Audi has revealed that the electric e-Tron will now launch in late 2012, and we reveal the torque figures quoted for the e-Tron are rubbish. Audi’s electric R8 – the Audi e-Tron – was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year and has just had its US debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show. […]
VW Beetle Final Edition (2010) at LA
Volkswagen has revealed a Beetle Final Edition at the LA Auto Show – featuring Aquarius Blue paint jobs and special alloys – as a Convertible or Coupe. There is really only one place that holds a torch for the Volkswagen Beetle, and that’s the USA. So it’s entirely appropriate the VW chose the LA Motor […]
Honda P-NUT Concept at LA
Honda has revelead the Personal-Neo Urban Transport Concept (Honda P-NUT) – a 3 seat micro city car – at the LA Motor Show. This is another of those ‘Lets see what we can make’ type concepts with probably precious little chance of being made. But the Honda ‘Personal-Neo Urban Transport’ – or Honda P-NUT – does make for […]
VW Up! Lite Concept revealed in LA
Volkswagen has revealed the Up! Lite Concept at the LA Motor Show, offering 96mpg from its diesel electric powertrain. Volkswagen had promised a surprise at the LA Motor Show, and this is it, the VW Up! Lite Concept, another car in the quest by VW to produce the most efficient cars on the market. And […]
Cadillac CTS Coupe launches in LA +Video
GM has officially revealed the Cadillac CTS Coupe, the third member of the CTS family. On sale in 2010 and joined by the high performance CTS-V Coupe later in the year. It’s not long since GM revealed that the CTS was going to spawn a Coupe version to go with the Estate (station Wagon), and […]
Ford Fiesta 2011 US Revealed
Ford has revealed the 2011 US Spec Ford Fiesta. Available as a saloon (Sedan) or hatch it goes on sale in the US in Spring 2010. We ran a picture the other day of the US Spec 2011 Ford Fiesta, and I have to say we were a little underwhelmed by what has been done […]
Ford Fiesta (2011) US Spec leaks
Pictures of the 2011 US Spec Ford Fiesta have leaked out ahead of its launch this week, and seem to show a very ‘Americanized’ Fiesta. Ford have played a long game with the introduction to the US market of Europe’s favourite small car – the Ford Fiesta. They’ve run a very savvy social media campaign and […]
2011 Ford Mustang V6 Press Release
2011 Ford Mustang V-6 goes high-tech: new 305-Hp engine, six-SPEED transmission expected to Deliver 30 MPG highway • For 2011, Mustang makes sports coupe news with a new high-performance, all-aluminum Duratec® 3.7-liter DOHC Ti-VCT V-6 that delivers 305 horsepower and an expected best-in-class 30 mpg highway with six-speed automatic transmission – no other vehicle in […]
2011 Ford Mustang V6 gets 305 horses
Ford has revealed the 2011 Mustang with a new V6 offering 305bhp, styling tweaks, new ‘boxes and 36mpg. So what, you may say. 305 horses is hardly an earth-shattering amount of power for an American muscle car. And you’d be right. It’s not exactly unbridled power. But this is the entry-level Mustang; the one that’s all show […]
2011 Chevrolet Cruze US Press Release
The 2011 Cruze: Chevrolet Unveils U.S. Version Of The Popular, Fuel-Efficient Global Compact Sedan 2009-11-29 2011 Chevrolet Cruze at a Glance: o Popular global car refined for America o Expected segment-best fuel economy – up to 40 mpg highway – with new family of small-displacement engines, including Ecotec 1.4L I-4 turbo o Progressive design with […]