No question that the day of the large, gas hoggish, SUVs are over. With gas mileage that seldom ventured north of high teen marks and engines that polluted the atmosphere far in excess of other vehicles. That was then, this is now. Enter the refined diesel engine with their superior towing capacities, at least 20 … Read more
While there will potentially be no layoffs of workers at Proton after the takeover by DRB-Hicom, heads will no doubt roll in upper management and at board meetings. Earlier today, the Business Times reported on DRB-Hicom’s plans for both the Malaysian auto brand and its British subsidiary, Lotus. DRB-Hicom to reduce Proton costs and “cancerous” … Read more
The battle to secure the remaining seat at Williams F1 has ended. In an announcement late yesterday, Bruno Senna will team up with Pastor Maldonado for the 2012 season. Bruno Senna secures second F1 race seat for Williams The mini battle for the remaining race seat at Williams F1 has concluded. The Grove based team … Read more
To date we’ve already seen patent filings for the next-generation 3-door F20 1-Series BMW hatchback. So it comes as no surprise that such a model exists and is likely doing test runs over in Europe. 2012 F20 BMW 135iM spy photos surface Well we’ve got another treat this week as European spyshot contributor SB-Medien via … Read more
The first-generation Suzuki Swift is still a hot seller in most Asian countries so much so that it ended up spawning a sedan variant over in India with a joint partnership with Maruti. Now it looks like Maruti and Suzuki have already gotten busy with upgrading the new-generation Suzuki Swift hatchback with a boot for … Read more
For the past seven years, Nissan had been working on a self-healing clearcoat technology they called Scratch Shield. This technology was applied to their vehicles for close to four years now (however none of the Nissan models here in the US utilize it and it is optional for some Infiniti cars) and it now looks … Read more
When we were young our eyes would light up whenever a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Viper or Camaro would zoom by. So much so that even before we understood the concept of driving a high-performance supercar through urban traffic did we already aim to acquire one. A General Motors research study finds young generation no longer impressed … Read more
SEAT has given all three body variants of the Ibiza hatchback a mid-term facelift. The 3-door, 5-door and Ibiza ST estate now boast a reworked grille, more angular proportions and a new air dam. 2012 SEAT Ibiza gets a facelift, arrives in Europe early spring While only a slight facelift, the 4th-generation SEAT Ibiza and … Read more
It was only a week ago that we saw Kia release the first picture of its upcoming Cee’d hatchback before its deubt at the Geneva Auto Show. The image showed us the front three-quarter angle the compact pocket rocket, detailing its round corners, new nose and the now famous Schreyer grille. Now, a new image … Read more
While we’ve seen plenty of untethered jailbreaking going on this weeks when it comes to iOS devices running the latest iOS 5.0.1, the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 have sat quietly on the bench. Untethered iPhone 4S jailbreak tool demoed in video, available in a few days Well there’s some good news now for iPhone … Read more
