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- Mexican Presidential Guard Motorcyclist Overlooks Speed Bump and Goes Flying Into the Air
- Was BMW Right or Wrong to Rebadge the 3-Series Coupe as the 4-Series?
- Rolling Down a Hill in a Minivan Looks Strangely Fun
- What do you Say About this Lamborghini Supercar Design Concept?
- C&D Drives a Gallardo LP550-2 to Sample One of the Last Supercars with a Manual Gearbox
- Spied: Volkswagen Preparing Cross Up! Mini for Production
- Nissan Says “Look Who’s Talking” After Fiat Implied that the Leaf is a Visual Pollution
- BMW Video Walks Us Around the New Concept 4-Series Coupe
- Bummer; Audi Tells Us it Has No Plans to Offer the New RS6 Avant in the U.S. [w/Poll]
- Refreshed 2013 Toyota Verso Priced from £17,495 OTR in the UK
- Asshat BMW Driver Tailgates and Honks Down a Couple on a Scooter
- China's Qoros Offers First Glimpse of its New European Sedan
- Audi gets into the Winter Spirit with New Snow Sledge
- BMW's Sexy 4-Series Coupe Concept Officially Unveiled Before Detroit Auto Show [61 Photos]
- Cam Shaft's VW Golf R Electrified is Anything But That
- Ford Launches New Transit Custom in Sport Van Trim for European Market
- Idiots in Road Rage Incident Almost Kill Pedestrians
- Toyota Confirms Engines for European 2013 RAV4, Releases UK Prices
- BMW Celebrates DTM Dominance with New M3 DTM Champion Limited Edition
- New BMW 4-Series Coupe Concept Photos Leak on the Web; Think it's a Looker?
| Mexican Presidential Guard Motorcyclist Overlooks Speed Bump and Goes Flying Into the Air Posted: 05 Dec 2012 06:29 PM PST  Seems we spoke a few days too soon when we said that Laurent Cochet, a.k.a. Lolo, a French journalist with the Moto Journal magazine, made the biggest motorcycle fail of the year when he hit a metal post with his Yamaha FJR 1300 and fell face first into a boat. We now have a new and much stronger candidate for that award, and he comes to us from Mexico. An unnamed police motorcyclist was travelling in front a presidential motorcade in Mexico City when he overlooked the speed bump on the road. Huge mistake… Read more »       |
| Was BMW Right or Wrong to Rebadge the 3-Series Coupe as the 4-Series? Posted: 05 Dec 2012 05:42 PM PST  The first ever BMW 3-Series, built from 1973 to 1985 and known by its internal codenamed E21, was offered only as a coupe. Yes, there was a convertible variant available through BMW's dealers but it was made by Baur, so it doesn't really count. As the years passed by and the 3-Series became more and more successful on a global basis, BMW wanted to bank on that success and so it expanded the lineup to include sedans in both regular, and for China, long-wheelbase versions, three-door hatchbacks (E36 and E46 only), estates, convertibles and the famed M variants. Read more »   |
| Rolling Down a Hill in a Minivan Looks Strangely Fun Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:45 PM PST  We don't know if tumbling or rolling (depending on the vehicle and the driver) down a rocky hill pass classifies as a legit motorsports event, but it sure looks like heaps of fun, at least when you're watching it from the comfort and safety of your computer desk, though, we must admit, we wouldn't mind trying it out ourselves... Read more »    |
| What do you Say About this Lamborghini Supercar Design Concept? Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:12 PM PST  Unless you own/owned one and have/had bitter memories about servicing bills, reliability issues and other tedious matters of the sort, exotic supercars have and will always fuel gearheads' dreams. The same goes for aspiring automotive designers like Alex Imnadze who has shared his vision of what a Lamborghini supercar should look like through a new concept study. Read more »   |
| C&D Drives a Gallardo LP550-2 to Sample One of the Last Supercars with a Manual Gearbox Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:36 PM PST  It's an age-old story: technology and its advancements may be adopted by the general public but there are always some who will mourn the passing of the old ways. There are still those who insist that vinyl records are way superior than compact discs, never mind that even that medium will soon join the one it replaced and give way to the fully-digital media. In much the same way, there are people who bemoan the fact that semi-auto transmissions are becoming the new standard in supercars and manual gearboxes are getting pretty rare. Read more »   |
| Spied: Volkswagen Preparing Cross Up! Mini for Production Posted: 05 Dec 2012 02:46 PM PST  It's been a little over a year since Volkswagen stormed the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show with a group of six concept models based on its new Up! city car, each sporting a different subject. One of those studies showed how the Up! would look like with a tougher, SUV-like makeover, and was subsequently displayed in different colors at the Geneva Motor Show in March this year. Read more »   |
| Nissan Says “Look Who’s Talking” After Fiat Implied that the Leaf is a Visual Pollution Posted: 05 Dec 2012 02:14 PM PST  It seems that "green" vehicles are the new field of confrontation between big automotive groups. After Ford attacked Toyota's Prius claiming it's inferior to the Blue Oval's C-MAX Energi, Nissan and Fiat got into a fight about their EVs' designs. Before the launch of the all-electric 500e at last week's LA Auto Show, head of Fiat product marketing Matt Davis told Bloomberg News: "Let's be honest, ugliness is probably one of the worst forms of pollution. The Fiat 500e proves that you do not have to give up on good looks to deliver an electric car." Read more »   |
| BMW Video Walks Us Around the New Concept 4-Series Coupe Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST  Earlier today, BMW blew the covers off its newest study the Concept 4-Series Coupe, which between us, isn't much of a concept in the traditional sense of the word, unless you consider a car with bespoke bumper treatments and a full leather interior worthy of the 'concept' moniker. That said, the 4-Series a 99 percent production ready version of the car that will begin to replace the 3-Series Coupe in BMW's range from 2014. The concept will bow at the Detroit Motor Show in mid-January. Read more »   |
| Bummer; Audi Tells Us it Has No Plans to Offer the New RS6 Avant in the U.S. [w/Poll] Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:48 PM PST  If you can afford it, the new Audi RS6 Avant is one of those cars that allows you to have a mid-life crisis without actually affecting the others around you, and by that, we mean you can get supercar-levels of performance with all the comfort amenities and more importantly, the space and practicality of a large family car. Sadly, if you live in the States, this is one super wagon that you won't be able to park under your garage during this phase of your life. In an email we received today from John Schilling, product communications manager for Audi North America, we were told that, the brand has "No plans on bringing the RS6 Avant here to the U.S.". Read more »   |
| Refreshed 2013 Toyota Verso Priced from £17,495 OTR in the UK Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:11 PM PST  One by one, the new or updated vehicles from this year's Paris Motor Show are being launched across Europe. Toyota on its part has announced pricing for the facelifted 2013 Verso MPV that is available for to order now with customer deliveries from mid-January 2013. Read more »    |
| Asshat BMW Driver Tailgates and Honks Down a Couple on a Scooter Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:58 AM PST  There's a saying among some car enthusiasts about BMW drivers and porcupines. Obviously, we're not going to generalize and apply that trait to all Bimmer drivers, but we are going to say that this is indeed the case with the man driving this particular BMW. Even if we accept the video poster and BMW driver's claims that the scooter driver and his passenger were drunk as skunks (and that's debatable), what he did next is inexcusable and makes no sense. Read more »   |
| China's Qoros Offers First Glimpse of its New European Sedan Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:03 AM PST  Qoros is the latest Chinese carmaker to attempt to crack the difficult European market with its first ever production model that will be revealed in a world premiere at next year's Geneva Motor Show. We still don't know the name of the car, but Qoros has already told us that it will be a compact sedan model in the likes of the Volkswagen Jetta and Ford Focus. Read more »   |
| Audi gets into the Winter Spirit with New Snow Sledge Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:15 AM PST  The Volkswagen Group has a tradition in designing unique snow sleds and offering them up for sale during the Holiday season. We've already seen several VW-branded products over the years and now, its Audi's turn to offer its own take with the Snow Sledge. Read more »    |
| BMW's Sexy 4-Series Coupe Concept Officially Unveiled Before Detroit Auto Show [61 Photos] Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:40 AM PST  BMW's new 3-Series based coupe, which officially adopts the 4-Series moniker, has been making the rounds for quite some time now. Just a few hours ago, the first pictures of the car that will make its debut as a concept at the upcoming Detroit Motor Show were leaked online, so BMW decided there was no point in keeping it a secret anymore. The brand with the roundel logo says it ditched the 3-Series Coupe moniker in favor of the "4" because it wants to differentiate it from its compact saloon and at the same time, underline the new model's stature in its line-up that will use even numbers for coupes (or four-door sports saloons in the case of the Gran Coupes). The new 4-Series measures 4,641 mm long, 1,826 mm wide and 1,362 mm tall, which means it's longer (by 29 mm /1.1 inches), broader (by 44 mm /1.7 inches) and lower (by 16 mm / 0.6 inches) than the current 3-Series Coupe.
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| Cam Shaft's VW Golf R Electrified is Anything But That Posted: 05 Dec 2012 07:49 AM PST  If you're looking for a battery-powered unit under the hood of Cam Shaft's newest project car based on the VW Golf R Mk6, you'll be disappointed to learn that the name refers to its "shocking" appearance and not its powerplant. Read more »    |
| Ford Launches New Transit Custom in Sport Van Trim for European Market Posted: 05 Dec 2012 07:12 AM PST  European buyers interested in the new Ford Transit Custom will soon have one more selection available in the options list, as starting from early next year, the Blue Oval will offer the Sport Van grade that includes an assortment of cosmetic goods to spice up its appearance. Read more »    |
| Idiots in Road Rage Incident Almost Kill Pedestrians Posted: 05 Dec 2012 06:41 AM PST  It's one thing being annoyed over something as trivial as to who's going to give way first on the road, and another when you take unwise actions and endanger the lives of others drivers and pedestrians like these two swell-headed egomaniacs. The men behind the wheels of the Nissan Teana sedan and the Mazda CX-9 crossover were trying to intimidate each other in a stupid game of chicken on the road by swerving left and right. Read more »   |
| Toyota Confirms Engines for European 2013 RAV4, Releases UK Prices Posted: 05 Dec 2012 06:00 AM PST  Toyota is wasting no time spreading the word out on its all-new, fourth-generation RAV4 SUV that just made its world debut at the ongoing Los Angeles Auto Show. On Wednesday, the Japanese carmaker confirmed the 2013 RAV4's European market engine lineup, while also revealing prices for the UK model ahead of its launch on 1 March 2013. Read more »   |
| BMW Celebrates DTM Dominance with New M3 DTM Champion Limited Edition Posted: 05 Dec 2012 05:31 AM PST  After an 18-year absence, BMW returned to the German Touring Car Championship, i.e. the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) this year to fight off archrivals Mercedes-Benz and Audi. The obvious choice for the model its racer would be based upon was the M3 coupe. DTM organizers had changed the rules and enforced many restrictions in order to ensure close competition – so every last detail was crucial in the M3's battle against the A5 Coupe and the C-Class Coupe. Read more »   |
| New BMW 4-Series Coupe Concept Photos Leak on the Web; Think it's a Looker? Posted: 05 Dec 2012 05:13 AM PST  Official imagery of the all-new and for the most part, production ready BMW Concept 4-Series was leaked onto the internet today, several weeks ahead of the car's world premiere at the 2013 Detroit Motor Show. The concept study confirms the different nomenclature BMW has chosen for the coupe, convertible and the Gran Coupe sports sedan variants of the F30 generation 3-Series. So how close is the study to the production model that will follow next year? Well, BMW has a tradition of lightly masking upcoming models and naming them concepts. All you have to do is look at the 2010 Concept 6-Series to see that the Concept 4-Series is 99 percent ready.
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