPE1000 Escalade Cracks 60 in 3.3 Sec, bests Nissan's GT-R [with Video] Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:28 PM PDT  The concept of turning SUVs into pavement-pounding, drag-racing, supercar-shredding monster rods never ceases to amaze me, and by that I mean my jaw is on the floor and I'm completely boggled. I love me some automobiles (and vehicular transportation in general), but there's something about a nigh-three ton box on wheels and oodles of GO that seems...weird. However, if monster rods - or high performance in general - are your cup of Starbucks soy latte, then Hennessey has got you covered (as if you didn't know that already, what with their cray-cray 1,000+ horsepower Vipers from way back when). Below, for your viewing pleasure, is video of a 2011 Cadillac Escalade drag racing a 2011 R35 GT-R and beating it. Read more »
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| European Union Asks Formula 1 to go Electric Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:47 PM PDT  In 2006, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth brought global warming to the forefront of the world's consciousness Regardless of what end of the spectrum you stand on this issue, you have to admit that it's real, it's bad and if we don't do anything it's only going to get worse. To me and many others, it's that simple. So naturally we're targeting the obvious culprits: Big Mining, Big Agriculture and Big Automotive. We're also encouraging the average man and woman to use less and be environmentally responsible. So what about the world's biggest and most prestigious automotive racing category: Formula 1? What are they doing to stem the tide of global warming? Read more »
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| Gemballa Debuts Panamera Mistrale and Cayenne Tornado at Top Marques Monaco Show Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:28 PM PDT  For 30 years now, German-based tuning house Gemballa has been taking the latest Porsche models and transforming them into custom machines with wild outputs. Despite the recent loss of the firm's founder, Uwe Gemballa, the company continues to roll new creations. At this week's 2011 Top Marques Monaco Show (April 14-17), Gemballa is showing off two newcomers, the Porsche Cayenne II based Tornado and the Panamera sedan-based Mistrale.
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| Czech Designer Imagines a Skoda WRC Racecar Based on the Vision D Concept Posted: 14 Apr 2011 11:29 AM PDT  Skoda is a brand with a long tradition in motorsports and this has inspired Czech designer Pavel Hruby to draw a study of a modern Skoda world rally car. Hruby took inspiration from the Skoda Vision D Concept shown by the Czech brand at this year's Geneva Motor Show. The VW Group's subsidiary was not involved in any way in this project, with the sketch having been commissioned by Czech Magazine AutoDesign&Styling. The Skoda Vision WRC project shows Hruby's ideas of what a new rally model from the Czech automaker could look like. Based on the new design language launched by the Vision D concept, the rally car features the new corporate grille, underlined by a massive air intake in the lower part of the bumper. Read more »
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| BMW Invests More in its 'i' Project, Snatches Chevy Volt’s Lead Engineer from GM Posted: 14 Apr 2011 11:02 AM PDT  BMW recently acquired Frank Weber, formerly head of Opel/Vauxhall's product planning division and lead engineer on Chevrolet's Volt. Automotive News Europe reports that he will become head of BMW's vehicle architecture and integration division. Weber will be in control of EfficientDynamics (the green stuff), driver safety/assistance tech, and "full vehicle concepts and architecture", as well as bringing a whole bunch of electrical wizardry and know-how to BMW's nascent electric future. Read more »
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| Ford Expands Airbag-Related F-150 Recall to another 1.2 Million Units Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:39 AM PDT  Ford has issued a massive recall action for its top-selling U.S. model, the F-150 pickup truck, of which around 1.2 million units are involved. The move comes after Ford agreed in February to recall more than 150,000 F-150 vehicles built between 2004 and 2006 for possible airbag faults. Read more »
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| Fiat Announces U.S.-Spec Version of 500 Cabrio Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:05 AM PDT  After releasing the three-door hatchback variant of the 500 in the U.S., Fiat announced today a new addition to the range of its 1950s style model, the 500C, where 'C' stands for Cabrio. However, most will quickly notice that the 500C isn't really a full-fledged convertible model as the Italian company opted to revive the rollback canvas roof from the original Cinquecento (500). Read more »
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| ISIS AM01 is a Subaru STI-Powered Coachbuilt Sports Car [with Videos] Posted: 14 Apr 2011 06:52 PM PDT  This odd-looking creation is the AM01 and it's the work of a Dutch company named Isis Cars that is led by Anton van Nunen and Max Alting Siberg. In an even stranger twist, the AM01 is based on another coachbuilt sports car from the Netherlands called the Saker. Underneath the composite body shell lies a 2.0-liter turbocharged boxer engine sourced from a Subaru Impreza WRX STI. The four-cylinder unit churns out 275HP and a peak torque of 350 Nm (258 lb-ft), with power being transferred to the rear wheels through a five-speed manual gearbox. Read more »
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| Fiat SpA Could Raise Chrysler Ownership to 46 Percent as Early as June Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:09 AM PDT  Only two days ago, Fiat SpA announced that it had obtained an additional 5 percent of Chrysler increasing its stake to 30 percent. Now it seems that the Italian group's plans are to raise Chrysler ownership to 46 percent by June of this year, according to an Automotive News report. The news site quotes two unnamed insiders with direct knowledge of the matter who talked about Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's plans. Read more »
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| Spada Codatronca Monza in the Flesh from the Top Marques Monaco Show Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:49 AM PDT  We've been hearing about Spada Codatronca's new Monza speedster for quite some time now, and today, the track-focused sports car was finally revealed at the Top Marques Monaco show. Our friends from Autoblog.nl were on hand in Monaco to shoot some photos of the Corvette-based model that will be built in limited numbers. Read more »
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| Peugeot Unveils China-Designed SXC Crossover Study Posted: 14 Apr 2011 06:14 AM PDT  Peugeot has a very good reason to unveil the SXC concept at the Shanghai Motor Show, as the crossover model has been designed and developed by the Peugeot Style Studios of China Tech Center. In addition, the SXC name stands for "Shanghai Cross Concept", with Peugeot claiming that the crossover study was build to suit the tastes of Chinese buyers.
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| 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Photo Slips Out on the Internet Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:53 AM PDT  Thanks to an official photograph that leaked onto the internet last night, we now have our first glimpse at the exterior of all-new 2013 Chevrolet Malibu. The new mid-size sedan from GM appears to sport a robust look with a sculpted face featuring the classic split Chevrolet grille. Read more »
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