Archive for June, 2008

First Drive: Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Rolls-Royce, First Drive Click the image above for a hi-res gallery of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe We were lucky enough to ride in the concept car two years ago, when the now Phantom Coupe was called the 101EX. Our words that day were “You have to build this ...

Is Nissan lying about GT-R horsepower? Pretty much.

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Filed under: Coupes, Supercars, Nissan Click above to view our large gallery of the 2009 Nissan GT-R. Back in the late sixties, automakers sometimes purposely under-reported the true horsepower that their solid-lifter, over-cammed and over-carburetor’d monster V8 engines actually delivered. More recently, some manufacturers have overestimated the real power of their vehicles, ...

Ford discusses selling Volvo with Renault, again

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Filed under: Ford, Volvo, Renault As Ford reportedly prepares to offload Volvo and dismantle the last remaining vestiges of its once proud Premier Automotive Group, reports indicate that discussions were, once again, held with Renault. The French automaker was tipped as a potential buyer when Jaguar was on the table, expressing interest ...

VIDEO: Sylvester Stallone shilling for VW in Brazil

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchbacks, Volkswagen Many actors loan out their famous faces to make some extra coin in foreign markets without over saturating their image here in the States. Huge screen tough guy Sylvester Stallone is no different, and since he hasn’t had a good financially successful picture since Demolition ...

Audi R8 debuts as DTM safety car

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Filed under: Motorsports, Sports/GTs, Euro, Supercars, Audi Click for hi-res gallery of the Audi R8 DTM safety car Audi has announced that its superlative R8 sportscar will serve as the safety vehicle for the ever-popular DTM touring automobile championship, having also served in the same capacity for the recently-concluded 24 Hours of ...