How about a BlueTec CL65 with green tinted Alubeam paint?
Now that Audi has demonstrated pretty conclusively that diesel engines and high performance are definitely not mutually exclusive (as evidenced by the success of the R10 TDi), it may be time…
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Audi expands 2008 R10 TDI race program to Europe as well as ALMS
After some earlier speculation that Audi might scale back their 2008 race program for the R10 TDI, the Ingolstadt brand has just announced their plans for next year. The R10 has been lacking in competition in the LMP1 category although the LMP2…
Tesla opening a new tech center in MI to work on a CUV?
Tesla Motors has already made clear their intentions to expand their product line beyond the Lotus Elise based roadster that's due this summer. They've previously announced plans for at least the sedans, one in the $50,000-70,000 range and another…
2011 Meadowbrook Concours moving to Plymouth, Michigan
2009 Meadowbrook Concours – Click above for high-res image gallery
After more than a quarter century as a mid-summer fixture at Meadowbrook Hall in Rochester, Michigan, the annual Concours d'Elegance is moving in 2011. Come next summer, the renamed…
Opel introduces updated Corsa ecoFLEX, now at 98 g/km CO2
2010 Opel Corsa ecoFlex – click above for high-res image gallery
Opel has just introduced an updated version of its high-mileage, low-CO 2 sub-compact Corsa. The refreshed Corsa ecoFLEX now gets 20 hp more from its 1.3-liter CDTi diesel engine than…
REPORT: Proton could take the reins from BMW Sauber, return Lotus to F1
Lotus Type 72 – Click above for high-res image gallery
When BMW announced several weeks ago that it would be withdrawing from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season, the automaker left open the fate of the operations it bought from Peter Sauber.…
Cummins shows off clean diesel technology
The Diesel Technology Forum is having a Clean Diesel Technology Tour in Sacramento, California this week and Cummins is showing off their latest clean diesel technology. In addition to the new version of the engine that Cummins suppies for the Dodge…
GM performance guru John Heinricy retires
The Nürburgring record-setting Cadillac CTS-V
Over the past two decades, John Heinricy has probably done more to enhance the performance image of General Motors than any other single individual. From the perspective of a petrol-head, Heinricy has for…
Opel adds Sports Tourer Wagon to Insignia ecoFlex line
2010 Opel Insignia Sports Tourer ecoFlex – click above for high res image
Over in Europe, Opel has expanded it's Insignia ecoFlex line with a Sports Tourer model. That would be a station wagon in American English. Whatever you call it, this handsome…
Frankfurt Preview: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, turbodiesel plug-in hybrid [w/VIDEO]
After several months of speculation and official teases for the past week, we now finally have all the details on the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept that BMW will show in Frankfurt in a couple of weeks. The speculation about the concept's…