Posts Tagged ‘hot wheels’
Hyundai which is already making a statement across the world with the indian made hatchbacks like santro,Getz and i10 plans to make hybrids in India. Hyundai entered the environmentally-friendly auto market in October 2004, when it supplied the korean government with 50 Getz hybrid cars.This number ......
Mercedes outlines its “Road to the Future”
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Mercedes-Benz has laid out a long Road to the Future, detailing its efforts to create "fuel-efficient and environmentally-sustainable premium automobiles without the need to forgo the characteristic brand features." That's fancy talk for having your German chocolate cake and eating it, too.The three......
Automotive X Prize competitor to come from Hybrid Technologies
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Click above more another shot of the Hybrid Technologies supercarThe electric sportscar world, with Tesla as the only major player at the moment, may be getting a little more crowded as Hybrid Technologies is planning to produce a new vehicle with which to attack the Automotive X Prize. Known specif......
Gumpert Apollo Hybrid begins testing at Nurburgring
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Gumpert is entering a hybrid version of its supercar, the Apollo, in the Nurburgring 24-Hour race. Instead of the normal car's Audi 4.2-liter twin-turbo with 650 HP, the racer gets a 3.3-liter V8 with something like 630-HP, in addition to a 100kW electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery pack.......
Rumormill: Hot Wheels leaks Ferrari Dino confirmation
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Before you read this, go to the kitchen and get the biggest grain of kosher salt you can find. Dig around until you've got a big one. Ready? Okay: rumors are circulating that Hot Wheels has spilled the proverbial beans on the arrival of a new Ferrari Dino. Sounds a little ridiculous, but not entirel......
VIDEO: New Speed Racer trailer a visual feast
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
It's very tempting to dismiss the Wachowski brothers' live-action Speed Racer film as a hopeless exercise in ridiculousness. But the problem is that both trailers released show a movie that's utterly drenched with style, as the auteur siblings appear to have held nothing back in trying to bring the ......
The making of the $140,000 Hot Wheels 40th Anniversary car
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Earlier this week we brought you amazing photos of a Hot Wheel car Mattel valued at $140,000. "WTF?!," is what we heard from a lot of readers who wondered how a $1 toy could possibly be worth more than their entire collections of late-80s Buicks and/or Mustang IIs.We asked similar questions, too, an......
$1 Hot Wheels car blinged out to $140,000
Monday, December 10th, 2007
click above for more high-res picsA few years ago, Bruce Pascal paid more than $70,000 for a single Hot Wheels car. The car was an extremely rare rear-loading Beach Bomb with an even more rare pink coat of paint. But it didn't have even a single diamond or ruby, which makes us wonder what Mr. Pascal......
Tata hybrid & electric indica
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Tata’s electric appeal:To meet the strigent european emission norms, Tata Motors chooses an easy way to re-enter european market. In October 2007 Tata Motors confirmed that it is looking launch its products again in european market. Already, we reported you tata motors is working on electric varia......
Hot Wheels celebrating 40 years, planning tour of the U.S.
Friday, November 9th, 2007
Thinking back to our formative years, there were three defining moments that began our automotive obsession. Our first exotic car poster (Countach FTW!), our first subscription to a buff book (in our own name) and countless hours spent on the carpet with our Hot Wheels collection doing imaginary pow......