2012 Audi A7 Sportback ...

I recall being at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. One of the highlights of the show was the Audi Sportback concept. The sleek sedan was being billed as the future A7, Audi’s entrant into a growing field of coupe-styled sedans. The 4 door coupe was born due to...

Lamborghini Gallardo fa...

Sant’ Agata Bolognese is but a speck on the map. In fact, Lamborghini has done a wonderful job of hiding its factory in plain sight. After just over an hour of driving around, yes we were lost, I happened to notice a flat two-story building on the other side of a farmer’s...

Aston Martin Volante fe...

Surprisingly I managed to find something of particular interest in the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton today. Following an impressive display of pageantry, the Royal couple left the afternoon reception at Buckingham Palace in a 1969 Aston Martin Volante Convertible owned by...

2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RS...

The biggest, baddest normally aspirated 911 was revealed in Stuttgart today. According to Porsche, the 911 GT3 RS 4.0 brings together in a road car all the attributes that have made the Porsche 911 GT3 a serial winner on the race track. The motorsport-derived flat six 4.0-litre engine,...

Land Rover’s Envi...

Land Rover has announced that its first hybrid models will arrive in 2013. The announcement came at the Geneva Auto Show where the Range_e, a concept vehicle based on the Range Rover Sport but, using a hybrid diesel powertrain, was on display. Tests for the hybrid models will begin later...

2012 Mercedes Benz C Cl...

If you have been craving a redux of the defunct Mercedes CLK coupe, wait no longer. Mercedes took the wraps off its new 2012 C-Class Coupe, a 2 door version of its recently redesigned C-Class sedan. The coupe gets 2 long doors, a lower roof-line and a multitude of engine choices. In...

Infiniti Etherea Concep...

In the wake of its sponsorship deal with the Red Bull Formula One racing team, Inifiniti brought a compact concept car to the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. The vehicle looks ready to do battle in the luxury compact segemnt with the likes of the Audi A3, BMW 1 Series, Mercedes B Class or the...

Gumpert unveils all new...

Adding to its rather extreme Apollo model, the German automaker Gumpert revealed only its second even model, the Tornante at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. Built in Altenburg, Germany, the Tornante is powered by a highly reworked and twin turbocharged Audi 4.2L V8 mated to a six-speed...