Posts Tagged ‘capability’

Rumormill: Renault Alpine could be based off Nissan 370Z

Saturday, July 26th, 2008
We've been following the developments of Renault's revival of the Alpine marque since earlier this year, and its been confirmed that the first of several new models will debut sometime in 2010. From the beginning, Renault made it clear that Alpine would benefit from dedicated models, rather than reb......

Officially, Official: Renault unveils Laguna Coupe in Cannes

Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Click on the Laguna coupe for a high res galleryWith the Monaco Grand Prix and the Cannes Film Festival both taking place this weekend on the shores of the Mediterranean, Renault chose the latter as the backdrop for its latest model unveiling. The new Laguna Coupe is getting a preview amongst the st......

VIDEO: HUMMER H3T in the round

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
click above to view video of the 2009 HUMMER H3TThe recently announced 2009 HUMMER H3T holds a lot of promise for GM's ex-military brand. For one, it's a true truck with a separate cab and bed, which gives it some true truck capability compared to other crew cab unibody trucks on the market like th......

HUMMER H2 450 scooter makes our head hurt

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
click above to enlargeThe Hummer brand is all about strength and capability, but for some reason the smaller and less capable the Hummer, the better it sells. Talented motorcycle sketch artist Oberdan Bezzi must have had this in mind when he penned the Hummer H2 450 scooter, because the mini-cycle ......

China’s SAIC to revive historic Longbridge UK plant

Thursday, October 25th, 2007
MG's former Longbridge, UK headquarters has been pretty quiet since production ceased in 2005. Newly-merged owners SAIC and Nanjing want the clatter of carbuilding to once again echo through the plant and plan to base their European and overseas operations there. The plant itself has the capability......

Consumer Reports guides lost GPS shoppers

Sunday, September 30th, 2007
A few weeks ago, Consumer Reports, alerted online readers to some really good GPS Black Friday deals. But which one should you have bought? Do you want one totally portable? Do you need speech to text capability? Should it play mp3s? Will those cool-sounding traffic alerts work in your area? CR help......

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Audi unveils A1 concept before debut

Friday, August 10th, 2007
Click the image above for plenty of high-res pics.It's been over a year in the making, but Audi has finally released the details on its newest ultra compact offering. The Audi A1 Metroproject Quattro concept takes the ethos of BMW's MINI, distills it down into a more Germanic form and loses the cute......

Land Rovers to have stop-start tech by 2008

Monday, July 16th, 2007
Hopefully the start/stop can be disabled for stuff like thisAutomatic start-stop capability is continuing it's inexorable march through the European automotive fleet with a stop at Land-Rover. Beginning late in 2008 Land-Rover vehicles will get a start-stop system that shuts off the engine the vehi......

Frankfurt Preview: Details on Opel E-Flex concept with diesel range extender

Thursday, June 28th, 2007
The Chevy Volt concept that debuted this past January in Detroit has generated more buzz than any concept in recent memory, mainly because of outrageous gas prices, coupled with the fact that GM is working its tail off to get one built by 2010. To generate the same level of buzz across the Atlantic,......

Hybrid version of LF-A supercar confirmed by Lexus

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Click on the photo for a gallery of the LF-A concept at DetroitAt the Detroit Auto Show in January, Lexus showed a re-styled version of the LF-A concept that originally appeared on the show circuit in 2005 and has turned up periodically running around the Nurburgring in Germany. Until now, the LF-A......