2012

  • 2012 Tesla Model S Signature

    Just last week, Tesla revised its 2012 revenue projections downward from some $600 million to between $400 and $440 million, blaming production startup problems with the Model S sedan for the decline in revenue. In the same filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Tesla stated its desire to raise an additional $150 million through a follow-on share offering, leaving some to speculate the start-up automaker was running short of cash. In a statement on the Tesla Motors website, Elon Musk addressed this speculation as an “incorrect interpretation” of the SEC filing...

  • 2012 BMW 3-Series sedan
    BMW On Demand USA Offers Renters A Deal On The 328i

    If you’d like to experience the joy of driving a new BMW 328i for a long weekend, BMW On Demand USA has a deal for you: rent the car for a three-day weekend, and the company will kick in a fourth day, free. If that’s not good enough for the savvy bargain hunters among you, BMW On Demand...

  • Augusto and Liri Farfus, before going for a casual drive around the 'Ring
    BMW Factory Driver Augusto Farfus Takes His Wife To Work: Video

    Augusto Farfus is a Brazilian racing driver who currently gets paid by BMW to campaign an M3 in the DTM series. While Farfus may look young, his resume includes stints in the World Touring Car Championship from 2005 - 2010, a season in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in 2011 and two entries into...

  • 2012 Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package
    The Lexus LFA's Chief Engineer Blogs About The Supercar

    Tanahashi Haruhiko is the chief engineer behind the development of the Lexus LFA, a project to which he’s dedicated a third of his 34-year career to. As you’d guess, Haruhiko has a few things to say about the car, which is why he’s begun blogging about the LFA on Lexus’...

  • 2012 Tesla Model S Signature
    Elon Musk Grows His Tesla Empire With Major Retail Expansion

    By the beginning of December, Tesla Motors will grow it’s retail presence from the current 14 stores in the United States to a total of 24 locations in North America. That’s an impressive amount of expansion in a very short period of time, and all of it is targeted at high-end retail...

  • Ron Fellows poses with the Camaro ZL1 pace car to be auctioned
    2012 Camaro ZL1 ALMS Pace Car To Be Auctioned For Charity

    If you’re a fan of the American Le Mans Series who also happens to be shopping for a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, we’ve got just the car you’ve been looking for. Crossing the block at Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas auction is this 2012 Camaro ZL1, previously used as the pace car for...

  • Nobuhiro 'Monster' Tajima, behind the wheel of the Tesla Model S

    Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima knows a thing or two about going ridiculously fast in gasoline-powered vehicles. Over a 40-year motorsport career, Tajima has racked up nine wins at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, including six consecutive victories earned from 2006 through 2011. He was also the first man to break the 10:00 barrier for the run in 2011, the last year that the road to the summit was partially unpaved. For the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Tajima switched from gasoline to electric power, but a component failure took him out of the running early in the event. Tajima...

  • Fiat 500 Abarth at the Targa Newfoundland
    Fiat 500 Abarth To Tackle Targa Newfoundland: Video

    The Fiat 500 Abarth seeks to prove its sporting cred at the 2012 Targa Newfoundland.

  • The Bentley Suite at New York's St. Regis Hotel
    Bentley Announces Signature Suite At New York's St. Regis Hotel

    Back in April, we told you about a newly-announced partnership between luxury automaker Bentley and luxury lodging provider Starwood Hotels. In addition to providing lodging for Bentley’s driving events, Starwood will also create Bentley-themed suites at select hotel properties. The first of...

  • Jay Leno thanks the winning bidder for his generosity
    Jay Leno's 2012 Fiat 500 Sells For $350k At Charity Auction

    When you’re Jay Leno, taking delivery of the first or second customer car in country is generally as easy as picking up the phone and saying, “I’ll need one of those for my collection, as close to the first production model as possible.” Such was the case with The Tonight...

  • 2012 Audi A8 L
    Volkswagen Group Scores Best Total Quality In Latest Strategic Vision Survey

    Lead by the top-scoring Audi A8 Sedan, the Volkswagen Group has taken top honors in the latest Strategic Vision Total Quality Index (TQI) survey. TQI seeks to measure how closely the experience of quality matches a customer’s desire for quality, factoring in numerous variables (such as...

  • Movie poster for Schwarzenegger's upcoming film, 'The Last Stand'
    Schwarzenegger Shares Spotlight With Camaro ZL1 In New Film: Video

    If you’ve wondered why Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn’t had much face time on the big screen of late, the answer is simple: from 2003 until January of 2011, the bodybuilder-turned-action-film-star was busy with another job, namely running the state of California. Now that his political...

  • 2012 Chevrolet COPO Camaro goes to limited production

    Chevy promised its 2012 COPO Camaro would slip under nine seconds for the quarter mile, and now the car has delivered.

  • 2012 Fisker Karma during road test, Los Angeles, Feb 2012
    Fisker Automotive Names Former Volt Exec Tony Posawatz CEO

    Fisker appoints its second CEO of 2012. Is Tony Posawatz the right man for the job?

  • The weekend car of Fiat's Sergio Marchionne, a Dodge Challenger SRT8
    Here's What Fiat's Sergio Marchionne Drives For Fun

    Running a major automaker involves lots of hard work and plenty of long hours, but rank hath its privileges. In addition to the six-or-seven figure salary plus stock options, it’s pretty much a given that the CEO gets to pick any car (or really, any cars) from the company catalog to drive...

  • 2012 Lexus LFA in Fresh Green for sale. Images via duPont Registry
    Lightly-Used Neon Green 2012 Lexus LFA For Sale (Update)

    This lightly-used Lexus LFA apparently didn't meet its owner's requirements--or the owner didn't meet Lexus'.

  • Justice Reed runs his Lamborghini Aventador at Laguna Seca
    A Track Day Veteran Lamborghini Aventador: Video

    For many buyers, the purchase of a supercar is merely a way of showing the neighbors that you have more money (or care about saving it less) than they do. All too often, supercars are driven to events like car shows, or perhaps out to a five-star restaurant, before being returned to their lives of...

  • Audi R8 Exclusive Select Edition V8
    2012 Audi R8 To Come In Exclusive Selection Editions

    If you’re in the market for a 2012 Audi R8, there are two limited-production models built just for the American market that are about to hit U.S. Audi dealers. Called “Exclusive Selection Editions,” Audi will produce just 20 examples powered by its 4.2-liter V-8, and only 30...

  • 2012 Lexus LFA

    Last week we told you about an upcoming promotion that Lexus was calling “Unleash The LFA,” part of the brand’s “Golden Opportunity” sales event. We didn’t have a lot of details then, but now we do. From August 1 to August 21, you can visit Lexus’ Facebook page for your chance to win a test drive in an LFA, a day at the Skip Barber Racing School at Laguna Seca and some one-on-one time with pro racer and Lexus spokesman Scott Pruett at an unnamed racetrack. You get to bring a guest along, too, although they won’t get the test drive, Skip Barber...

  • Jay Leno's Fiat 500 Prima Edizione - image courtesy of Jay Leno's Garage
    Jay Leno's Fiat 500 Prima Edizione Hits The Block For Charity: Video

    Last year, Jay Leno took delivery of the second Fiat 500 imported into the United States, and you’ll soon get a chance to bid on that very same Prima Edizione car at an upcoming Gooding & Company auction. Leno is giving the limited-edition Fiat up for charity, with the proceeds from the...

  • 2012 Tesla Model S Signature
    Strong Demand May See Tesla Model S Production Rise To 30,000 Units Annually

    Tesla is adamant it will be able to build and deliver 5,000 units of its Model S electric sedan by the end of the year, despite it only planning to build around 500 examples this quarter to ensure all quality issues are addressed. Next year, however, Tesla will be ramping up production to around...

  • RUF Rt 35 based on the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S
    RUF’s First Take On The 991 Porsche 911 Is The New Rt 35 Anniversary Edition

    German tuner RUF has managed to draw out more than 630 horsepower from the Porsche 911 Carrera S.

  • 2012 Tesla Model S
    Tesla Losses Widen But Model S Roll Out Remains On Track

    It’s been a busy couple of months for Californian startup Tesla, which officially commenced deliveries of its second model, the 2012 Model S electric sedan recently. With any kind of startup, the first couple of years are often the most difficult, something Tesla hasn’t been able to...

  • 2012 Lotus Evora GX Grand-Am race car
    Lotus Unveils 2012 Evora GX Grand-Am Racer

    Lotus has unveiled its new Evora based race car that will compete in the newly established GX experimental class in the Grand-Am Rolex series. Based loosely on the Evora GTC racer that competes in the regular GT class, the new Evora GX gets its own unique touches including an aggressive bodykit, a...

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