Posts Tagged ‘budget’

Next BMW night vision system can detect humans in the dark

Friday, June 6th, 2008
The next BMW 7-Series is going to be graced with some serious driving technology. While the image above doesn't appear to have anything like the picture quality of Mercedes' NightVision Assist, BMW's offering will have some other features that you probably won't find this side of a special ops base.......

Chrysler 300/Charger facelift due in 2011, RWD sticking around

Saturday, December 8th, 2007
While new fuel economy regs have put the General's rear-wheel-drive offerings into a holding pattern (we think), Chrysler will soldier on with its RWD LX platform into the next decade. According to The Car Connection, Chrysler plans to makeover the 300 and Charger in 2011, but the reason the Pentast......

FIA to cap F1 team budgets for 2009

Thursday, November 8th, 2007
We love Formula 1. Have for years. We believed it was the pinnacle of motorsport, and by golly each team had the stratospheric budget to prove it. There was a time when a single top team in F1 spent enough to run 12 or 13 top dollar teams in IndyCar. Teams have been wanting the costs to come down, w......

Hyundai backing out of Super Bowl ads

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
The economy appears to be swooning, and before we land softly (or crash hard), company's have begun to circle their wagons and reduce unnecessary spending. This often translates directly into reducing advertising budgets. It's tough for an automaker to skimp on engineering and we've all seen what ha......

F1 engine ban reduced to 5 years, new formula expected within 2

Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The FIA and the teams participating in F1 have agreed to shorten the ban on engine development to five years. The FIA, which forms the rules for Formula One, had previously instituted a freeze on the development of every team's engine program for a staggering ten years in an effort to reduce the rap......

F1 engine ban reduced to 5 years, new formula expected within 2

Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The FIA and the teams participating in F1 have agreed to shorten the ban on engine development to five years. The FIA, which forms the rules for Formula One, had previously instituted a freeze on the development of every team's engine program for a staggering ten years in an effort to reduce the rap......

Racecar for the Masses: Dacia Logan Cup

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Click on the pic above for more imagesWant a cheap racing car? Using one of the cheapest cars on the market would be a good place to start. That's the idea behind the Dacia Logan Cup, a series of racing mods available for the budget automobile.The Logan Cup clearly draws on the expertise from its p......

eBay Find of the Day: Bugatti Veyron for hire

Saturday, June 30th, 2007
There's no denying that the Bugatti Veyron is an awesome car. Experiencing acceleration more akin to a superbike than a 4,000 pound car is a religious experience. The price of a one is also likely to cause you to utter the name of a higher being. If you'd like to drive Bugatti's wheeled missile but ......

Good luck! Chrysler hires Lexus’ ex-president of marketing

Monday, June 11th, 2007
Chrysler has announced that it's hired Deborah Wahl Meyer to be its new vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO), replacing George Murphy, who retired last May. Meyer comes from Toyota, where she's worked since 2001, most recently as the VP of marketing for Lexus. The report from Automotive ......

Rendered speculation: VW Phaeton coupe

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
Although it came as a surprise to most (okay, all), Volkswagen plans to revive the Phaeton nameplate and possibly make a play for buyers of more high-budget coupes like the Mercedes SL. A few spy shots surfaced last month showing a test mule of VW's intentions, and although little was gleaned from t......