On any given weekend, Porsche GT3 Cup automobiles are racing on circuits around the planet. it is a trackside fixture, and nearly anyone seriously competing in sports vehicle racing at some point gets behind the wheel of the GT3 Cup. There are numerous series and racing classes set up around the planet just for this [...]

Rumours have been swirling for months about what BMW would do on Aug twenty-six, 2009 for its Mini brand. In fact, that’s the fiftieth anniversary of the general public debut of Alec Issigonis’ original Mini. With lots of the speculation rotating around either a coupe or some sort of cropped window speedster, it turns out [...]

Hot on the heels of the 9ff-tuned Porsche Panamera comes more reports from arch-rival tuning house Gemballa on its own four-door custom creation. Called the Mistrale, Gemballa dropped some hints and footage merely a week gone, but has confirmed some of the luscious details that may set its version of Ferdinand’s family sedan apart. While [...]

Peugeot endurance racing battle will continue the month after next at Road Atlanta as the German team eventually confirmed it’ll bring the R15 TDI back to America. So far Audi has only committed to the 10-hour race in Georgia. Audi Sport Team Joest will be running the 2 R15s for the German automaker. The diesel-powered [...]

“I mean, this is fantastic, right?” screams SVT Auto Dynamics engineer, Ford Tier 3-certified test driver, and possible asylum applicant Gene Martindale over the din of 35-inch tires pulverizing desert gravel.  It’s 106 degrees, and we are streaking across the rock- and sand-strewn frying pan that’s Borrego Springs, California, in Aug. It’s absolutely unhappy out [...]

The 2.0T is the low man on Hyundai’s Genesis Coupe totem pole, displeasing the power perplexed and whooping it up too much for pinkie-waving tea drinkers. raw power isn’t what this turbo model is all about, and once that is made clear, the coupe becomes a pleasant flavour in Hyundai’s best recipe.  All of the [...]

The Cadillac driver is not really the audience that springs to mind for electrical autos. Battery-powered green potency appears a strange fit with Cadillac’s brand image of power, status, and cosseting.  But Bob Lutz has long dreamed about an electrical Caddy, so it may yet come to pass.  General Motors had been working on a [...]

Though US consumers aren’t scheduled to clap eyes on the new Hyundai Tucson till the L.A. car Show, the next-generation model has just been disclosed in its home market, and it’s a way more upscale looking effort.  Dubbed ‘Tucson ix’ in Korea and ix35 in Europe, the compact crossover will possibly just be called ‘Tucson’ [...]

Electronic controls on the driver’s side window may short-circuit because an OTT quantity of lubricator was applied in the producing process, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine recounted in an announcement on its Web site. In rare examples, the failing may lead to the inside door panel to melt. The faulty parts [...]