Posts Tagged ‘smart roadster’

Ferrari sets up shop at the Nürburgring

Thursday, August 21st, 2008
The Nürburgring has become an absolute Mecca for automotive enthusiasts and racing fans across Europe and around the world. Setting new 'Ring records has become a vaunted pursuit, and any automaker worth its bolts brings its latest sportscar prototypes to test there. Among those marques is Ferrari,......

Spy Shots: 2010 Mercury Milan is up next

Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of 2010 Mercury Milan spy shotsIt seems like the Mercury Milan's lot in life is to follow the Ford Fusion, go wherever the Fusion goes and do whatever the Fusion does. Thus it's no surprise that when spy photographers happened upon prototypes of the 2010 Ford Fusion ......

FortuneSport releases specs, pricing for Rt.R & Rt.S

Sunday, July 27th, 2008
How to sell an exclusive, expensive sports car: release mocked up digital images, create the track version first, and use it to develop the streeter. FortuneSport, brainchild of Teritius Fortune, is working with the Elan Motorsports Technologies arm of the Panoz Group to build the carbon fiber vehic......

VW up! could be switched to FWD

Friday, July 18th, 2008
Volkswagen is working hard to make the up! a reality, but the technological challenges of a rear engine, RWD car are proving to be more daunting than expected. The VW engineering team is reportedly having trouble conjuring up a low cost rear-engine layout. The problem has been trying to accommodate ......

VIDEO: Three minutes of NSX goodness

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Click above to view video after the jumpAt this rate, by the time Honda actually releases the production version of the successor to the NSX, we may well have seen more video and photos of the prototypes running at the 'Ring than we ever saw of the original. Thankfully, for those of us into really ......

Spy Shots: Next BMW Z4 and 7 series caught on PCH

Monday, June 16th, 2008
Click above for gallery of BMW Z4 and 7 series spy shotsFriend of the blog Kenny happened upon a pair of BMW prototypes while cruising California's Pacific Coast Highway recently and had his camera phone in tow to take some pics. What he saw were the next BMW Z4 and 7 series sedan heavily covered in......

Bob Lutz blogs about first drive in Volt mule

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Bob Lutz has gotten behind the wheel of a Chevy Volt mule, and he seems rather impressed -- both by the performance of its electric drivetrain's instant torque capabilities and the far-reaching impact that the electric vehicle could have on the marketplace. Of course, we are all familiar by now with......

Spy Shots: Jaguar XF-R mules testing in Death Valley

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The two sedans may look like Jaguar S-Types, but according to Fast Lane Daily's spy shot A-Team, they aren't. They are actually XF-R mules disguised as S-Types with large wheels and big, bulging fender flares. They were caught during hot weather testing recently in Death Valley, U.S.A., and FSD repo......

Spotted in the wild: 2009 Lincoln MKS in Ann Arbor

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Ford is desperately hoping that the new Lincoln MKS will prove to be the beginning of a rebirth for its premium Lincoln brand. After flailing about for the past two decades trying to find a design direction for Lincoln, Peter Horbury and the team have created a consistent and unique look that will b......

Spy Shots: Lexus readying race-prepped LF-A?

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of Lexus LF-A spy shotsThe LF-A is one of those cars that seems like it will never get to market. We've gone through two different LF-A concepts already, plus an LF-A Roadster, and the high-performance luxury sport coupe isn't even on sale yet. Spy photographers from......