Posted by: hattoi on: October 29, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the BMW M1 Homage concept
BMW is hard at work on the M1’s successor and according to Autocar’s sources, officials inside the automaker are calling it a “breakthrough green supercar” that will arrive towards the end of 2012.
Taking inspiration from the M1 Homage concept and equipping the two-door with [...]
Posted by: hattoi on: October 26, 2008
Click above to view high-res gallery of the Saturn VUE 2 Mode Hybrid
We attended the New York-area “GM Collection” event this week, which is basically an opportunity for journalists to drive a variety of 2009 models up at Bear Mountain, an hour or so outside Manhattan. What we didn’t know going in was that GM [...]
Posted by: hattoi on: October 26, 2008
Road and Track has taken an early speculative look at what Tesla’s Model S sedan may look like. Of course, it’s impossible to know for sure how close this rendering may be to the real thing, but it’s always fun to guess, right? We can see some clear inspiration taken from the company’s first effort, [...]
Posted by: hattoi on: October 26, 2008
Click above for a gallery of the Small Pressurized Rover
This week in Arizona, NASA conducted tests of the new battery-powered Small Pressurized Rover (SPR) it hopes to use when the U.S. sends astronauts back to the moon by 2020. The SPR is a huge leap forward over the original open-air (or is it open-vacuum?) rovers [...]
Posted by: hattoi on: October 25, 2008
Click above for gallery of 2010 Ford Mustang teaser photos
We now have just four weeks until the 2010 Ford Mustang is completely unveiled at the LA Auto Show, and to make everyone that much more impatient, Ford has continued its agonizing tease with this newest photo that shows a portion of the hood. The image [...]
Posted by: hattoi on: October 23, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of 2010 Mazdaspeed3 spy shots
With the new 2010 Mazda3 on its way, the next logical question for any gearhead worth his driving shoes is when we’ll set our eyes on the next Mazdaspeed version. Well, we have our answer already if the latest batch of spy shots are to be [...]
Posted by: hattoi on: October 23, 2008
Click either image for a high-res gallery of the RIDES Hyundai Genesis sedan
When we initially caught wind that Hyundai had tapped a handful of tuners and magazines to customize the Genesis sedan for SEMA, we were prepared for some ungainly and wholly ridiculous offerings. Thankfully, the trio of coupes look promising, and even though the [...]
Posted by: hattoi on: October 22, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Infiniti G37x Coupe
Infiniti recently invited us to Napa, California to show off its 2009 model lineup, and while they didn’t bring the all-new G37 Convertible (we’ll be at the Los Angeles Auto Show to report on that one), they did hand us the keys to the new [...]
Posted by: hattoi on: October 10, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo
Regardless of what you think of Porsche’s upcoming Panamera (we’re currently on the fence), it is going to be an extremely important launch for the company. Despite the fact that purists panned the Cayenne, it has sold like hotcakes and has made an extremely tidy [...]
Posted by: hattoi on: October 10, 2008
Click above for three high-res images of the 2010 Mazda3
Mazda has confirmed the time and place for the unveiling of its all-new 2010 Mazda3: November 19th at the LA Auto Show. In anticipation of the car’s public debut, the Japanese automaker released these three images of the remodeled 3 sedan that reveal the car’s new [...]