tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41181885509715942152024-03-21T20:30:39.465-07:00Auto Cars 2011 2012adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comBlogger6496125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-15195568646291506522011-02-06T08:05:00.000-08:002012-11-05T15:26:23.718-08:00Ferrari FF: New Photos of 660HP All-Wheel Drive Four-Seater Supercar
We've already had our first look at the all-new Ferrari FF, or as one Carscoop commenter put it, the... hunchback of Notre Maranello, but the Italian firm released additional photography of its flagship GT model today. Basically, we get one revealing studio shot of an FF finished in a grey color and three images of a prototype development mule clad in camouflage while testing out the adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-35658054604856889142011-02-05T07:42:00.000-08:002012-11-05T15:30:18.685-08:00Hyundai Veloster Rally Car to Land at 2011 Chicago Auto Show
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Hyundai is certainly not wasting any time with its plans for the Veloster. Less than a month after the world premiere of the sporty three-door model at the Detroit Motor Show, and the South Korean firm released a teaser photo of a rally-prepped version, complete with Red Bull livery that will break cover at next week's 2011 Chicago Auto Show. Being a teaser, we don't get any adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-33526950274769332782011-02-05T07:17:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.214-08:00Marchionne: Fiat and Chrysler Could Merge into a Single Entity in a Few YearsSpeaking at the J.D. Power and Associates International Automotive Roundtable, Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne today told reporters that the two companies could merge into a single entity based in the U.S. in the near future. Until then, Chrysler first has to refinance its government loans and launch an initial public stock offering, but Marchionne hopes that both will happen this year. adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-22475067065645405612011-02-04T15:58:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.224-08:00Brabus: New Hot Wheels for 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS Sports SedanAs sure as the sun rises tomorrow, Brabus will present some horsepower crazy version of the new Mercedes-Benz CLS in the likes of the insane, first-generation CLS-based Rocket V12 that packed 730 twin-turbocharged horses under its bonnet. But for now, the German tuning firm is taking it easy simply releasing its alloy wheel and tire options for Merc's banana-shaped luxury sports sedan. You can adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-19187122933791852712011-02-04T14:14:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.234-08:00VIDEO: 2,000HP Ice Dragster is Not Your Typical Snowmobile....The record snowfalls of the last couple of days might be a sign that America needs a new winter season sport. And, after seeing this clip, we’re pretty sure that ice drag racing could be a big hit. According to the folks over at Bangshift, this here is Paul Groth’s ice dragster, based on a Spitzer dragster chassis and motivated by a twin turbo Pro Line racing engine, reportedly delivering more adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-37505203944968288262011-02-04T13:09:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.244-08:00Porsche Tuning Specialist TECHART Opens U.S. Subsidiary in California [Mega Gallery Alert]Good news for Porsche owners in America who'd like to have their sports cars and SUV models tuned by Techart as the German company has finally opened a US headquarters in Irvine California. "The new subsidiary ensures a faster product supply to all its customers and sales partners," Techart said in a statement. The company said that it its US subsidiary has been staffed with specially trained adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-11993715668181420942011-02-04T12:36:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.256-08:00Super Bowl Video: Suzuki Kizashi Chased by Evil SnowmenWith the Super Bowl XLV rumored to reach out to a record number of viewers this year, it’s no surprise that automakers are queuing up to take a shot at convincing potential customers to buy their products. Suzuki’s focus will be on the Kizashi sedan, featured in a TV spot called “Wicked Weather”. The clip shows the all-wheel drive version as it’s being chased by a pack of evil, adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-5391153332695383272011-02-04T12:25:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.265-08:00We're Looking for New Carscoop WritersWe’re currently seeking new bloggers to join our motor-head team here at Carscoop.Here's what we are looking for: 1) you need to be passionate about cars and up to date with the latest events and models in the global auto industry, and 2) you must be fluent in English with excellent writing skills (no exceptions) and have the ability to produce well written articles that are both informative and adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-57958141368196649322011-02-04T12:04:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.271-08:00Dynojet Toyota Avensis BTTC Racer to get 2.0-liter Turbo Engine with 300HPThe latest news to come out of Toyota's BTCC camp is that Dynojet Race Team’s Avensis racer will have under its hood a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-banger adapted from one of the Japanese firm's road-going range. The engine is currently under Toyota GB-funded development at the Northamptonshire laboratories of engineering consultancy X CTech. It will feature a turbocharger as well as a number of adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-77634236033178700052011-02-04T11:32:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.297-08:00VW Group to Display Up to Seven Concepts at the Geneva ShowIt seems that the VW Group will do just about anything to become the world’s biggest automaker by 2018. After announcing a €51.6 billion (US $70.3 billion) investment plan last November, the Germans also want to showcase their future intentions at the Geneva Motor Show in March, by displaying up to seven concepts. Walter de Silva, head of the group’s design department, told ANE that the concept adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-80211384737632843942011-02-04T10:36:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.302-08:002011 Chrysler 200 Convertible to get its First Public Outing at the Chicago Auto ShowThe new 200 Convertible will make its motorshow premiere at the upcoming 2011 Chicago Auto Show, which runs for the public from February 11 to 20, Chrysler confirmed today. Essentially a re-packaged, re-designed and partially re-engineered version of the drop-top Sebring, the 200 Convertible will soon go on sale in the States with a starting price of $27,195, and a choice of two powerplants, a adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-52384879564588430872011-02-04T10:14:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.307-08:00VIDEO: Mercedes-Benz's First Ever Super Bowl Ads TeasedContinuing our online stream of the automotive-related ads of the Super Bowl XLV, we now have a trio of teaser spots from Mercedes-Benz, which will be making its first advertising appearance at the game. According to the German automaker, four new models will be featured in the ads, with two of them making their world debut in the 60-second-long spot called 'Welcome'. You can watch the two teaseradminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-724476848682492392011-02-04T09:18:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.311-08:00Record Audience to Make Super Bowl Advertisers’ Financial Efforts Worth WhilePaying $3 million or more for a Super Bowl ad could be a stretch for automakers, even though the economic climate is slowly improving. However, according to New York advertising executives Peter Gardiner of Deutsch Inc. and Andy Donchin of Carat North America, a record audience is expected for this year’s game, which means that, overall, manufacturers might end up with a bargain. With recent adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-28875713344192991792011-02-04T08:46:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.315-08:00Honda Officially Announces Fit / Jazz Shuttle, Sales Start in Japan this MarchLess than a month ago, we broke the story on the leaked brochure of the Honda Fit Shuttle. Today, the Japanese automaker came out with an official announcement revealing a cropped image of the car and stating that the larger and more practical version of the Fit (otherwise known as the Jazz) will go on sale in Japan this March. The new Fit Shuttle will be available in Japan with a similar engineadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-40635114174864674502011-02-04T07:52:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.319-08:00Ferrari Unleashes Fresh Batch of Photos of FF Four-Seat GT Playing Around in the SnowCiting "outstanding interest" and "numerous requests", Ferrari has unleashed a handful of additional photos of its new flagship four-seat GT, the FF. This is the second time after the initial presentation of the supercar in late January that the Italian firm has published pictures of its first-ever all-wheel drive model, yet somehow we still haven't seen the car in its entire form. In this latestadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-77839786095506427932011-02-04T07:27:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.325-08:00Alfa Romeo Celebrates Support of UK Athletics with New MiTo SprintAutomakers find all kind of excuses to create special edition versions of their cars, and by special edition we actually mean better equipped models. For Alfa Romeo, the raison d'être of the new MiTo Sprint is "the continued support of UK Athletics (UKA)". Wonder what they'll think of next... Well, in any case, the new UK market MiTo Sprint is available in UKA ‘Union Jack’ inspired colors (red,adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-12786309542757082422011-02-04T06:51:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.328-08:00Hyundai Releases First Real Life Photo of the New i40 Mid-Size ModelHyundai today gave us a new sneak peek of its upcoming i40 mid-size model with the release of the first real life image of the car, which is scheduled to receive its world premiere at the Geneva Salon on the 1st of March. The new i40 will replace the older generation Sonata in Europe competing in the D-Segment with the likes of the Ford Mondeo and Volkswagen Passat. At Geneva, we'll see the adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-66341604775872901052011-02-04T05:51:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.332-08:00Mazda MX-5 Achieves Another Milestone as Production Reaches 900,000 UnitsThe world's most popular roadster model ever, the Mazda MX-5 (also known as Roadster in Japan and Miata in North America), is celebrating yet another milestone in its enviable history as total production reached 900,000 units on February 4, 2011. This latest milestone was achieved 21 years and 10 months after mass production of the first-generation MX-5 commenced in April 1989. The MX-5 was adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-70605822316105735972011-02-04T05:25:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.336-08:00Toyota Announces Yaris HSD Concept and New Prius+ MPV with 7-Seats for Geneva SalonToyota is going to have an interesting collection of cars at this year's Geneva Motor Show in March as the second and closer to production concept version of the FT-86 rear-wheel drive sports coupe will be joined by the Yaris HSD study and the new Prius+ minivan, which appears to be the European version of the Prius V with seating for seven instead of five. The Japanese automaker said that the adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-52644173499139057412011-02-04T04:57:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.339-08:00Volkswagen Officially Reveals 2012 Tiguan SUV Facelift Prior to Geneva Motor ShowVolkswagen has dropped the first official photos of its refreshed Tiguan following the leak of a single picture of the compact SUV that appeared on the automaker's public website on Thursday. But while we got more than half a dozen of photos, VW did not release any info on the 2012 Tiguan other than that it will make its world premiere at next month's Geneva Motor Show and that the base price of adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-55107408110819913422011-02-03T17:21:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.346-08:002012 Hyundai i30: VW Golf Rival Spied Inside and OutThere's been a lot of confusion lately about the spy pictures of the next Hyundai i30. To elaborate, many readers on various websites and forums supported that the scoops may be showing a Kia. Thanks to some additional work from our spy photographers, we can now put the brand speculations to rest. What you see here is indeed a Hyundai, with this being proved by the brand's logo on the alloy adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-20343742669818581912011-02-03T16:02:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.356-08:00VIDEO: Pedal-Powered Trikes Redefine the Art of DriftingWhen we set out to find some nice drifting videos for your entertainment, we weren’t expecting to be dazzled by some apparently crazy New Zealanders and their pedal-powered...drifting trikes. But life is full of surprises and we have to say that, in some respects, pro drifters driving insanely powerful and expensive cars have nothing on these boys. It seems that the new “sport” has originated adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-40625629502623408032011-02-03T14:46:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.361-08:00New Pagani Huayra Roadster ImaginedA lot of things still remain unknown about the new Pagani Huayra, but if the outgoing Zonda is anything to go by, it's almost certain that the company will eventually expand the supercar's range with special editions, Clubsport models and of course, a roadster version. Teamspeed forum resident and photoshop specialist Wild-Speed, who you may remember from his recent work on the 2013 Porsche Cajunadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-62651305778314050772011-02-03T13:50:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.363-08:00Seat Adds Exeo 143HP 2.0-liter Diesel Engine with Multitronic CVT Transmission to the MixThe Seat Exeo is essentially a previous generation Audi A4 with some “auto emocion” touches here and there. However, having an older platform doesn’t mean that it’s a bad car, especially when it comes with the VW Group’s latest powerplants and transmissions. The Multitronic CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) gearbox is one of them and now it has been paired with the 143HP 2.0-liter TDI adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118188550971594215.post-24824101198532148062011-02-03T13:26:00.000-08:002011-02-10T22:01:16.373-08:00Ford F-150 Video Parody: Presenting the Ballsy Ferd F-TeenthousandNeed a ride to make you feel four times the man you are? Look no further. The Ferd F-Teenthousand is here and it's the biggest and most awesomest pickup truck ever to walk the face of the earth. Ford people and F-150 owners that despise stereotypes and lack a whimsical sense of humor may want to skip this one. The rest can watch the video right after the jump along with a couple of original Ford adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436526897405488512noreply@blogger.com