Understanding the differences between hybrid, electric, and e-fuel vehicles
Discover the key differences between hybrid, electric, and e-fuel vehicles and how to choose the best option for your needs
Opel Calibra back as Insignia coupe model
Opel-Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly has confirmed that the Opel Calibra will be back as an Insignia-based coupé model. He says it will be inspired by the 2007 GTC Concept although there was no word on this year’s Opel GTC Concept.…
Ford Capri: a possible competitor for the Scirocco
Ford could be bringing back the Capri name for a coupè that would provide competition for the new Volkswagon Scirocco. The battle in the coupè sector could be back after nearly 30 years, when both brands’ original versions offered sports…
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL Roadster repeats historic trip made by Bertha Benz in 1888
In 1888, Bertha Benz, Carl Benz’s wife, has tried to prove her husband’s invention was safe travelling from Mannheim to Pforzheim with their two sons in the Patent Motor Wagon, recognised as the world’s first automobile. In 2009, Mercedes-Benz has…
Mazda 3: first spy shots of the new model
The first spy shots of the Mazda 3 pre-series have arrived from evo, showing the model whose commercial release is expected for the summer of 2009.The new Mazda 3 will be created on the C1 platform from Ford and will…
Debut in July for the Seat Leon Cupra
The Seat Leon Cupra will debut on the july 18. It’ll be sportier and more muscular than the Leon FR: it will feature the most powerful (up to now!) incarnation of the 2.0 liters Turbo-FSI engine, with 240 ps. The…
Volkswagen Iroc Concept – first images
A reader sends us these photos scanned from a spanish magazine that show the Volkswagen Iroc Concept, the car that will be shown at the Paris Auto Show and that should prefigure the next VW Scirocco, expected in 2008.More than…
First De Tomaso car to market in 2011
The first De Tomaso branded vehicle will have its official presentation at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show and will be ready for market by June next year. This historic brand for Italy will make an appearance on the market in…
New Opel compact to be called Mokka
Opel is planning a new B segment vehicle to be called the Opel Mokka according to internet rumours. The model is set to compete with the Citroen DS3 and the latest reports regard the name. We’re not quite sold on…
Alfa Romeo Mi.To: sprint version?
Plenty of news has surrounded the Alfa MiTo lately, with the MiTo GTA set for a Geneva debut, the guys at 4Car have revealed that we could also see a coupĂ© of the zippy little Alfa.The MiTo coupĂ© would be…
Porsche 918 Spyder: spy shots from a reader
Once again, a reader from out parent-site Autoblog.it has sent us some spy photo of a new or upcoming model, and this time around the subject of these pics is the beautiful Porsche 918 Spyder, which will be officially introduced…
Renault Alpine A110-50: the French sportscar will arrive in 2015
Renault will launch its Alpine-branded sportscar - to be built in a joint venture with the Caterham - by 2015, when it will complete a four-year project that began in 2011. Stephen Norman, Renault’s Marketing and Communications Director, also confirmed…
Seat Leon to debut at 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show
The new 2012 Seat Leon will appear at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show and will probably be one of the first models in the next couple of years to indicate the future path Seat will take and whether sales numbers…
Audi R8 Spider – like this?
Car Magazine has developed a similar look to the above rendering for the nuova Audi R8 Spider, expected for next year. “Engineering” reasons mean that it is likely to be equipped with a “Targa” roof of removable panels, rather than…
Audi R8 by Graf Weckerle
German tuner Graf Weckerle has released details and pictures of its new rendition of the Audi R8. The most distinctive feature of the package is that set of ultra-light multi-piece forged 20″ rims, fitted with in 245/30 R 20 and…
Rolls Royce RR4: official drawings
Rolls Royce has released the first official drafts of the RR4, the new model designed to become the access point for the world to the “spirit of ecstacy”, and expected to generate important sales internationally. Until now we had glimpsed…
New entry-level Porsche: Cajun to production
The Porsche Cajun, or baby Cayenne as it has been previously known, will mark a new entry-level model Porsche much like the Boxster in the coupé segment for the brand. Porsche has made a brief announcement that the Cajun will…
Opel gets its version of Chevrolet Volt, the Ampera
GM would have been the first company to sell an electric vehicle with extended range if Fisker had not presented the Karma in Detroit this year and if BYD had not released F3DM. Anyway, Chevrolet Volt will be in the…
Mercedes Shooting Brake Concept pics and video
The Mercedes Shooting Brake concept will go on show at the Beijing motor show and here is a full gallery of the concept and a video. We had orginally expected the shooting brake to be a coupĂ© style concept, but…
Fiat 500 Abarth – video at the Nurburgring
The Fiat Auto Group has developed a liking for the Nurburgring: after the photos of the Alfa 159 GTA here’s a video of the Fiat 500 Abarth doing the rounds. We absolutely love the sound of the engine and we…
Audi R8 e-tron sets the new fastest lap record for electric cars at the Nurburgring
An almost definitive version of the Audi R8 e-tron has recently completed some laps at the Nurburgring as part of its development program, and the car turned out to be so fast and powerful it basically destroyed the previous fastest…
Is this the new Fiat Bravo ?
Today this two images of the new Fiat Bravo have surfaced in the net, spreading like brushfire (e.g. Infomotori, Racewaynews, Motorpasion and plenty other).Might be the genuine article, might be a mock-up, might be a skilful photoshop. There is a…
New Fiat 500 – here it is!
As promised, Fiat has posted a preview of its new 500 (Cinquecento) on the Fiat500.com website. In the image gallery you can find the 6 photos we managed to extract from the official flash animation.Now we’ll have to wait until…
Analysis: Audi A3 Concept for the US – what the Americans say about their A3 sedan
When Audi revealed its A3 Concept sedan model at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, it made no secret of the fact that it’s a concept designed specifically with the US in mind. The German brand is already improving its status…
McLaren MP4-12C Spyder features a folding hard-top mechanism
McLaren MP4-12C Spyder will feature a folding roof mechanism, consisting of three panels, which close overlapping each other. The images published by Autocar focus on the hard-top roof, main feature of the new sportscar from Woking, whose debut is set…