At $224k, the GT3 RS ain’t cheap, but try to think of another car that does what this does for less. We’re pretty sure you can’t think of a car that is better for less, so we’d say the 911 GT3 RS qualifies as good value.
When video games come to life! McLaren has announced plans to build (in real-life) the Solus GT, a car inspired by their "Vision GT" creation for Gran Turismo.
Yesterday, we brought you photos of the upcoming Audi A7, but some of the images were rather dark. We mentioned our speedy spy shooter would probably have more images real soon, though. And here they are.
Just as the first few 2010 Hyundai Tucsons are just now rolling off of assembly lines, we now have some official details and images about its sister car, the Kia Sportage. First and foremost, the 2011 Sportage (which will debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show) looks substantially better than the outgoing model, with lines more apt of a crossover rather than a small SUV.
Our spy photographer had some technical difficulties while catching the Audi A7, but he managed to get us a few revealing photos.
The upcoming Ford Fiesta has been a long time coming. In fact, aside from perhaps the PT Cruiser craze back in 2000, we can’t think of another compact in recent memory that’s received more pre-launch glitz, but then again, we can’t think of another compact in recent memory that’s been so closely associated with a superstar rally driver—at least for the last couple months anyway.
The Chevrolet Captiva (or Opel or Vauxhall Antara, or Daewoo Winstorm, depending on where you drive) is getting a bit of a facelift. Some of you may probably recognize it as the now-defunct Saturn Vue.
Some of you may have forgotten about the Dodge Magnum — the low-riding, Hemi-powered wagon from the mid-2000s. But while Chrysler has no plans to bring back a full redux of that vehicle, that nameplate could live on. These patent sketches reveal what looks to be an all-new Dodge crossover, set to debut in either 2011 or 2012, and rumor suggests that it could, in fact, be dubbed “Magnum.”
Earlier, BMW announced the 2011 Alpina B7, a more powerfully packaged 750i sedan. Now, ahead of its debut at the Chicago Auto Show, there is a price tag to go along with it.
The new, rakish Hyundai Sonata is only a few weeks away from its on-sale date, poised to take on the Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry, and other midsize favorites. And like many other cars in the Hyundai stable, the 2011 Sonata’s low price point is its most attractive selling feature — only $19,195 to start for the GLS model with a six-speed manual transmission.
These spy shots show the successor to the Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG chugging along through the snow and ice.
Toyota commented today on the accelerator recall affection eight of its models. The automaker says it has come up with a plan to fix the potentially deadly problem by installing a steel reinforcement bar to reduce friction within the accelerator pedal assembly.
Travis Pastrana’s enviable motorsports resume—which already features such mundane entries as double backflipping a motorcycle, jumping a car 270 feet across Long Beach Harbor, and capturing enough X Games gold to bailout Wall Street—expanded this weekend to include a new sport called vehicular ice dancing, and subsequently, his fourth Rally America Sno*Drift victory. Actually, ice drift might be a better term, as the Northern Lower Michigan roads used by the racers were the slickest in recent memory, thanks to a soaking rain followed quickly by a drastic drop in temperature—all less than a week before the race. As a result, the gravel roads were more like rivers of glare ice, and since studded tires aren’t legal in Michigan, and since rally cars must be street legal, well, you see where this is headed.
Everyone knows how to play this game. You’re driving in the car with a friend (or maybe an enemy) and you pass by a Volkswagen. Without even thinking, you punch your copilot and say, “Punch Buggy!” (We’ve also heard “Slug Bug” and “Punch Dub,” but those aren’t nearly as cool.)
In 2009, McLaren took third place in the Formula 1 World Champion with its MP4-24 race car, only shadowed by Brawn GP and Red Bull Racing. But now, for the 2010 season, the team has a really superb driver lineup (Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button), and an all-new MP4-25 race car to set out on the track.
Today, Volvo added a new mill to the lineup: a turbocharged, four-cylinder, 2.0-liter engine with direct injection and variable valve timing. The 2.0 GTDi will power versions of the Volvo S80, V70, and XC60.
The ever-controversial BMW X6 may not be the most practical or overtly stylish of vehicles, but there’s no doubt that it stands true to BMW’s “Ultimate Driving Machine” mantra. For 2011, however, the X6 will no longer use the delicious twin-turbo inline-six used across the rest of the BMW range (codenamed N54), and will instead be powered by the automaker’s new N55 twin-scroll, single-turbo six, which we recently had the chance to sample in the 2011 BMW 535i sedan.
While the world of minivans isn’t nearly as exciting(?) as it used to be, there’s still a large need for larger MPVs in our marketplace. Toyota’s all-new Sienna certainly brings a lot to the table, as do the Chrysler Town & Country/Dodge Grand Caravan twins.
Toyota has announced that it is suspending sales of eight models involved in the recall for the sticking accelerator, a recall wholly separate from the floor mat-related recall of certain Toyota and Lexus models. Because of a possibility of the pedal becoming stuck while depressed, certain year models of the RAV4, Corolla, Matrix, Camry, Avalon, Highlander, Tundra, and Sequoia, will not be sold until the problem has been solved.
Just a few hours north of the Winding Road garage, a somewhat unorthodox racing event has been occurring since 1973. Unorthodox, that is, for racing enthusiast in the United States. Rally racing is a huge deal in just about every other part of the world, though it never really caught on in the States until a YouTube Gymkhana hero and a former motocrosser with a penchant for backflipping just about everything got involved. Going into 2010, more than a few eyes are now watching the Rally America series with keen interest, and Winding Road will be there for the kickoff event of the season—Sno-Drift 2010.
Yesterday, Mercedes GP Petronas (formerly Brawn GP) launched its 2010 Formula 1 team. The Silver Arrows also showed off their livery on the car that will be driven by the returning Michael Schumacher.
This second batch of Hyundai Elantra spy shots just came through, and they show the vehicle actually testing on the road. They give us a better look at that low-slung roofline.
General Motors has announced that it and Spyker Cars “have reached a binding agreement on the purchase of Saab.”
