Mercedes-Benz are not content with just the limited edition SLR McLaren Roadster 722 S that the company released to celebrate Stirling Moss and Dennis Jenkinson’s victory at the 1955 Mille Miglia. They have now released another limited edition SLR Roadster, the new Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss, in honor of the British racing driver and Mille [...]
Renault has spawned the 2009 Renault Megane Trophy from the new Renault Megane Coupe Trophy and has been unveiled at the 2008 Paris Auto Show. The 2009 Renault Megane Trophy will be sold exclusively as an affordable race car for the 2009 World Series by Renault and will go sale at the end of the [...]
Mercedes-Benz is to celebrate Stirling Moss and Dennis Jenkinson’s victory at the 1955 Mille Miglia with the release of a limited edition SLR McLaren Roadster 722 S! In 1955 Moss and co-driver Jenkinson piloted the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR to victory – its racing number was 722! The numbers are impressive, not that the Mercedes-Benz SLR [...]
With Porsche currently in the process of taking over the Volkswagen group comes the news of a collaboration between the two car manufactures to resurrect a previous collaboration that occurred half a century ago – the production of the Porsche 914! Back in the late 1960’s the two car manufactures collaborated when Volkswagen and Porsche [...]
Subaru have upgraded the Impreza WRX sport compact and will introduce a new Impreza 2.5 GT model for 2009. The 2.5 liter aluminum boxer engine in the 2009 Impreza WRX will benefit from a larger turbocharger, a new larger-diameter exhaust and low-density catalyst which pushes power up to 265 hp at 6,000 rpm (from 224 [...]
Nissan seems to have found in clearer understanding of the saying: “It’s hard to improve on perfection”. It seems Japan’s third largest car producer’s attempts to improve on the Nissan GT-R, with the production of the Nissan GT-R Spec V, has hit a speed bump. Speculation suggests that the standard GT-R seems to deliver unbeatable [...]
General Motors have announced that Pontiac is to reveal the highly-anticipated Pontiac G8 GXP at the forthcoming New York International Auto Show. The new flagship of Pontiac’s GXP performance series features 19-inch aluminum wheels with P245/40R19 tires, a four-wheel independent suspension that is fully adjustable, and small-block V8 engine that produces in excess of 400 [...]
