Archive for June, 2008
Panamera going diesel and targa top?
AutoWeek recently attempt a Porsche focus group in California. in there they find out that Porsche is working on a diesel and a targa top version for the future Panamera sedan.
If approved, the diesel engine will be borrowed from Audi’s powertrain portfolio, which includes a 3.0-liter V6, a 4.2-liter V8 and a 6.0-liter V12 found [...]
W221 - Mercedes S-class by Wald International
The new kit from the Japanese tuning specialist transforms the W220 Mercedes-Benz S-Class into, well…the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The kit contains a front and rear apron, new side sills, trunk spoiler v2, fog lamp, sport fender duct, W221 look tail, a door mirror winker. In order to provide a better sound of the engine a custom [...]
Need for Speed Undercover announced
Not a suprise to anyone, NFS is getting biiger. A new version of the game is ready to be launched later this year. The new Need for Speed: Undercover will be inspired from movies like The Transporter.
The single previous Need for Speed team was split into two last year to allow each of the two [...]
2011 Mercedes-Benz CLS will also be hybrid
xMercedes is already working at the second generation CLS that will make its world debut during a major car show in late 2010 with sales following in early 2011. Big news is, that next to the standard engine, the future CLS will also be offered as a hybrid.
It will get the same powertrain as the [...]
Supercharged Direct-Injection V-6 Destined for Next Audi S4
Although Audi’s still secretive about its plans for the next-generation S4, it has revealed what is rumored to lurk underhood: a 3.0-liter supercharged direct-injection V-6.
Audi’s named the motor the 3.0 TFSI, although unlike previous motors with the TFSI nomenclature, the V-6 makes use of a supercharger in lieu of a turbocharger. That blower is nestled [...]
Corvette ZR1 makes the Nürburgring in 7:26.4
Corvette : GM has been very busy lately, they did the final tuning and testing there before we start Corvette ZR1 production cars. And this morning the Corvette ZR1 was driven by General Motors development engineer Jim Mero around the Nürburgring in a time of 7:26.4.
The car was bone stock with the exception of the [...]
Hailstorm Disaster strikes VW plant: 30,000 vehicle damaged!
Every week, we bring you pictures and videos of new cars taking a beating by inattentive drivers, buildings collapsing, drunken driving and sinking ships. Those incidents can be blamed on humans or mechanical failures but not this one.
A major hailstorm over the course of the last weekend harmed up to 30,000 brand new Volkswagen cars [...]
Audi TT Roadster by ABT
After we unveiled you the Vw Eos by ABT, today we present you the Audi TT Roadster customized by the same tuning specialist. For 2671 euro the tuning company offers a body kit consisting in a front lip spoiler, new side sills, a rear apron featuring an air diffuser with integrated exhaust system and a [...]
2009 Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTEC, GL320 BlueTEC, and R320 BlueTEC
More so than most auto manufacturers, Mercedes-Benz has been committed to diesel engines, which are inherently more fuel-efficient and often deliver more torque than their gasoline counterparts. Diesels can have downsides, however, including low power output, dirty exhaust, and a characteristic clatter.
Modern diesels have dramatically curtailed these negatives while preserving their efficiency advantage. But although [...]
The heart of Porsche has been beating for 70 years
It was on June 26, 1938 that Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche KG, as the enterprise was then called, moved from Kronenstrasse 24 in the center of Stuttgart to newly-built premises in the district of Zuffenhausen. In May 1937, Ferry Porsche had already acquired a site there at the address Spitalwaldstrasse 2 (as it then [...]
