Posts Tagged ‘beautiful car’

Russia Report: GM retailer deals with increased demand, limited supply

Friday, August 29th, 2008
The Genser General Motors dealership in Moscow is in an enviable – if not frustrating – position. The outlet moves between 600 and 900 vehicles each month. But if supply could keep up with demand, the dealer's director of sales, Nataliya Ignatova, insists they could sell around 1,200 vehicles pe......

GM announces $350 million for Lordstown plant to bulid Chevy Cruze

Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy CruzeThe 2011 Chevy Cruze is a big deal. It's not Tom Cruise big, but when was the last time GM offered a truly competitive small car? The Cobalt has been around since 2005, and the Cavalier dates back to 1982. So it's been at least 26 years of Chev......

Jetstream SC250: the poor blind man’s Atom/X-Bow/Elise

Monday, August 18th, 2008
Another British track tool is going up against the drool-worthy Ariel Atom, KTM X-Bow and the Lotus Elise. The Jetstream SC250 is styled by Brian Rossi, the same man behind the retro-tastic modern Ford Thunderbird, and although it's not exactly pretty, the SC250's wedge-shaped bodywork is sure to pr......

Spy Shots: Opel Insignia five-door hatch caught

Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Over in Europe, midsize cars like the Opel Vectra, Renault Laguna and Ford Mondeo have long been offered in multiple body configurations including four-door sedans, station wagons and, of course, five-door hatchbacks. Unlike Americans, who for some reason are averse to a fifth body opening unless th......

Tuner Tuesday: Steinmetz tweaks the Opel Corsa OPC

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Click above for a gallery of the Steinmetz Corsa OPCThe Opel Corsa is small, cool, and like most other neat U.S.-automaker Euro offerings, unavailable to us -- at least for now. As good as the current car would look wearing Saturn badges and slotted beneath the Astra, we'll have to wait a good while......

Paramount Performance offers 65hp V8 Vantage upgrade

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Make no mistake about it, the V8 Vantage is an unspeakably beautiful car. Sure, it looks like every other contemporary Aston Martin, but it's arguably the best application of the theme. Unfortunately its performance falls a little short of some of its competitors. So while we wait for news from Asto......

60-year-old Fittipaldi to test Ferrari-powered A1 GP race car

Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Former two-time Formula 1 champion and Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi has announced he will come out of retirement to test the new car being built by Ferrari for the A1 Grand Prix. The 60-year-old Fittipaldi, who is currently the head of A1 Team Brazil, never drove for Ferrari (he won his F1 tit......

MTM unveils Bentley Continental GTC Birkin Edition

Sunday, July 15th, 2007
German tuning house MTM is creator of the schnellest Audi RTT and the sickness-on-wheels RS4 K540. It follows up those two acts with a tastefully-tuned Bentley called the GTC Birkin Edition. (Sir Henry Ralph Stanley "Tim" Birkin, 3rd Baronet, was one of the original Bentley Boys of the 1920's.) It i......

Another Ferrari goes up in smoke

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
The picture above is, unfortunately, not a thinly-disguised prototype of a rocket-powered Ferrari F430. The sad truth is that yet another Prancing Horse has been destroyed, this time not by poor driving (at least not ostensibly), but by a fire in the engine bay. The picture was taken by the side of ......

Alfa prices the 8C Competizione at €159k

Saturday, May 12th, 2007
At long last, Alfa Romeo has confirmed the European pricing for its halo supercar, the achingly gorgeous 8C Competizione, with an MSRP of €159,300.As Alfa Romeo previously announced, 99 examples of the total production run of 500 will be reserved for customers in the United States, where the 8C wi......