Posts Tagged ‘falling in love’
When we recently posted on Aston Martin dragging Lagonda out of its crypt, one of the assertions was that "they've reportedly ruled out the possibility of a sport-ute." That might have been nothing more than a semantic turn, as Car & Driver is reporting that the first Lagonda will be "something ......
Florida man cancels Nissan GT-R order due to ‘black box’
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan GT-RA Florida man named Scott Weires has canceled the order for his long-awaited Nissan GT-R. Why? It's not that he was disappointed in the car's performance credentials, far from it. The problem is that the GT-R is equipped with a 'black box', sim......
Maserati is up to something, we’ll know soon
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Head to Maserati's website and you're greeted with a tantalizingly coy poll, asking users to guess what event will take place on October 2nd, the first day of the Paris Motor Show. The overwhelming popular opinion is that a new car will be debuted, possibly the smaller Maser that's supposed to take ......
Fiat considering Dino-badged Elise
Friday, September 19th, 2008
Say Dino, and people immediately think of something Italian. Most likely, you'll think of either a Rat-Pack crooner or a Ferrari, but there's a third Dino, and that's the one we're talking about. Fiat's thinking of resurrecting its Dino sub-brand with a version of the next generation of Lotus Elise.......
C-Evo: Alfa Romeo 149 to get its own new platform… sorta
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Alfa 149 rendering by Progetto 940Remember how Ferrari kept saying it wasn't making a cheaper model despite the plethora of spy shots indicating otherwise? Well technically they were right: the California, as it turned out to be, is no cheaper than an F430. Ferrari's sister company Alfa Romeo seems......
Honda new civic
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
What if a segment leader is challenged by its competetior with an all new car? A fitting reply from the leader. As Toyota brings the next generation corolla altis to India, we can expect a upgraded version of Honda’s civic. Honda has unveiled a spruced up version of civic an civic hybrid for the A......
Weekend Entertainment: “Susie the Little Blue Coupe”
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Follow the jump to watch the short
Thanks to frequent commenter and tipster "catgirlshyla" for sending in a link to a video of Walt Disney's Susie the Little Blue Coupe, an animated short that originally debuted theatrically in 1952. As you can plainly see, the Disney/Pixar gang clearly used Susie ......
Detroit Grand Prix 08: Acura racing with the big boys, enters LMP1 for 09
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Acura has announced at the Detroit Grand Prix that they will enter the LMP1 class in the American Le Mans Series in 2009, adding to its existing LMP2 effort. Honda's premium brand entered ALMS in the lighter LMP2 class at the beginning of 2007 with the Highcroft, Fernandez and Andretti-Green teams a......
At First Glance: 2009 Cadillac CTS-V
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
When automotive journalists (ourselves included) were proclaiming the Chevrolet Malibu to be Detroit’s savior, we obviously had not accounted for the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V. The all-new CTS-V mixes performance, quality, luxury, and refinement under (surprise!) an American badge.You might ask, “What......
2010 Mazda3 revealed by a toy? Not really, but kind of
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Click above for more renderings of the 2010 Mazda3Sure, it has happened where a toy manufacturer accidentally reveals a new car, but we don't believe this is one of those times. These renderings of the redesigned 2010 Mazda3 were posted in a thread over on carspyshots.net under the auspice of being ......