2006

  • 2006 Lexus ES 330

    Contradicting Testimony Causes More Doubts In Toyota’s Recall Response

  • 2006 Toyota 4Runner 4-door Limited V8 Auto 4WD (Natl) Grille
    House Committee Subpoenas Secret Toyota Records

    Sources Say SUV Rollover Documents Were Destroyed

  • SpeedFactory Dodge Charger
    Video: SpeedFactory Charger Sets LX-Platform World Record 1/4 Mile

    The heavily modded 2006 Dodge Charger R/T is a street-legal monster.

  • 2011 volkswagen phaeton facelift preview rendering 001
    Volkswagen Phaeton U.S. Relaunch Under Consideration

    The biggest, most luxurious Volkswagen could see a return to the U.S.--as a diesel.

  • 2010 mini one main630 01
    Mini One D bests Honda Insight with 60mpg

    The Mini Cooper isn't the first car you'd associate with the environmental movement, but with its frugal four-cylinder engines and the new Mini E battery-operated version, the Cooper's green credentials are considerable. Now Mini's buffing the inexpensive, high-miler Cooper it sells in Europe as...

  • 2011 Volkswagen Phaeton facelift preview rendering
    Preview: 2011 Volkswagen Phaeton facelift

    Volkswagen will be updating its Phaeton flagship for the second time in its short life, reaffirming the lackluster opinion of the car in the full-size luxury sedan market. With a brand new BMW 7-series already on sale, a facelifted Mercedes Benz S-Class just around the corner and a completely...

  • 2011 Volkswagen Phaeton facelift spy shots

    Volkswagen will be updating its Phaeton flagship for the second time in its short life, reaffirming the lackluster opinion of the car in the full-size luxury sedan market. With a brand new BMW 7-series already on sale, a facelifted Mercedes Benz S-Class just around the corner and a completely redesigned Audi A8 and Jaguar XJ less than a year away, VW’s entrant in this segment is facing a serious uphill battle. With the introduction of the first facelifted model last year, sales of the Phaeton in Europe actually rose. Now, with a possible return to the U.S. on the cards, VW is hoping to...

  • 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI
    More details on VW's planned Golf GTI ‘R-Series’

    Last November Volkswagen unveiled a thinly disguised 'concept' of the new Mark VI Golf GTI, one of the most acclaimed hot hatches on the market, and in late January the first images of the actual production version hit the web. Following the success of the Mark V model, there were high expectations...

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    ABT Sportsline reveals full specs for modified Mark VI Volkswagen Golf range

    After first previewing its modified Mark VI Golf at last year’s Essen Motor Show, Germany's equivalent to SEMA, Volkswagen tuning specialist ABT Sportsline has unveiled the final production specifications for its range of enhancements for the popular hatch. A mild package by ABT's standards...

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    Revenge shows new GTM-R ‘Super Car’ in Detroit

    A new 'all-American' supercar was unveiled this week at the Detroit Auto Show by Revenge Designs - a tuner of GM products such as the Pontiac GTO and Solstice. The new GTM-R supercar promises to blend Revenge Designs' aptitude for tuning with an original take on the Factory Five GTM platform...

  • Mark VI Volkswagen Golf Plus
    Volkswagen Golf Plus Mark VI revealed at Bologna Motor Show

    While everyone is gearing up for the sales launch of the all new sixth-generation Golf hatchback later this year, the new Golf Plus, which will share the same face as the Mark VI Golf, is also due to the hit streets next year. The car was spotted testing in Germany back in May and earlier this...

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    Heffner Performance Camilo Pardo Ford GT tops 900hp

    Camilo Pardo, the chief designer of the Ford GT project for the Blue Oval, is a top name among those in the know on cutting-edge automotive design, and he's teamed up with Heffner Performance to create a monstrous custom Ford GT. The special edition car, sold moments after its reveal, cranks out...

  • 2008 Volkswagen Golf R32

    Volkswagen has confirmed today that its sporty R32 Golf won’t be offered in the United States in the 2009 model year. The information comes from company spokesman Thomas Wegehaupt, who said the main reason for dropping the model after only one year was because of the debut of the Mark VI Golf in Europe. The Mark VI is expected to arrive in the U.S. sometime next year as a Rabbit and will once again be offered with a performance GTI option. There’s also talk of a new ‘GTD’ turbodiesel sports model as well as an ultra-exclusive ‘R42’ model powered by a...

  • 2010 Volkswagen Golf
    Golf Mark VI limited to three year product cycle

    Volkswagen’s Mark VI Golf has just made its world debut to much fanfare at the recent Paris Motor Show but confidential papers leaked from the carmaker’s Wolfsburg headquarters reveal that the car has already been marked for ‘End of Production’ by December 2011. The new Mark...

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    Volkswagen upgrades Phaeton for 2009

    Despite the weak performance of the Phaeton, Volkswagen has persisted with the car in the belief that there is a place for it in the lineup. Less-than-inspired styling, high pricing and nagging quality issues are in part to blame, and VW hopes to cure these in the next iteration of the car. Until...

  • eBay watch: Ultra-rare pre-production Ford GT owned by Steve Saleen
    eBay watch: Ultra-rare pre-production Ford GT owned by Steve Saleen

    Another rare Ford GT has come up for sale on popular Internet auction house eBay just days after a 1000hp (746kW), 235mph (376km/h) Hennessey-tuned Ford GT appeared on the site. This time, the Ford GT in question is a pre-production Ford GT that was owned by Steve Saleen, of Saleen fame. The car is...

  • 2009 Volkswagen MkVI Golf
    Update: Volkswagen Golf Mark VI official details

    Volkswagen’s sixth-generation Golf, the latest iteration of the carmaker’s most successful model to date (with more than 26 million sold), has been revealed ahead of its world debut planned for October’s Paris Motor Show. The European market launch will begin that same month, and...

  • Volkswagen Golf 'Twin Drive' plug-in hybrid
    Volkswagen Golf 'Twin Drive' plug-in hybrid

    Click here for all the official information and pictures for the 2009 Volkswagen Golf Mark VI Volkswagen has revealed its intentions to enter the race to build and market ultra-efficient plug-in hybrid vehicles with the unveiling today of the new Golf Twin Drive. The new concept car receives its...

  • Volkswagen Golf Mark VI to feature stop-start tech

    Click here for all the official information and pictures for the 2009 Volkswagen Golf Mark VI The sixth generation Golf is scheduled to make its world debut at the Paris Motor Show in October but a few tantalizing details about the new car were revealed recently in an interview with Volkswagen’s director of powertrain research, Wolfgang Steiger. The VW exec revealed that start-stop technology will be standard in a BlueMotion version of the new Golf and optional in other models in the new Golf family. The stop-start system works by shutting the engine down when the car is stationary...

  • U.S. Volkswagen Phaeton sales could start next year
    U.S. Volkswagen Phaeton sales could start next year

    By all accounts, the Phaeton limo has been a major flop for Volkswagen and nowhere has it performed more badly than in the U.S. where the decision to drop the car came just two years after its launch. However, VW execs in the U.S. have expressed interest in seeing the flagship return on several...

  • Volkswagen Golf GTI Pirelli Edition
    Volkswagen Golf GTI Pirelli Edition

    Click here for all the official information and pictures for the 2009 Volkswagen Golf Mark VI If you're the type that can't get enough of special UK-edition Volkswagens, the Golf GTI Pirelli is just the fix you're looking for. Bringing back the GTI Pirelli edition 25 years after it first hit the...

  • Holden HRT 427 concept sells for A$920,000
    Holden HRT 427 concept sells for A$920,000

    A Monaro enthusiast in Australia has dropped close to a million Aussie dollars (US$846,236) on a high-performance concept car developed by Holden’s in-house tuner HSV and its HRT racing affiliate. The car is the 2002 HRT 427, one of only two in existence, and was originally developed as a...

  • Pontiac mulls G8 GXP Coupe based on Holden concept
    Pontiac mulls G8 GXP Coupe based on Holden concept

    Last month Holden celebrated its 60th anniversary with the unveiling of the Coupe60 concept car, a two door version of the VE Commodore sedan that many suspect will eventually spawn a successor to Australia’s Monaro Coupe. Holden has denied rumors of a new Monaro, as well as its Pontiac GTO...

  • U.S. military working on next-gen Humvee
    U.S. military working on next-gen Humvee

    The current M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (Humvee for short), the truck that spawned the Hummer H1, has been in use by the military for more than 20 years, but a successor could be just around the corner. Earlier this month military officials issued a ‘Request for...

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