Jimmie Johnson is making all the rounds this week to TV shows and all that stuff leading up to the Big Show on Friday in NYC. All this just to prove that NASCAR is an important and viable “sport” even though ratings are down, ticket sales are down and the TV coverage is moving BACK to cable where many of its fans will not be able to watch. Plus, it gets Brian France his chance to hobnob in NYC, get his share of glory and make him feel more important as the overseer of all things NASCAR.
If you think that your baby Aston is not fast enough, German tuner Loder1899 has an offer for you: you give them €42,900 and they equip your Aston Martin Vantage V8 Coupe with a new 4-way adjustable titanium suspension system and stuff the car with other things, which make tuner's heart beat like a drum.
Aston Martin plans to officially unveil its new Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster during the upcoming auto show to be held in Los Angeles on Wednesday 29th November. The new convertible will feature a three-layer fabric hood, which takes only about 18 seconds to either open or close with a push of a button and without any additional driver's intervention.
The third generation of the Peugeot Expert family of commercial vehicles will arrive to European dealerships on 18 January 2007. Together with the new Peugeot Expert van, completely new Peugeot Expert Tepee combi vehicle will be offered to the European customers.
The Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has awarded the latest Subaru B9 Tribeca 'ute the highest possible safety rating, giving it a maximum of five stars. The ANCAP assessment is based on frontal and side-impact crash tests, regarding customer's chances to walk away from the place of accident. The Tribeca scored an impressive 33.07 out of a maximum of 37 points.
The latest Hyundai Veracruz full-size crossover SUV, already on sell in Korea, has officially launched in the U.S. and Canada. The new 2007 Veracruz, which is supposed to compete with such established brands as the Lexus RX 350 and the Honda Pilot, will come to the local customers with an exclusive 3.8-liter gasoline engine.
Subaru's Forester SUV all-wheel drive vehicles don't really look like SUVs and, I guess it really hurts company's sales around the world. Maybe that's why Subaru has taken an opportunity to show-off its new Forester Sports trim at the current SEMA show.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today revealed a prototype Civic MUGEN Si Sedan prepared by legendary Honda tuner MUGEN equipped with a high performance suspension, forged aluminum wheels, aerodynamic body styling and a sport exhaust system at the 2006 SEMA show.
BMW has just announced pricing for the upcoming 2007 Mini Cooper S model. As it was predicted, the new Mini will be slightly more costly in comparison with the outgoing model, where the most significant price difference is shown on the least expensive Mini Cooper.
The 2007 Nissan Altima will cost at least two hundred dollars more than the previous model. While the outgoing 2006 Altima started at only $18,365 the 2007 MY Altima with comparable characteristics will set you back at $18,565, shipping included. For the money you'll get 2007 Nissan Altima 2.5 with a manual six-speed transmission as the only choice.
The base model comes equipped with a decent 3.6-liter V6 VVT engine, capable of delivering some 270 hp and 248 lb-ft (336 Nm) of peak torque. The Saturn Outlook SE delivers 18/26 city/highway mileage measured by the EPA. The same model with an all-wheel drive is rated at 17/24 mpg.
The 2007 Fiat Bravo is the next, err, ultimate weapon of the Italian car maker in re-conquering the European market. Resembling its closest competitor --the Peugeot 307 five-door hatchback-- the new Bravo somehow manages to retain the company's original style and, if you don't mind, even propels it to the next level.
The Volvo XC90 Sport features 311 hp, transversely mounted V8 engine mated to an automatic gearbox. The seven-seater comes equipped with stiffer shock absorbers and anti-roll bars and standard Nivomat self-leveling system.
Although the first Mitsubishi Outlander SUV has had a little bit more than controversial exterior design, the latest 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander looks rather bleak and uninspiring, so the guys from the Japanese DAMD studio really deserve some dittos for the new Outlander's body kit.
All you "Red liners" better start warming up those VTEC engines as on Thursday, the 14th of September, Honda's going to officially unveil the all-new 3door 2007 Civic Type R. Although unfortunately, there're no pictures floating around the net, I managed to get inside info on the preliminary specifications on the car.
Although its rumored that the 2007 - 2008 Model Year Toyota Corolla will be officially revealed in Japan in mid October (some even say that we might see a concept version at the Paris International Motor Show this month), we've been seeing quite a lot of scanned pics lately.
The Civic Sedan is a better looking car than the coupe, so it's not surprising that the Si treatment looks great here. The transformation is very straightforward. Take one Civic sedan, add the Si mechanicals, interior, and visual cues, and voila! -- you now have a high-revving sport sedan that carries four in comfort.
The Avalance was one of those love-it or hate-it vehicles, with the main criticisms around a) the proportions and overall shape or b) the plastic cladding. The new one keeps the same overall shape, but is much more svelte and has an improved interior.
Spy photographers snapped a single shot of the 2007 Porsche 911 GT2 in testing. The car is rumored to have a 530 horsepower engine and a top speed of over 200 mph. It will have the same braking system as the Porsche Carrera GT and the same wide rear end as the all-wheel-drive 911s (such as the Turbo), and the 2007 GT3 RS.
Porsche promised it wouldn\222t happen\227that the nearly $60,000 Cayman S was as low as the German sports car maker would go in making a Boxster-based coupe. But we didn't buy that.
As BMW's U.S. factory here prepares for the production debut of the 2007 X5, engineers from the German automaker are conducting shakedown tests on prototypes \227 under heavy disguise \227 in wintry European climes.
Rated at 612 horsepower, the 3,722-pound 599 GTB rivals many barely legal, slightly disguised racecars with its 6.1-pound/hp weight-to-power ratio. Launched properly and shifted via the improved F1-Superfast six-speed transmission, Ferrari claims a 3.7-second 0-to-62 mph (100 km/h) time.
On sale later this summer, the '07 FX2 is basically a trim package on an F-150 4x2 chassis, providing a monochromatic look with some interior flourishes \227 essentially a street-truck companion to the rugged FX4 off-road model.
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