There haven’t been a whole lot of changes to the BMW i3 since it was released in 2013 to mild fanfare. BMW gave it a better battery with more range a while back, but that was about it. Visually the car didn’t change at all. 2018 will see the first redesign of the i3 and, in a first for BMW, an electric hot hatch. The … Continue reading 2018 BMW i3 Expands Range With New Hot Hatch
There comes a point when a supercar becomes a hypercar. That tipping point is hard to describe in definitive terms though, and the boundaries between the two can vary from one enthusiast to the next. To use an old phrase, we may not be able to tell you exactly what makes a car a supercar a supercar or a hypercar a hypercar, but we know … Continue reading The New Mercedes-AMG Project ONE Concept Is Not A Hypercar. It’s That And More.
BMW teased us with “spy” shots and vague details about the 2018 M5 earlier in the year. Now they’ve given us unwrapped pictures, and it looks more glorious than we could have imagined. What you see before you is the newest Bimmer in all its glory, revealed recently at Frankfurt Motor Show. At first glance you’d be forgiven for thinking that it looks like any … Continue reading BMW Finally Reveals The New M5, And It’s A Beauty.
As is to be expected, we got very hyped about BMW’s latest camouflage M5 pictures and details, but that was then, this is now, and we’re positively overflowing with excitement about the future of BMW’s new Z4 Concept is even close to the final product. Revealed during their annual press conference at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, this newest BMW roadster is the aggressive, statement-making … Continue reading BMW Steps Up Their Design Game With Newest Concept Z4
Most people in the States who are in the market for a European luxury sedan have the Teutonic Titans BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi on their mind. The vast majority will choose from that triumvirate without giving any other marques a second thought, and in discarding all other options they would be doing themselves a disservice by not sliding a little farther north to take a … Continue reading Finally, A Viable Luxury Option From Volvo. Meet The 2017 S90.
There are some things that we assume are certain in this world. The sun rises in the east, freshly buttered toast always lands upside down when you drop it on the kitchen floor and the BMW M5 is always, always, always launched down the road by the rear wheels only. That’s what we get for assuming. While the sun most definitely rises in the east … Continue reading Don’t Assume Anything About The 2018 BMW M5
Honda’s Clarity Fuel Cell model came out in December, 2016, and it was just a matter of time before Honda finished fleshing out the Clarity collection with a plug-in hybrid and full-electric version for those who don’t have access to California’s small chain of hydrogen fuel stations. Honda has committed to making sure two-thirds of their international sales are electrified vehicles by 2030. Expanding the … Continue reading Honda Expands Clarity Line With EV And Hybrid
It all began in January. Dodge started teasing the world with Demon videos. Nobody quite knew what to think of it all and speculation was running high. Dodge wasn’t giving any big hints. Finally, after what has to be the longest-running series of teaser videos – Thirteen to be exact – we know a lot more about the Demon. It looks like your bog standard … Continue reading Dodge Demon Demolishes Drag Days
McLaren just won’t quit teasing us. This past November McLaren Special Operations, the division of McLaren Automotive that handles customization of customer vehicles, told the world that they were moving forward with plans to build a successor to the legendary F1. This revelation came just four months or so after CEO Mike Flewitt categorically denied that there was any such plan, saying that it didn’t … Continue reading BP23, McLaren’s F1 Successor, Teased Yet Again
In 2012 Lexus introduced the Lexus LF-LC Concept to the world. After waiting five years for a production model to arrive, the time is nigh. Say hello to the 2018 Lexus LC 500, a brand new, exciting flagship car for a brand too often seen as stodgy and boring. In 2010 Lexus brought us the LF-A, a genuine supercar, but it was priced at over … Continue reading 2018 LC500 Is Not Your Same Old Boring Lexus
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