I was just at the LA Auto Show earlier today, when an older gentleman walked up to me and said, “Hey… are you the guy from that Lexus LFA video online?” Totally puzzled, I replied, [more...]
Mercedes-Benz zieht ML-Werbung zurueck
Nach heftiger Kritik hat Mercedes-Benz eine Werbeanzeige für die neue M-Klasse zurückgezogen. Unter dem Slogan "Mehr als 200 Pferde und weniger Emissionen als eine Kuh" hatte Mercedes-Benz [...]
Autobatterie: Erste Hilfe fuer schlappe Akkus
GTÜ gibt Tipps für Batteriepflege und richtige Starthilfe Eisige Kälte und vorwiegend Fahrten über kurze Strecken belasten den Stromhaushalt im Auto extrem. Eine [...]
NAIAS2012: Chevrolet Miray Concept
Chevrolet hatte das Miray Concept schon auf der IAA 2011 (und davor auf einer Messe in Korea – daher der Name Miray, was auf Koreanisch 미ë soviel heisst wie [...]
Porsche Museum mit Sonderausstellung Identitaet 911
Seit über 40 Jahren gilt der Porsche 911 als Automobilikone und Sportwagen-Idol. So ist die Einführung des neuen Porsche Typ 991 selbst auch für das Porsche-Museum ein wichtiges [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT: THE SPEEDHUNTERS AWARDS 2009
I seem to have made a little mistake last night, and accidentally published a story I was working on right as I was heading off to bed. So some of you may have noticed that we're busy preparing [...]
RANDOM SNAP: IMPREZA ON GTR'S
I've always loved seeing OEM wheels on cars they didn't come on - especially on cars from another manufacturer. When it comes to OEM wheel swaps, nothing is more popular than stock Skyline [...]
EVENT: ESSEN MOTOR SHOW 2009 PART 2
Let's continue my coverage of the Essen Motor Show with my second installment. Looking for Japanese cars on a German car show proved to be difficult. I found two S14s and this was one of them. It [...]
RETROSPECTIVE: NISSAN R390 PART 2
Fastest in the PreQualifyiing Weekend, the mood in the TWR Nissan camp would have been quietly confident. Or it should have been, those of us on the outside would have heard that there had been a [...]
1972 Chevy Monte Carlo - Coke Machine
1972 Chevy Monte Carlo - Coke MachineAn homage to Junior Johnson's '72 Monte stock carIn the early '70s, NASCAR was approaching the transition that irks us to this day: the change from beefed-up [...]