» Confirmed: Bugatti orders two more years worth of transmissions... but where are they going?
2 hours ago by Autoblog from Noah Joseph
Filed under: Performance, Bugatti The automotive industry tends to work by certain norms and patterns. For example, by the time one model is ready to be phased out, we usually have a pretty good idea of how its replacement is shaping up and when it will appear. But Bugatti, of course, is no typical automaker. The House that Ettore Built has, for the past seven years, subsisted on the Veyron alon ...

» Official: 2012 Mini Roadster priced from $24,350*
2 hours ago by Autoblog from Zach Bowman
Filed under: Car Buying, Convertible, Performance, Mini, UK Mini has officially announced pricing for the company's new Cooper Roadster. The tiny droptop will carry a base MSRP of $24,350 in the U.S., while the Cooper S Roadster will set you back $27,350. The top-of-the-line John Cooper Works Roadster, meanwhile, will command a sticker of $34,500 (*pricing exclude a $700 destination and handling ...

» Official: Chevrolet introduces new Ecologic window sticker, coming first to Sonic
3 hours ago by Autoblog from Sebastian Blanco
Filed under: Etc., Chevrolet At the Washington Auto Show today, Chevrolet introduced a sticker. Okay, the new Ecologic environmental labels that will be coming to all new Chevy vehicles - starting with the 2013 Sonic - is a lot more than just an adhesive piece of paper. Last year, the EPA revamped its mileage stickers, and GM has realized that many people like more information about the environme ...

» Video: This year's Cars.com Super Bowl commercial weirds us out
4 hours ago by Autoblog from Chris Shunk
Filed under: Car Buying, Marketing/Advertising Remember when the dot-com ads started to flood the airwaves during the Super Bowl? The ads were almost always wacky, and half the time, we didn't even know what was being sold. Well, it's been a long time since the 1990s, and very few Internet-based companies are still hocking services during The Big Game. Cars.com is one of the WiFi warriors that i ...

» Report: Porsche to use Tri-Turbo System on 2013 911 Turbo
4 hours ago by Straightline from Mike Magrath
There are no two ways about it, Porsche knows turbocharging. They've been playing with that setup since the mid-70s and have a good handle on how to get great power and reliability out of a boosted motor. Consider the...

» Report: Ford tops in non-retail sales, 45% of Focus sold to fleets
4 hours ago by Autoblog from Jeff Sabatini
Filed under: Car Buying, Ford, Earnings/Financials Most everyone at Ford is grinning from ear-to-ear these days, as the company is enjoying profits as well as a vastly improved product portfolio and public image. Sales are up, the product pipeline is full, and market share grew last year. You can almost imagine Ford CEO Alan Mulally saying, What, me worry? But that's exactly what he should be ...

» Vegetable Oil Will Fuel Record Attempt at Bonneville
5 hours ago by Wheels from By DAVE CALDWELL
University students in Idaho are preparing their veggie-oil-burning 1998 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck to set a land-speed record for its class.

» Snap your iPhone into the Dash
5 hours ago by Car Tech: An automotive blog from CNET
The Dash audio head unit by Devium. (Credit: Devium) Car manufacturers are racing to integrate smartphones with infotainment systems, but one startup wants to cut to the chase and build a head unit around the iPhone. Dash is a sleek, double-din automotive head unit concept that uses interchangable faceplates in which the driver snaps in his or her smartphone to use as the stereo's interface. Co ...

» Video: How to use Bentley's Continental GT like a lead sled dog
5 hours ago by Autoblog from Chris Shunk
Filed under: Coupe, Etc., Videos, Bentley The Swiss know a thing or two about skiing. Our neutral friends go downhill, cross-country and even joring. Yeah, we've never heard of joring before either, but it apparently involves slapping on a pair of skis and getting towed around by a horse or dog. That doesn't sound like all that much fun to us, but if you replace the four-legged hauler with a B ...

» Report: Mini wants to make JCW its BMW M, bring diesel models Stateside
6 hours ago by Autoblog from Noah Joseph
Filed under: Performance, Mini, Diesel As far as the Mini lineup goes, the John Cooper Works models sit at the very top of the performance spectrum. But that's not enough for Mini's (relatively) new chief Kay Segler. The German auto exec came to the post from the M division of parent company BMW, and that's what Segler wants for the Mini brand as well. So what does a further differentiated JCW l ...

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