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If you’re itching for a way to motivate yourself to muddle through the holiday weekend after another week of stale coffee, dull meetings and overbearing management, look no further than the configurator for the 2012 Porsche 911. Clicking through the available options on the German sportscar provides some serious armor against the thought of abandoning all [...]
Our love for all things diesel is tempered this morning with the news of a recall affecting a certain oil-burning German SUV. BMW is recalling the 2009 X5 xDrive35d due to a problem with the vehicle’s diesel fuel pre-heater, the issue being that it’s not working as it should, and it could experience an electrical overload that [...]
Russian automaker Yo-Auto is currently taking pre-orders for its trio of hybrid vehicles, which are slated to arrive in 2012. The triumvirate consists of a coupe, hatchback and truck, and they are all referred to as Yo-Mobiles. It seems the automaker has other vehicles in mind as well, because a rather unique concept car has been [...]
The thing about retro styling is that, since it’s anchored not in the contemporary but in the classical, it doesn’t age. So you may be as surprised as we were to discover that the Wiesmann Roadster has been on the market for 18 years now. The first version of the retro German sportscar was the MF3, [...]
Though you might not know it today, there was a time when Alfa Romeo challenged Ferrari on the race track. In fact Alfa was taking trophies and titles long before the horse ever pranced – that’s where Enzo got his start, after all. But these days, now that they’re sister companies, Ferrari makes the supercars and races [...]
Never underestimate what you’ll see on eBay Motors. Take this unique creation, for example. Near as we can tell, it’s the same 2002 Mercury Marauder that was modified into a two-door convertible by Ford for the2002 Chicago Auto Show. According to the seller, this car still boasts its Eaton supercharger bolted to a 4.6-liter V8 engine, and [...]
The Jaguar XKR is a sultry beast, but no one is going around calling the low-slung sports car in icon of the industry. That tag is still reserved for the similarly slinky E-Type. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the vehicle, and over the past half-century, its long nose and rounded hips have grown to become [...]
Toys are infinitely cooler these days than they were when we were kids. While we had to subside on crappyLego houses and weak Nerf guns, youngsters now get to craft accurate models of the Millennium Falcon and play with a foam arsenal that would make the CIA blush with envy. The same goes for remote-controlled vehicles. [...]
The event is called Rust and Dust, but this year that dust was replaced with rain and mud. Still, the attendees of this automotive festival in Teterow, Germany arrived in large numbers to share their passion for rockabilly, rat rods and racing. The rain attempted to dampen spirits, but it was powerless against these German fans [...]
Every year, Bentley takes part on a fresh crop of student interns, and every year it participates in a charity fundraising event for The Prince’s Trust. For 2011, the Bentley Graduates are putting on an auction of items crafted in Bentley’s own workshop, and there are more than a few items we would welcome into our [...]