Posts Tagged ‘jumping on the bandwagon’

Paris ‘08 Preview: Peugeot teases with RC… hybrid concept

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Click above for a hi-res gallery of the Peugeot RC... With the semi-annual auto salon returning to Paris this fall, you can expect France's major automakers to make a big splash this year. Peugeot is preparing to unveil a new concept car, and has given us a bit of a heads-up in the form of a few ima......

Pebble Beach 2008: Cadillac unveils 2010 CTS Sport Wagon

Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Cadillac Sport WagonPlease note the spelling, this a Cadillac and not a VW, therefore it's "Sport Wagon" rather than "SportWagen". What we have here is the result of a fission reaction on the Cadillac SRX. Seeing that the current "neither fish nor fowl" SRX cr......

The latest from DiMora: supersedan to use volcanic rock-based Barotex fiber

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Click above to view more of the Dimora Natalia SLS 2 Of all the bits of vaporware out there that never seem to get any closer to reality, the DiMora has to be one of our favorites. The sheer ambition of it all involves independently developing and producing a $2 million super-sedan that would, we're......

Rendered Speculation: Production Chevy Volt

Friday, August 8th, 2008
The Truth About Cars' contributor Andrei Avavarii is one of those rare individuals with a real knack for using Photoshop. Being a dedicated car guy, Avavarii's photochoppery is often a very good representation of what a real production automobile could look like. Such is the case with his latest pie......

Volkswagen considers joining World Rally Championship

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the VW Scirocco GT24 Ever since 2006, when Peugeot, Skoda and Mitsubishi pulled their factory works teams out of the World Rally Championship, the WRC has been desperate to attract another major automaker back to reinvigorate the series. Emerging reports suggest t......

Audi insider claims V10 R8 will beat ZR1 around the ‘Ring

Monday, July 28th, 2008
Click above for gallery of the Audi R8 V10 Them's fightin' words, but when we're talking about a V10-powered version of the Audi R8, you'd better be taking them seriously. According to an Audi insider as reported by Auto Motor und Sport in Sweden, the more powerful R8 will set a new lap record for a......

VIDEO: E92 BMW M3 racer rolls out to the track

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Click above to watch the E92 M3 race car in actionThe previous generation M3 had a short but dominant history in the American Le Mans Series. Competing in the 2001 season with a 4.0-liter V8, the M3 GTR decimated the GT (now GT2) class. Porsche cried foul, citing a lack of an "authentic" V8-powered......

Ex-Chrysler VP moves west to head Tesla engineering

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
If Tesla has learned anything from the development of the Roadster over the past five years, it's that building a production car that meets present day regulations is a lot harder than anyone in Silicon Valley guessed. The process is filled with all kinds of potholes and having some people on the te......

With crisis looming, GM may unveil Volt for 100th anniversary

Monday, July 7th, 2008
Sales of General Motors' one time cash cow, full-size trucks, are declining faster than the value of the US dollar, but with a birthday coming, GM still wants something to celebrate. This September, the world's largest automaker will be celebrating its centennial under a financial pall unlike any it......

Audi’s new R8

Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Audi has said it would soon bring its latest sports car ‘R8′ to India. The Audi R8 is based on the Audi Le Mans quattro concept car and shares vital parts with the popular Lamborghini Gallardo. To make this R8 best sports car ever made, Audi has put in its best engineering practices to produce t......