If it wasn't for their love of cameras, the world would have missed out on a rare occasion when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over the Chelyabinsk region in central Russia on Friday morning.
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Besides the A-Class-based GLA compact crossover, which will be previewed by a concept model at the Shanghai Auto Show in China this April, with the production model to break cover at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany later in the fall, Zetsche also said that the company is readying a brand new SUV.
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Does that mean we will not see a roadster of the new generation model? When Wards Auto popped that question to SRT boss Ralph Gilles at the Chicago Auto Show, he confirmed the development of a brand-new Viper Roadster.
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Unless you are a Fisker Karma buyer, that is. Henrik Fisker told AutoblogGreen that, instead of a traditional campaign, the company is thinking of “more innovative ways of doing marketing”; and that includes meals with buyers and potential customers.
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While the department may not get top marks for forecasting accuracy, that’s lower than last year’s $3.63 average. In Michigan, for example, the average price last Monday was $3.74 per gallon.
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The German manufacturer won a victory in the U.S. a couple of months ago after the New York Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by 26 hedge funds on jurisdiction grounds. The prosecutors in Stuttgart, Germany, though, are not quite finished.
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Transmitting all that power through the front wheels, though, which also have to do the steering, is a bit too much. That’s why the likes of Audi’s S3, VW’s Golf R and Mercedes-Benz with the A45 AMG have adopted all-wheel drive; even the BMW M135i, which is rear-wheel drive, is offered with AWD as an option.
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This new architecture, which debuted on the third-gen Audi A3, will not be used only for the group’s C-segment cars, like the VW Golf, Seat Leon, Skoda Octavia etc. but in other categories as well. In fact, it may be the German group’s biggest weapon in achieving its goal to become the number one manufacturer globally, outselling current leader Toyota, by 2018 – or even sooner.
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Today, the net is abuzz with a posting on Instagram from a page called "oficialfFerrari" (did you notice the "f" missing from the name?) with a teaser showing the replacement for the Enzo, codenamed F150 (which we've already seen), and the following oddly worded statement:
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Of course, during media launches, some may bend the rules a bit in order to test the cars properly, especially if the launch happens to be about the 557HP Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG. Would you be able to resist exploring that fire-breathing twin-turbo sedan or estate? Thought so…
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The statewide travel ban is believed to be the first of its kind since the great Northeast blizzard of 1978.
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Although the striking design remains faithful to the concept, the underpinnings were more humble as they were borrowed from the Chevrolet Volt. It’s a move that makes perfect sense, though it begs the question why the Volt was rolled out before the ELR since the Cadillac could easily justify a premium price – something the extended-range hybrid Chevy has struggled with.
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Of course, it came to be known as the 911 due to Peugeot having already registered all three-digit car designations with a “0” in the middle, forcing a name change.
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At the time, it was thought that the SLC would slot below the SLS AMG, doubling the three-pointed star’s supercar fleet. Now, though, a report from CAR magazine claims that the SLC, in fact, will replace the SLS when it hits the market in 2015.
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In fact the M1, which was produced for BMW by Lamborghini between 1978 and 1981 in just 456 units, is still the only supercar and, at the same time, the sole mid-engined model to sport the blue propeller.
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It made sense as Subaru, which has actually designed the all-new 2.0-liter normally aspirated flat-four with Toyota adding its unique fuel injection system, has a long history of using turbocharged boxer engines in its models.
The company’s engine design department project team manager, Nobuo Kyotoku, was asked the exact same question by WardsAuto, which named the 2.0L FA (the motor’s designation) one of its 10 best engines of the year. The answer was “yes” and “no”…
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What is the industry lobbying for? Well, the automakers anticipate that distracted driving is soon going to become tomorrow’s CAFE; i.e. the next issue on the government’s agenda.
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