Tagged “Odds and ends”

  • New images of the DC Design Ambierod

    For anyone unfamiliar with DC Design, the firm is an Indian automotive design and coachbuilding group that has a penchant for creating wild customized vehicles with styling inspiration taken from Roll...

  • Elfin Type 5 debuts at Sydney Motor Show

    Elfin sports cars has unveiled its Type 5 Clubman roadster at today’s Sydney Motor Show, using the event to confirm that the final production version will be almost identical to the show car. The Ty...

  • 2009 European Car of the Year finalists revealed

    Europe’s annual Car of the Year awards are on again and the finalists have been revealed. Whittled down to just seven front-runners from a field of 38 candidates, the competition is expected to be...

  • Lexus accused of misleading ‘green’ claims

    For the second time in less than 18 months, Lexus has come under fire for misleading advertisements that promote its RX400h hybrid SUV as being far more environmentally friendly than it actually is.

  • Lamborghini releases mysterious teaser image

    A concept Lamborghini is coming to the Paris Motor Show in October, but the Italian company has only revealed a single enigmatic close-cropped image and no details except the tag line, "It's not just...

  • Spyker C8 Laviolette 'LM85' enters production

    Updated with official information. Troubled Dutch sports carmaker Spyker has released details for its upcoming limited-edition C8 Laviolette LM85, a road-going version of its GT2 LeMans car that will...

  • Report: VW, Porsche teaming up for 914 revival?

    Though the lightweight, mid-engined Porsche 914 of the late 1960s and early 1970s was far from a perfect machine, it has developed a cult following that keeps it active in the streets and on tracks ar...

  • 3M announces plans to acquire Meguiar's Inc.

    Anyone who loves their car will be familiar with the name Meguiar’s and its range of detailing and car care products. The 100-year-old company is now on the verge of a takeover by industry giant 3M,...

  • Report: U.S. Grand Prix back on the table

    Scratched from this season's Formula One schedule due to disagreements over the financial aspects of the event, the U.S. Grand Prix may be back for the 2010 season. Talk in the F1 paddock indicates th...

  • GM launches site to bust myths about its business

    Bankruptcy, bailouts, secretive plots to kill electric vehicles - General Motors has been accused of seeking all of these. To help set the record straight, or at least put out the official spin, GM h...

  • Hertz to enter car-sharing business

    Car sharing clubs are a sort of communal pool of vehicles that members can use when needed, but otherwise leave parked in a series of small public fleet locations. The arrangement can be both economic...