Many high performance cars are built upon the framework of America’s Greatest Sports Car, the Corvette Chevrolet. But Californian Fardees Rezvani has a different plan — he wants to build his performance car around the framework of Britain’s Greatest Track Car: the Ariel Atom. Using the Ariel’s open-wheel lightweight frame, Rezvani is wrapping his aptly […]
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8
May
California-based affordable supercar based on the Ariel Atom
5
May
Nearly four decades of custom Bimmers collected
Beginning in the 1970’s with Alexander Calder being commissioned to paint a BMW race car for driver Herve Poulain in the 1975 Le Mains endurance race, the tradition of the BMW art car has flourished. In the decades that followed that first custom car in ’75, 17 art cars have since been added to what has […]
2
May
Britain's latest coupe also promises 2,000 miles on one tank
Traditionally, Americans have born the burden of hating diesels. Or at least, that was the mistaken word on the street. In the past year, clean diesel sales have soared, buoyed by a new crop of Audis, Mercs, Chevies, Mazdas, Cadillacs, Jeeps and even Porsches — not to mention VW, which boasted selling over 100,000 TDIs […]
2
May
Concept car exhibit curated by automotive historian Ken Gross
Dream Cars: Innovative Design,Visionary Ideas, an exhibit of automobile concepts noted for their imaginative, cutting-edge designs, will be showing at the High Art Museum of Atlanta from May 21-September 7, 2014. The exhibit will consist of 17 concept cars of both European and American design which date back to 1935 on up through the contemporary. Among these […]
25
Apr
Benz's new entry level SUV knows it has a lot to prove
Mercedes-Benz invited us to take their brand spanking new GLA crossover SUV to the Coachella Music & Arts Festival, with a pit stop in their futurist Advanced Design Studio dream factory in Carlsbad, San Diego. This is the story. It’s as if it were on cue. On a bright and beautiful California afternoon a Mercedes-Benz representative […]
22
Apr
395 horsepower, 332 lb-ft of torque & 174 mph top speed
Not happy with letting Mercedes-Benz claim ownership of “World’s Most Powerful Four-Cylinder” title, Volkswagen has decided to create an absurd beast of a car. Their new hot hatch Golf R 400 Concept boasts performance that buries Benz’s AMG-enhanced CLA45 — although that car really exists in the real world, whereas the Golf R 400 is strictly a concept (although […]
17
Apr
Also available in naturally aspirated & hybrid powertrains
The leader in hybrid luxury, Lexus now crosses the bridge from luxury full-size vehicles to the compact segment. Their new family of compact SUVs (or CUVs in modern parlance), dubbed the NX, will be available with three power trains: the NX 200t turbo, the naturally aspirated NX 200 (with front or all-weather drive) and the highly efficient NX 300h hybrid. […]
16
Apr
The 1st Aston you won't have to mortgage your home for
When it comes to the luxurious world of Aston Martin, the 2015 V8 Vantage GT comes in on the surprisingly affordable side. For the first time since you could buy a house for a grand, the gentlem delivers a vehicle with a sticker price under six figures: the V8 Vantage GT will start at “just” $99,500. Upgrades […]
