Posted on January 30th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The 1-series menu now includes a new engine, a new transmission, and—hooray!—free leather upholstery.
Give us leather upholstery any day. It’s easy to clean, is almost always paired with seat heaters, and we hate cows. (OK, we don’t really hate cows. Well, we hate the rude ones.) Nowadays, extended leather packages can be selected to cover [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
The bloggers over at Inside Line have a scoop from Japan claiming that the 2013 Nissan GT-R will be offered with hybrid power. The thinking goes that a hybrid form of “Godzilla” would use the 158-hp electric motor setup seen in the Infiniti Essence concept coupled to the current GT-R’s twin-turbo V-6. Combined output would [...]
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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Aston engineers spent last week running high-speed tests on the One-77 supercar in southern Europe—we’re supremely jealous—and managed to hit 220 mph. That makes the One-77 the fastest factory Aston ever: the V12 Vantage and DBS, for example, can “only” muster 190 mph.
Devout readers of these pages know that velocity is achieved courtesy of a [...]
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Posted on December 14th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
This year’s Nardò High Performance Event at the Nardò Ring in Italy saw two familiar tuners join the 200-mph club—with SUVs.
The Brabus GLK V12 (seen above) is based on a Mercedes-Benz GLK-class. Propulsion is courtesy of a 5.5-liter, twin-turbo Mercedes V-12 engine that has been bored and stroked to displace 6.3 liters for output of [...]
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Posted on December 11th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Now that Volkswagen controls Porsche, we hold the suspicion that certain brands will be pressured to alter their product lines to avoid internecine battles, particularly Audi and Porsche. After all, the Audi R8 competes with the Porsche 911, the TT with the Cayman and Boxster, the A8 with the Panamera, and the Q7 with the [...]
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Posted on November 25th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
With the current Dodge Viper SRT10 facing the chop—production ends next year with just 500 model-year 2010 cars to be built—Dodge has decided to give it a smokey sendoff with some tweaks to the ACR package which on Tuesday helped set an unofficial production-car lap record at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Meanwhile, rumors continue that [...]
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Posted on November 13th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Ferrari’s new steering wheel inspires us.
Ferrari’s new mid-engined supercar, the 458 Italia, has a steering wheel bristling with buttons, switches, and knobs. We wondered what sort of controls could be retrofitted to the steering wheels of more everyday cars. Why stop at turn signals? Why not aim a bit higher?
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Posted on October 14th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
In Moby Dick, Melville’s sailors refer to it as the “grandissimus,” and Ishmael describes it as a “cassock.” The sailor charged with chopping the whale blubber into manageable chunks to be boiled down skins it, turns the skin inside out, cuts arm holes into it, and wears it as a smock. “It” is the whale’s [...]
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Posted on October 9th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
New paint for Suzuki’s zero-emissions concept.
After the supercar showdown at last month’s Frankfurt auto show, it appeared as though many automakers had forgotten about the current global recession. That didn’t last long: It’s now back to reality at this year’s Tokyo auto show, as the once-sprawling event will feature only two non-Japanese manufacturers, Alpina and [...]
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