Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Audi
Audi R8 V10 – Click above for high-res image gallery
We already know that Audi plans to fit the standard R8’s 420-hp, 4.2-liter V8 into its all-new Spyder variant early next year, and now comes word that at least one more version of the R8 is in the pipeline and that the [...]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Hybrid, Geneva Motor Show, Technology, Videos, Lotus
The manufactured sounds of the Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid – Click above to watch video after the jump
Two years ago, we wrote about Lotus‘ Safe and Sound hybrid technology which added a V8 soundtrack over the quietude of a hybrid’s electric motor. That demonstrator [...]
Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Audi, Luxury
2011 Audi RS5 promo footage – Click above to watch video after the jump
In what is currently raw footage but what will soon undoubtedly be slickly produced promotional material, the brutalicious 2011 Audi RS5 growls around a track and on various European roads. For a brief spell [...]
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Mazda
Mazda Kabura Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Ikuo Maeda, Mazda’s design overlord, designed the soon-to-be-Stateside Mazda2. He also penned the Mazda RX-8, following quite literally the path his father laid before him: Maeda’s father created the original Mazda RX-7. Now Maeda wants to bring the RX-7 back to life, [...]
Filed under: Coupe, Marketing/Advertising, Hatchback, Smart, Design/Style
Daimler rang in the new year with an online design contest called “Style your Smart.” Apparently, the idea of decorating a virtual Smart Fortwo appeals to a lot of people, since 50,000 design ideas we submitted by over 8,000 people from 100+ countries. The winner, pictured above, was submitted [...]
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Etc., MISC
TVR Sagaris – Click above for high-res image gallery
We don’t hear all that much about classic British muscle/sportscar maker TVR, so here’s a quick refresher on what’s been going on over the last few weeks: Russian owner Nikolai Smolenski has signaled his intent to bring the overpowered brand back to [...]
Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, GM, Design/Style
Chevrolet 50th Anniversary Corvette Stingray Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
The Chevrolet Corvette is a uniquely American invention. It’s the quintessential sportscar from the land that brought us baseball and apple pie. Interesting, then, that General Motors would choose to seek out design studies from its [...]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz
2010 Brabus E V12 Coupe – Click above for high-res image gallery
It’s been several days since we left the Geneva Motor Show and we’re still finding cars that we somehow missed out on the floor. We especially don’t know how we managed to skip this bad boy [...]
Filed under: Coupe, Budget, Hybrid, Hatchback, Honda
2011 Honda CR-Z – Click above for high-res image gallery
Norio Tomobe, chief engineer of the Honda CR-Z, said “The CR-Z is supposed to be an intelligent sports car.” We can spend a fair bit of time debating the ‘intelligence’ of a sports coupe that gets from 0-to-60 in 9.7 [...]
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet
2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS – Click above for high-res image gallery
No matter which side of the Mustang/Camaro divide you fall on there’s no arguing that Chevrolet’s reborn entrant in the pony car wars has been a hit. It’s been less than a year since production of the 2010 Camaro began [...]