The Audi A8 is one of the most beautiful cars on the road, but that didn't stop a guy from driving it too crazy and crashing it into a river.
Currently Mercedes-Benz does not offer a 4-cylinder C-Class in the US. This may all change due to the high gas prices and new CAFE regulations.
Volkswagen officially unveiled the all-new 2009 Scirocco this week in Geneva, but currently there are no plans to bring it to the US.
The first Jaguar XF has rolled off the production line at the automaker's Castle Bromwich plant. The first XF produced was a 4.2 liter SV8 featured in Vapour Grey paint.
Porsche has unveiled in Auto China 2008 the highly coveted Cayenne Turbo S for the second generation (face lifted) model.
“The Porsche Cayenne Turbo S accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds and its top speed is 280 km/h. The Turbo S will be introduced into the market as from August 2008. The international basis price is EUR 111,400.”
Only available as a 2006 model, the previous Turbo S made 520 hp, a noticeable 16% increase over the regular Cayenne Turbo’s pussy 450 hp. The new 2009 Cayenne Turbo S with 4.8-liter V8 twin turbo engine pushes its way up to 550 hp (404 kW) and 750 Nm with a modified exhaust system and improved engine control unit.
The Turbo S receives special 21-inch Sport Plus alloys, exclusive “lava gray metallic” paint option and air intake grills and wheel arches painted body color. For 2009 model, Porsche will offer ceramic composite brakes for the Cayenne S, GTS and Turbo.
[Source: WorldCarFans.com]
Audi is going to unveil the Cross Cabriolet Quattro concept at the LA Auto Show today.
2009 is going to go down in the history books as the year that diesels finally returned to the US. Volkswagen is going to be one of the first automakers to bring their clean diesels to this side of the Atlantic, but that introduction has been delayed.
Following the initial release of the Ferrari 430 Scuderia last month, Ferrari has finally released more photos of the car that many of us can not afford.
At the January 2008 NAIAS in Detroit, Audi showed an R8 sports car with a V12 TDi diesel engine. Derived from the race engine in the Le Mans-winning R10, the 500-hp (373-kW) 1000-Nm (739 ft.lb) production unit will see its first application in the production Q7 SUV.
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[Source: Automotive Engineering - Feb 2008 Issue]
VW unveiled the automaker's new small rear engined up! in Frankfurt this week. Adrian Hallmark, head of Volkswagen of America, has confirmed that the US is also interested in the car.
Last month BMW managed to outsell both Mercedes-Benz and Audi, making it the world's best-selling premium automaker.
Porsche has released the full specs and photos of the new Cayenne GTS that is going to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week.
