Posted in GM, Luxury vehicles on Dec 23rd, 2008
Buick is an important brand for GM. Though not many of the modern generation know it, Buick was once a symbol of American excellence. Their cars were beautifully designed in the 40’s and 50’s. Famous designer Harvey Earl made his name designing Buick’s, and he went on to invent a little car called the Corvette. […]
Posted in Luxury vehicles, Sports cars on Dec 22nd, 2008
Maserati, now there’s a brand with prestige. When you utter the name Maserati, you’re recalling a glorious past with many famous drivers going on to claim countless victories on the world’s race circuits. To drive a Maserati, was to drive a legend. When then company was restructured in the turn of the century, the Quattroporte […]
Posted in BMW, Diesel, Luxury vehicles on Dec 14th, 2008
BMW’s new &-Series is already out in Europe and besides the almost one year head start the Europeans also get an engine option we cant get here in the states, a diesel. The new 730d utilizes the newest and latest in turbo-diesel technology. BMW’s new 3.0-liter turbodiesel inline-six provides 245hp and a healthy 398ft-lbs of […]
Posted in Luxury vehicles, Sports cars on Dec 14th, 2008
Most people will point out the 911 as the best handling Porsche road car. That’s because the 911 is Porsche down to its very core, but as far as handling is concerned, is it the best Porsche? The answer is, well, no. That is because that honor goes to the smaller (and much cheaper) mid-engine […]
Posted in Luxury vehicles, Mercedes Benz on Dec 11th, 2008
The unveiling of the next E-Class will be a seminal one for Mercedes-Benz. Their current E-Class has been on the market for almost a decade, and it now looks outdated next to it’s newer siblings. If you put a current E-Class next to the latest S-Class and the design language of both cars is completely […]
Posted in Automotive, GM, Hybrids, Luxury vehicles on Dec 4th, 2008
This will be a monumental undertaking by one man, Henry Fisker. To create a car company from scratch, and to do it in a way that has never been done before, at least not to this scale. Fisker’s Karma plug-in hybrid will finally bring the hybrid mentality away from cars like the Prius and more […]
Posted in Automotive, Luxury vehicles on Nov 24th, 2008
Good ol’ teaser shots. They get my vote for the most annoying new trend in the automobile world. Instead of just showing us what they have planned for the near future, car manufactures are now getting into the habit of releasing their new cars in small, excruciatingly painful to endure (ok, not that painful), little […]
Posted in Automotive, Luxury vehicles, Sports cars on Nov 24th, 2008
After all the waiting, the countless spy shots, and the consistent teasing by Porsche, the company has finally revealed the first official photos of its new four-door, the Panamera. Though we new what the basic profile looked like, the Panamera is still one of the most controversial looking Porsche’s to come out in a long, […]
Posted in Automotive, Electric cars, Luxury vehicles on Nov 21st, 2008
Fisker Automotive Inc., the company founded by leading industry designer and coach builder Henry Fisker, has reached an agreement with Finland’s Valmet Automotive which will see production of Fisker’s Karma 4-door plug-in hybrid begin in fourth-quarter 2009. The goal is to reach 15,000 vehicle sales annually. Valmet will set up an all new and separate […]
Posted in Automotive, Luxury vehicles on Nov 14th, 2008
Bentley’s are quite expensive, and quite rare to see. If that Bentley is an Azure, that it’s even more rare, and if it’s an Azure T, than consider yourself lucky. That’s because the Azure T is now the upgraded version of the popular (with rich people) Azure drop-top. The Azure is everything that is old […]
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