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The Register reports that the European Union (EU) Parliament is considering legislation that will outlaw all cars capable of exceeding 100 miles an hour. Such a law would go into effect around 2013. Chris Davies, the member of the EU parliament who has introduced the proposal, reasons that ...    Read more

NASHVILLE (June 28, 2007) - For Infiniti, 2008 marks the completion of an unprecedented 12-month period of new model launches. The year began with the highly successful introduction of the all-new 2007 G35 Sedan -- the first major revision of Infiniti's groundbreaking performance luxury sedan -- which landed ...    Read more

Some American-made car models are just part of American tradition. There's the Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro, the Ford Mustang, the Dodge Charger, and the Pontiac GTO and Firebird. Well, when 2010 comes to visit, we will be seeing a new Pontiac. But people are already wondering if its going ...    Read more

Happy birthday! The original 1968 Shelby Cobra GT500KR is celebrating its 40th anniversary and to honor the occasion, Ford Motor Co. and tuner company Shelby will again partner for the limited production of the 2008 Shelby GT500KR. The new Shelby will follow in the tradition of the original Shelby muscle ...    Read more

As some of us were growing up in the '50s and '60s, there was always talk of an amphibious car, or water car. Some of the early national news programs would show grainy films of these tiny cars with propellers making their way across some small lake. The narrator would ...    Read more

NASHVILLE (June 13, 2007) -- Nissan North America, Inc. today announced pricing on the dramatic new 2007 Nissan NISMO 350Z, which goes on sale in July at Nissan dealers nationwide. The NISMO 350Z, which features an extensively developed list of unique equipment -- including a special aerodynamics package and improved ...    Read more

An alarming (and highly controversial and debatable) article from The Independent out of the UK predicts that the world may be running out of oil in as little as 4 years. While I find that abrupt timeframe a little hard to believe, it's not so far-fetched to think ...    Read more

DEARBORN, Mich., June 13, 2007 -- The magic duo of Ford Mustang and Carroll Shelby bring open-air excitement to the road for the 2008 model year as the Ford Shelby GT returns with a new convertible body style and a new standard color combination.Like all Shelby Mustang models, production will ...    Read more

Munich. BMW Group sales rose by 7.0% in May compared with the same month last year reaching 128,408 automobiles (prev.yr.: 119,996). For the year to the end of May, the number of BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered to customers rose by 2.1% to 580,043 (prev.yr.: 567,940). The sale of ...    Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 7, 2007) -- Infiniti announced pricing on the 2008 Infiniti FX premium crossover sport utility vehicle, which goes on sale today at Infiniti retailers nationwide. (Pictured is the 2007 model.) For 2008, all FX models now include standard XM satellite radio and body-colored satellite radio antenna. Sheer ...    Read more

TORRANCE, Calif. - 06/01/2007 Record sales of light trucks drove Acura May sales to 15,920 units, off 5.3 percent* from May 2006 based on the daily selling rate that included one additional selling day, the division announced today. Acura year-to-date sales reached 74,774 units. Strong sales of the MDX luxury ...    Read more

Let's get honest here. While the trend may be toward hybrids and alternative fuel vehicles et al, there are still those of us who covet the Dodge Charger, the Pontiac GTO, or the Chevrolet Corvette, etc., who want our high performance vehicles!And that segment is not being ignored. BMW is ...    Read more

DEARBORN, Mich., May 23, 2007 -- America's best-selling, most capable full-size pickup now delivers the horsepower to make it one of the most powerful half-ton pickups on the market. The 450 horsepower supercharged Ford Harley-Davidson F-150 Super Crew 4x2 hits the road this summer. Born from tremendous customer reaction ...    Read more

One thing about Chevrolet and its Corvette: the company is always doing things to make it better. The American tradition has gone through its regular mid-cycle enhancements and it is under the skin that the engineers concentrated on this time.Under the hood, the 2008 C6 has an improved drivetrain from ...    Read more

The Pontiac Solstice is about to get new clothes. Mallet Cars will be offering a custom kit for the roadster starting in October which it will debut at this year's SEMA Show. The kit, called the "Pitbull Package", is composed of six fiberglass pieces*. The parts widens the car by ...    Read more

What is the best handling production car in America? Motor Trend Magazine held a contest to find out. Four divisions were created: Front-Engine/Front-Drive; Front-Engine/Rear-Drive; Front-Engine/All-Wheel-Drive; Mid- or Rear-Engine/Rear- or All-Wheel Drive. For a vehicle to be considered, it had to be made in the U.S. and certified as ...    Read more

Get comfortable. There's so much new and exciting with the 2008 Corvette that you'll want to grab a hot drink, sidle up to your computer screen and absorb all the details. The changes involve everything from an all-new, larger and more powerful V-8 engine to refinements in driving characteristics that ...    Read more

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., 04/27/2007 Kelley Blue Book (www.kbb.com), the leading provider of new- and used-vehicle information, named the 2007 Hyundai Tiburon to its annual list of "Top 10 Coolest New Cars Under $18,000." The list includes the top 10 coolest and affordable new vehicles on the market. The editors ...    Read more

Stuttgart, Germany -- Mercedes-Benz announced today that it will offer the SLR McLaren super sports car in the form of a roadster. Showcasing the latest in Formula 1 technology, the SLR McLaren is constructed almost entirely of carbon fiber, providing a very high degree of safety as well ...    Read more

Now that its ties with Ford have been broken, perhaps it is time for Aston Martin to become more of a risk-taker and start challenging its peers. Well, the new owners are contemplating doing just that. According to the Canadian Auto Press (via Carpages ), talk is that the ...    Read more

Las Vegas -- April 27, 2007 -- Shelby Automobiles will use newly-developed Ford Racing GT500 performance packs to help transform a limited number of 2007 and 2008 Ford Shelby GT500's into fire breathing "Super Snake" coupes. The Super Snake post-title package will include enhancements to the Ford Shelby GT500's handling, ...    Read more

If you think you have one tricked-out Civic, Evo, or Subie, here's your chance to show it off to the world.Importer Tuner Magazine is hosting on-line its "Ride of the Month" contest. Starting on May 1st and through May 22nd, readers of the popular tuner magazine can submit their rides ...    Read more

April 26, 2007 -- Cypress, California -- Mitsubishi Motors in Japan revealed an exterior image of the production version of the Lancer Evolution high performance sedan. The image, released in conjunction with a financial results announcement, reveals the subtle exterior details of the forthcoming production model, whose styling direction was ...    Read more

The General wants to get his money's worth out of the Kappa platform. How else to explain the news that GM’s Korean subsidiary, Daewoo, will be coming out with the Daewoo G2X, which looks for all the world like a Saturn Sky with a slightly different grille?According to ...    Read more

NASHVILLE (Apr. 17, 2007) - Nissan North America, Inc. today announced pricing on the all-new 2008 Nissan Altima Coupe, which goes on sale May 25, 2007 at Nissan dealers nationwide. The newest extension of Nissan's best-selling Altima lineup offers dramatic styling, a sport-inspired interior and a choice of two advanced ...    Read more