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Video: Watch This Artega GT Blast Around an Unfinished Track Filmed With a Quadrocopter
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Europe, Videos, MISC
You don’t hear too much about the Henrik Fisker-designed Artega GT, but its occasional appearances are always welcome. In this episode of Where’s Artega Now?, the folks at eGarage worked with Germany’s Christopher Kippenberger, who make a quadrocopter designed for capturing aerial footage.
A day was spent at Germany’s Blister...
Report: Rebadged Dodge, Chrysler Model Sales a Mixed Bag in Europe
Filed under: Minivan/Van, Sedan, Europe, Crossover, Chrysler, Dodge, Lancia, Fiat
Fiat, in an attempt to make its purchase of Chrysler more profitable, has been marketing rebadged Dodge and Chrysler models in Europe with mixed results.
Europeans apparently love the Fiat Freemont, known as a Dodge Journey here in the States. Fiat sold almost 6,500 of the crossovers over there in the first quarter...
Report: Next Subaru WRX Previewed by Advanced Tourer Concept
Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Tokyo Motor Show, Hatchback, Subaru
There was nary a peep of discontent about the looks of the Subaru Advanced Tourer concept revealed at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. But when everyone was clamoring for Scooby to transfer the Advanced Tourer’s looks to a production vehicle, never once did people ask for that transfer to be foisted on the WRX. A report in Motor...
Report: MotoGP Champ Casey Stoner Stuns With Retirement Announcement [W/video]
Filed under: Motorsports, Motorcycle
Reigning MotoGP champion Casey Stoner is just 26 years old, but has been riding in the FIM series since 2001 when he joined the 125cc ranks. Five years later, the Australian was in the headlining formula series with Honda, the year after that, in 2007, he won the title astride a Ducati. Last year, Stoner won it again with Honda, and even battling an issue with...
2013 SRT Viper to Require Dealer Certification; Hardcore Model Planned? [W/video]
Filed under: Car Buying, Coupe, Performance, Chrysler, Dodge
On Thursday night’s Autoline After Hours, SRT boss Ralph Gilles sat down with show hosts John McElroy and Peter DeLorenzo, along with Autoblog and AOL Autos staffers to talk all things Viper. Among the interesting tidbits disclosed about the 640-horsepower supercar are plans for a new dealer certification process designed to encourage...
Official: Mitsubishi Previews Bonkers I-MiEV Evolution for Pikes Peak
Filed under: Motorsports, Mitsubishi, Electric, Racing
No, that’s not a Mitsubishi i-MiEV in a fat suit, it’s the automaker’s brand-new all-electric race car, and it’s set to take on the 2012 Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb in July. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen an EV enter the Pike’s Peak challenge – Nissan commissioned a Leaf for...
Official: Volkswagen Interns Roll Into Worthersee With GTI Black Dynamic Show Car
Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, Europe, Hatchback, Volkswagen, Misc. Auto Shows
Slammed Skodas, Seats, Audis and Polos are all well and nice, but at the end of the day, the annual gathering of Volkswagen performance enthusiasts at Lake Wörthersee in Austria is about the GTI. That much isn’t lost on Volkswagen, so in addition to bringing the new GTI Cabrio along with all the aforementioned...
Video: NOS Energy Drink Presents the Mini-Doc Keep Drifting Fun
Filed under: Motorsports
Drifting’s been off the front pages for a while, the latest reports having more to do with turmoil than tire shredding. As with most things, though, just because it’s not headlining doesn’t mean it’s disappeared. NOS energy drink sent one of our favorite filmic chroniclers, Will Roegge, across the country to survey the drifting world. The result is...
Report: Volvo XC90 to Become Geely
Filed under: SUV, China, Plants/Manufacturing, Volvo, Luxury
Volvo recently unveiled yet another model year of the impossibly old XC90 – promised to be the final one before a complete redesign. But the overripe vintage of the first SUV to fall from Volvo’s vine isn’t stopping corporate parent Geely from absconding with the platform to launch a new high-end brand for China.
According...
Report: Toyota Turning Nintendo DS Into Navigation System
Filed under: Japan, Technology, Toyota, Toys/Games
Video games are already an easy target for politicians, what with their amazing ability to turn both brains and muscles to jelly while also promoting violence and other sociopathic behaviors. So we can only wonder at the political grandstanding that might accompany this development: The Nintendo DS can now be used to control a Toyota navigation system.
Yes,...