Monthly Archives: February 2009
- February 21, 2009
- Branson’s Virgin Group interested in Honda F1 team
Is there anything in this world that billionaire Richard Branson isn’t interested in? The British tycoon already has over 360 ventures under the control his Virgin Group, and he may soon add another.
According to an unnamed spokesperson for Honda, Branson is in discussions, along with other unknown interested parties, to purchase the erstwhile Formula 1 [...]
- February 15, 2009
- New 2012 Mercedes SLK Test Prototype Emerges
The third generation Mercedes-Benz SLK roadster has been spied testing in Germany. As far as we know the car is from the first batch of prototypes being driven around and as such the camouflage is quite heavy and hardly anything can be made out.
Even the front end is hidden deep under the clutches of black [...]
- February 15, 2009
- Mazda CX-7 Minor Facelfit with New 4-cylinder Engine
The 2010 Mazda CX-7 facelift has made its worldwide debut at the Canadian International Autoshow in Toronto. Mazda’s updated CX-7 also gets a new base engine choice: a 2.5-liter four-cylinder petrol that generates 161 hp and 161 ft-lb of torque.
This is the same engine in the 2010 model-year builds of the Mazda3 and Mazda6, and [...]
- February 15, 2009
- Speculations: New Toyota Celica by 2009
The gossip started the day Toyota gave life to the “interesting cars committee”, shortly after they took a majority share in Fuji Heavy Industries (aka Subaru), with the claimed return of the legendary AE86, a Corolla Coupe from the 1980′s.
It may not necessarily be the AE86 though, how about the return of the Toyota Celica, [...]
- February 15, 2009
- Seat Exeo ST Unveiled at Special Preview Event
Seat has unveiled their Exeo ST (Sport Tourer) at a special preview event ahead of next month’s Geneva Motor Show. Like the Exeo sedan, the ST is based off the previous generation Audi A4 which rides on the B7 platform.
The wagon’s exterior has a strong resemblance to A4 Avant but Seat lessened the similarities by [...]
- February 15, 2009
- Porsche Test Driver Dies Testing Pre-Production 911
A 51-year-old died in Germany this morning following an accident involving a Porsche 911 cabrio prototype. The victim, a Porsche engineer, was driving the car on the A5 Autobahn when he lost control and slammed into a guard rail.
The one-car accident happened at 2:45am just past the Weiterstadt exit on the motorway. Photos of the [...]
