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
While used Ferraris, Lamborghinis and other supercars are currently holding strong resale values, other marques represent the opportunity to buy a pre-owned car with low miles that is only a few years old for a much lower price than purchasing one with only delivery miles on the odometer. Manufacturers have been creating Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) programs for a few years now, cashing in on the … Continue reading Timeless Program Makes It Easier To Drive Away In An Aston Martin
It’s not news to see Porsches lapping the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. When the upcoming 2017 911 Carrera GTS manages to obliterate the previous GTS’s Nurburgring lap record by a dozen seconds? Well, that’s news. Porsche has reported that the new GTS lapped the ‘Ring in 7:26, which manages to not only wreck the outgoing GTS’s score but eclipses the Carrera S by four seconds. To do this, … Continue reading 2017 Porsche 911 GTS Destroys Previous GTS’s ‘Ring Record
Lexus will apparently be bringing a brand new SUV to market soon, Autocar has discovered in a recent search for patent names. In recent months Lexus has filed several new patents under the UX badge, including UX200, UX250 and UX250h. If Lexus maintains its normal nomenclature, these cars will all have small displacement engines, with one of them being a hybrid. Lexus unveiled the … Continue reading Lexus Producing CT200h Replacement And Three-row RX In 2018
We already talked about McLaren’s upcoming new car, but the English company has released a bit more information on their second-generation Super Series. While the 650S is already an aerodynamic marvel, McLaren is claiming that this replacement will sport an additional 50-percent more downforce. It gets better cooling as well, with McLaren claiming the new car is 15-percent more efficient at keeping the temp meter out of the … Continue reading 2018 McLaren Super Series Will Be Cooler And Sleeker
The very same week that Volkswagen agreed to settle criminal and civil charges relating to cheating on diesel emissions tests through software manipulation, Fiat-Chrysler has been accused of similar issues in a Notice of Violation tendered by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have been working together since September, 2015, in an expanded testing program that searches for … Continue reading EPA Notifies Fiat-Chrysler Of Jeep and Ram Truck Diesel Emissions Violations
We all saw it coming when AMG announced the GT C Roadster in September in Paris, so it was just a matter of when the hardtop version would appear and what the spec would be. Those questions have been answered as Mercedes unveiled the new GT C in coupe version Monday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It’s Mercedes-AMG’s 50th year of … Continue reading AMG Celebrating 50th With A Special Edition
Ever since Ford introduced its light duty series trucks buyers have had to choose between gasoline engines and gasoline engines. That’s changing for 2018 and it’s a major step forward for the United States’ best-selling truck. In their quest to stay ahead of the competition and hold on to their prize, Ford is offering a brand spanking new 3.0-liter Power Stroke V6 turbo diesel, something … Continue reading Diesel Power On Tap For The 2018 F-150
Enthusiasts have been clamoring for a new VW bus for years, and Volkswagen has teased the fans with a few different concepts using the same basic form over the past fifteen years. This week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit they’ve done it again, again. VW’s newest concept, the all-electric I.D. BUZZ, shares many of its components with the previously-revealed VW I.D. … Continue reading VW Brings Another Microbus Concept To NAIAS
All good things must come to an end, and so it goes for the first generation of McLaren’s Super Series, which started way back in 2011 with the introduction of the 12C. In keeping with their Track22 Business Plan, McLaren has said that they’ll be bringing fifteen new cars to the market in the next 5 years, and the redesign of their core Super Series … Continue reading McLaren Preparing For Next-Generation Of Supercars
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