If you missed Top Gear this past weekend, you missed a pretty exciting segment where Jeremy Clarkson test-drives the Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 and compares it to GM’s Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Wondering who won? Check out the video after the jump – but make sure you do it soon before YouTwit takes it down. Refresher: Audi [...]
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The Chevrolet Beat has been paraded around the last several auto shows as the forerunner to the production Spark hatchback, which was first revealed at this year's Geneva Motor Show back in March. The new Spark is to sit just below the Aveo as Chevy's smallest car, but in the past couple of months, spy photos of a Spark-styled but ..
The Laugh Factory's owner arranged two fundraisers after meeting Bessie Mae Berger, a 97-year-old woman who was living in an SUV with her two sons. The family is now in temporary housing. Ninety-seven-year-old Bessie Mae Berger was living in a car with her two sons six weeks ago when comedian Kevin Nealon encountered them at a Hollywood gas station. Nealon, who was on his way to perform at the Laugh...
EA's preparing a new pack of cars for your virtual garage in Need for Speed: Shift . On December 1st, Xbox 360 owners worldwide will be given five classic rides to race around in, free of charge, while PS3 owners in Europe and North America gain access on December 3rd and 10th, respectively. Dubbed the Legendary Car pack, this new bit of DLC puts gamers behind the wheel of these five classic rides:...
EA’s latest current generation racer, Need For Speed: Shift , will soon be receiving brand new downloadable content (DLC) entitled the Team Racing Pack, which includes a new race mode and a host of classic cars, all for the low low price of free. The new racing mode is an online affair which sees two teams of up to six racers each competing for top honours, requiring players to eschew their...
Filed under: Chevrolet Back in August, in the wake of General Motors emergence from bankruptcy, the company gave the media a preview of many of its upcoming products. Among those is the all-new Chevrolet Aveo which will take up the B-segment mantle to battle the new Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris. Unlike the current Aveo that is built in South Korea by Daewoo, the new model will be built...
It looks like the Need for Speed franchise is taking a page from Burnout and going the free DLC route. For anyone still playing Need for Speed SHIFT after Forza 3 has already been released some new DLC is on the way, and it isn't just a few new cars to race in. Come Dec. 1 on the 360 and Dec. 3 on the PS3 SHIFT players will get an all new gameplay mode called Team Racing. It actually looks pretty damn...
Those who have seen “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” have admired the beauty and the sublime car, at least I hope the new star of the film. A prototype designed by Chevrolet for the shooting. The DNA of the Corvette Stingray, which went through 5 decades with panache, is omnipresent. The long hood, fenders and [...]
EA is getting prepared to release a Team Racing pack for Need for Speed Shift. The Team Racing pack will be a free update which bring in team tactics and five new legendary vehicles to the mix. The Team Racing pack also comes with five renowned racing cars: 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 427 1967 Shelby GT-500 1969 Dodge Charger [...]
EA announced today that the first downloadable content for Need For Speed SHIFT will be available worldwide on December 1 for the Xbox 360 and then later for the PlayStation 3 on December 3 in Europe and December 10 in North America. The Team Racing Pack offers up an all-new gameplay mode called Team Racing where two teams of up to six racers battle against each other online, and teamwork will be...
NEW YORK -- The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex keeps decades of music alive through rare videos of rock's greatest musicians playing on wall-sized screens, along with a display of prized artifacts including guitars, clothing and original sheet music from legends like John Lennon and Mick Jagger. Turn it up to 11: Tech's contributions to rock and roll Guarding the extensive collection, which is...
Filed under: Car Buying , SUV , Wagon , Crossover , Hatchback , Honda , Design/Style 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour - Click above for high-res image gallery The 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour hasn't won too many fans amongst the automotive press, and while we're sure it fills the Accord Wagon space in Honda's lineup, the way the Crosstour has a foot both in the wagon and CUV realms still has us scratching...
BOWMANVILLE, ON (Nov. 20, 2009) – Mosport will drop the green flag on its 50th anniversary season of racing with an SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge doubleheader, as part of the Victoria Day SpeedFest Weekend, May 21-23, 2010. The World Challenge is North America’s top production car-based series, consisting of two separate categories (GT and Touring Car). Races run just under an...
German magazine Auto Sport has organized a means to test which car – the 2010 ‘Series II’ GT-R or the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 supercar – has the faster Nurburging lap time. Nissan 2010 ‘Series II’ GT-R had claimed a 7m 26.7s Nurburgring lap time while General Motors Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 supercar boasted to have a laptime of 7m 22.4 seconds.
To streamline its manufacturing operations, General Motors is adding a third shift at three of its assembly plants. Of those three, one is the Fairfax, Kans. facility that will become the sole provider of the Chevrolet Malibu starting November.
The supercharged 500-plus horsepower Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 just can’t be written off that easily. In the past, plans for the extra-high-performance Camaro have been removed from the table due to cost-cutting measures. But now the Z/28 is again set for production, according to Ed Welburn, GM’s Vice President for global design.