At the end of yet another very closely contested qualifying, Mercedes-Benz AMG driver Nico Rosberg managed to edge out Red Bull Racing star Sebastian Vettel to secure pole for this weekend’s 2013 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. Rosberg’s fastest time was a scorching 1:32.330, with Vettel’s fastest only a fraction behind at...
New MG3 Supermini Debuts at Auto China 2013, Will Launch in Europe This Year
The CS Concept is not the MG brand's only new car displayed in Shanghai, as the Chinese-owned British carmaker surprised us with a preview of its new MG3 supermini. Inspired by the MG Zero concept car, which was unveiled at the 2010 Beijing auto show, the MG3 is the work of the design and engineering team at the MG Birmingham site in Longbridg
Nissan Friend-Me Concept is cooler than its name
Filed under: Concept Cars, Sedan, China, Nissan, Shanghai Motor Show Here is the Nissan Friend-Me, a swoopy - and let us emphasize that word "swoopy" - sedan-with-a-hatchback developed specifically for Chinese youth in their mid-twenties, the ones born in the '80s mainly bereft of siblings due to China's one-child policy. The exterior is meant to b
Jaguar F-Type In Spain, Aventador Anniversario Edition, Mercedes GLA: This Week’s Top Photos
Welcome to our latest Top Photos Of The Week post, which this weekend coincides with the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show taking place in China this very moment. Understandably, most of our photos center on cars present at the show, however, this first one was taken at our recent first drive of the 2014 Jaguar F-Type in Spain. As the photo confirms, the...
Electric Cars Are Fast: First-Ever U.S. Speeding Ticket
Speeding is big business. There's no money to be made from it as an individual of course, unless you subscribe to the theory "time is money". But the U.S. Census Bureau estimates 100,000 Americans are ticketed for speeding every day, at an average cost of $150 per ticket--$5.5 billion a year in revenue. There'll only ever be one "first" speeding..
Exclusive: GM China President says automaker could export vehicles from China to US
Filed under: China, Plants/Manufacturing, Buick, GM At a press conference on Saturday at the Shanghai Motor Show, General Motors announced plans to further expand its presence in the Chinese market. Among those commitments are plans to build four new plants by the end of 2015, giving the automaker the capacity to produce around five million vehicle
Portago just made my day, he told the story of the waning days of the Bugatti company, how Ettore fought and regained the factory, and then what…
fascinating that the company, with Ettore dead, only had once chance due to the limits of their available resources, and made the above Bugatti type 101. Sadly, it was identical to the Jaguars and Aston Martin (db2 below) and didn't get anyones interest. From the heights of fame to mediocrity, the Bugatti company had flopped.for the complete range
Univ. of Illinois team develops high-power Li-ion microbatteries that can out-power supercapacitors while retaining comparable energy density
Ragone plot showing the performance of the new microbattery cells (A-H) and conventional power technologies. The energy and power density of our microbattery cells (A–H) at low to high C rates, along with previous microbattery cells having 3D electrodes (MB1 through MB3). The plot also includes the performance range of conventional power technolog
Watch a C-17 Drop Off a Humvee in the Air, Plus Bonus Clip of IED Training Simulator
You have surely seen cars being parachuted to earth in movies, but we all know about the deceptive digital wonders of the cinematic world, so how about a video of the real thing? Enter the realm of the U.S. army and the paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) of the 25th Infantry Division, who were filmed while dropping palletized
What Car Would You Pass On To Your Children?
Earlier this week Jason Torchinsky wrote about his experiences in the Fiat 500e. He's a big fan of that entire range, but you'll notice the electric version he drove didn't score too highly in the "audio" or "transmission" categories.Read more...
Shanghai: 2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP720-4 50 Anniversario is indeed worth celebrating
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Lamborghini, Shanghai Motor Show Here is the Giallo Maggio candle that carries the flame of Lamborghini's 50th anniversary: the Aventador LP720-4 50 Anniversario Edition. There will be just 100 of them produced, each one in the buttery hue that has been the most popular color among the Lamborghini palette since the