Motoring Blog

Archive for March, 2008

I'm sure that those of you who are even just a little interested in cars will definitely recognize the vehicle in the picture above. Right, it's the new Hummer H3, a car expensive enough for those of us not a CEO or Top Manager to try our luck with a lottery ticket. That's what people ...

It's no secret that some of the most extravagantly designed cars are from Italy. Ferrari, Lamborghini and Pinifarina all are from Italy and it's hard to imagine the motor world without any of these cars so let's look at Lamborghini's new model, the Reventon. Firstly it was shown at the Frankfurt auto show and it's not ...

Concepts are becoming a habit in the auto world, but only some represent true revolutionary innovation rather then just some futuristic concept. Take the Silbervogel from Mercedes-Benz. It has no engine. The concept was designed by Jakob Hirzel from the Pforzheim University Of Applied Sciences in Germany and the engine is gravity. As you can see ...

Many things happen in the motor industry, but some are more unexpected than others. An example of that is news that Tata Motors is now the owner of luxury auto brands Land Rover and Jaguar. Ford has sold the two to the Indian car manufacturer for $2 billion. Ironically, the last time Tata Motors was in ...

At the Shanghai Auto Show last year, BMW presented its new Concept CS. Just one glance was enough to understand that it was not just another concept by the famous German car manufacturer. That was borne out when it became known that the CS will be placed even higher than the 7 series. What is surprising ...

For the Germans, Porsche is like Ferrari for the Italians. Both are car manufacturers without which the auto industry would not be complete. One of the models that helped Porsche to find success is its Boxter and especially the Type 718 RS60 which was one of first in the series, winning races in the 1960s. Today ...

EcoGeek reports that the first Tesla Roadsters are rolling off the production line. The electric car which can reach a top speed of 125mph costs $100,000. That might seem a little pricey for a zero-emission environmentally friendly car, but the idea of shaping the future today has attracted many high profile customers. Though the $100,000 price ...