At the Geneva Motor Show 2010 Italian automaker Ferrari introduced the concept Vettura Laboratorio HY-KERS – the first attempt to create a company car with a hybrid engine. The concept combines the use of twelve-cylinder V-engine and hybrid system KERS. But now the news is a bit outdated, as the Italians decided to patent his ...

There’s no chance you can wipe the smile off of the Mazda 2Turbo’s face because quite frankly, this is the most awesome Mazda 2 we’ve ever seen. Details behind the car’s specs have yet to be revealed – we actually found the photos on Mazda’s Flickr page – although the caption it came with pretty ...

You know the saying ’good things come in small packages?’ Well, in the case of this little mighty monster of an Abarth 500, the adage certainly fits to a tee. Take one look at the Fiat Abarth 500 and you clearly won’t mistake it for a speeding bullet. But that’s not what this particular 500 ...

When Mazda unveiled their new ’Kodo’ design language, it marked a changing of the guard as far as the company’s new design philosophy was concerned. The first two examples of this new chapter in Mazda design came in the form of the Shinari and Minagi concepts. And now, a third model is expected to join ...

Lamborghini has already confirmed that the Sesto Elemento will indeed be headed to the production line, albeit in a very limited run. With such a minute number being produced, anyone would be hard-pressed to get know when Lamborghini is even actively selling it, let alone be able to grab hold of one of those units. ...

AMG is presenting a new dream-car: the 2012MY Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster. This super sports car thrills with a perfect combination of open-top driving pleasure, outstanding driving dynamics and sophisticated lightweight construction. The 2012 SLS AMG Roadster will make its U.S. debut in Fall 2011. The technological highlights of the 2012 SLS AMG Roadster include ...

LOS ANGELES (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp. was able to cut the U.S. price of its new Camry sedan about 2 percent from the previous version in part by re-using old assembly robots from its former joint-venture plant in California. “A lot of the tooling is new, however the equipment isn’t,” Steve St. Angelo, executive ...

The 2011 ZDX is a 4-door, 5-passenger luxury sport-utility, available in 3 trims, ranging from the 6-Spd AT to the 6-Spd AT w/Advance Package. Upon introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 3.7-liter, V6, 300-horsepower engine that achieves 16-mpg in the city and 23-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is ...

A worthy competitor By Lou Ann Hammond It’s hot and humid in the South. US Airways had a mechanical problem and we are stuck in North Carolina for two hours. We finally make it to Chatanooga, TN. Volkswagen’s manufacturing plant has just opened and the new 2012 Volkswagen Passat is 85% locally-produced. Our driver thinks ...