Followup: Hamilton’s Hoontastic Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG slated for charity auction?
March 31, 2010
Filed under: Motorsports, Auctions, Etc., Australia
Even when McLaren makes mistakes, it makes money. Lewis Hamilton was busted putting a little a lotta extra temperature into the tires of a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG loaned to him during his stay in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix. The car was impounded by the Victorian State Police, Lewis paid a fine to remedy his deed and McLaren paid to get the car out… Continue reading
Event Alert: April 2010 Calendar of Automotive Events
March 31, 2010
Filed under: Motorsports, New York Auto Show, Classics, Auctions, Event Alert
We were getting a bit of spring fever, so thank goodness April is here to help us out. The New York Auto Show concludes the major American show season this month, with several key debuts scheduled for the exhibition at the Jacob Javits center and the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition happens a couple of weeks later. Racing fans will be… Continue reading
Report: Next BMW M6 to take cues from Vision concept, targets Audi R8
March 30, 2010
Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Motor Show, Coupe, Performance, Europe, Technology, BMW, Rumormill
We were all wondering how BMW was going to manage to bring its Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept to the road, and now it looks like we may have our answer. According to Autocar, elements of the… Continue reading
Video Followup: Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes-Benz C63 nicked for hoonage
March 30, 2010
Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Performance, Government/Legal, Safety, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Australia, Celebrities, Luxury
Australia’s ABC News was on hand to document the aftermath of Formula One champ Lewis Hamilton’s “over-exuberant” driving, and has been kind enough to share the video with the rest of the world…… Continue reading
Two top secret Tundras that Toyota kept hidden
March 29, 2010
Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, Truck, Toyota, Off-Road
Proving how serious Toyota was about its hopes for the full-size Tundra pickup after it was redesigned in 2007 comes news from our friends at PickupTrucks.com that the Japanese automaker had planned two specialty versions of the truck that would have brought it some much-needed excitement two years after its initial introduction… Continue reading
World Challenge: Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg [Spoiler Alert]
March 29, 2010
Filed under: Motorsports, Acura, Chevrolet, Dodge, Porsche, Volkswagen, Volvo, Racing
The SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge lost Speed as a title sponsor for 2010, but they’ve picked up a new class of racing and a new schedule that features four double-header events with back-to-back racing on Saturdays and Sundays. 2010 will also… Continue reading
Lewis Hamilton busted for doing burnouts in public?
March 27, 2010
Filed under: Motorsports, Australia
Police only recently released the name, after only confiding that a 25-year-old Briton with Swiss residency was arrested in a Mercedes sedan doing burnouts in a Melbourne, Australia suburb. Yep, that’s Lewis Hamilton, driving down a stretch of section used for the Albert Park track in a Benz sedan and lighting the tires up (sounds oddly familiar). The road was open for public use, and the public watchdogs - Victoria say police - nabbed him for it…… Continue reading
Report: Top Gear blamed for motorsports’ environmentally unfriendly image
March 27, 2010
Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., UK
We realize that Americans have a bit of a reputation for blaming things on others and letting lawyers sort it out. But when it comes to the UK government, we’re starting to think that any negative car-related finding will be blamed on Top Gear. A new governmental report called “Full Speed Ahead: Maintaining UK Excellence in Motorsport and Aerospace” was drafted to show that two of Britain’s most lucrative industries are being sidelined by those in charge. Within… Continue reading
More details on the long-travel Mopar Ram 1500
March 24, 2010
Filed under: Concept Automobiles, Truck, Dodge, Off-Road
Kent Kroeker is cooking up a bit of evil that’s 90 inches wide for the Easter Jeep Safari. The latest details reveal that 90 inches is the width of the front track on the Mopar Ram 1500 being built as a “research project,” while that number tapers down to 87 inches in the rear. We’re talking about a truck that will be at least 22 inches wider than a normal Ram… Continue reading
Report: Cadillac XTS confirmed for production
March 24, 2010
Filed under: Car Buying, Concept Cars, Sedan, Cadillac, GM, Luxury
Back in January, we watched as Cadillac took the wraps off of its big XTS Platinum sedan concept under the Detroit Auto Show lights. And while parent company General Motors insisted on slapping the word… Continue reading
