This is the GINA Light Visionary Model, BMW’s new research vehicle, and the fruit of a project that has been shaping the brand in terms of design, research and development, and manufacturing for nearly a decade.

One tidbit we missed during our first read of today’s announcement of the 2009 Porsche 911: Not to be outdone by the likes of the Nissan Altima and Toyota Corolla, Porsche has decided to bite the bullet and include XM Radio and NavTraffic (with complimentary three-month subscription, no less). The 2009 911 will be the [...]

The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor R.T. Rybak approved changes Friday, to the city’s vehicle idling ordinance that aims to reduce air pollution. The ordinance limits most vehicle idling to three minutes, except in traffic.
“Most of the air pollution in Minneapolis comes from vehicles and cutting down in idling is one easy thing we [...]

Nella absolutely loves her Ferrari
But wait! Have you realized all the other girls have found their very own place? They now live at Attugirls….

Now how hard can it be to destroy a Volvo V40? It may be tough, but in Poland they found an excellant way to wreck a Volvo V40.

Gas prices suck and the job market is almost as bad, but a little uglification of your car or truck can net you some big bucks. Alternative marketing companies that want to plaster your car with “tasteful” advertisements are paying hundreds of dollars to the right people, but chances are you aren’t one of them. [...]

The Dodge Challenger Celebrity Drag Race. Yet another thing that celebs get to do instead of, you know, work. Carmen Electra was there, but I have no idea if she actually competed because, well, I don’t care.

Police in westernmost Canada are deploying life-size cardboard replicas of traffic cops pointing a radar gun at oncoming traffic to try to reduce speeding and road fatalities, authorities said.
And these mock-ups are so realistic that while being tested on a Vancouver street this week, “a tow-truck driver pulled up and started talking to it,” Staff [...]

Old vs New. This a Pagani Zonda vs Jaguar XJ220 directly from Top Gear.

Girls and racing cars. Not a good combination. Not even when they’re just a passenger.

Wyatt Turner is a master concept designer whose first attempt at bike design has come off with flying colors. The Battle AX Concept Bike reveals his insightful technical prowess and mastery over CAD. Though the bike elements in the design itself look a little raw, the concept looks like a good old-fashioned monster bike with [...]

Engineers at Indian car maker Tata have been putting the finishing touches to the world’s cheapest car.
It costs about $2,500 - about half of its nearest current rival.
The BBC’s Chris Morris took a closer look inside the Nano with Girish Arun Wagh, head of Tata’s Small Car Project.

Thrown about and buried under rocks by the Sichuan earthquake, they have nevertheless proved resilient in the face of all that nature can throw at them - a metaphor, some hope, for the country itself.
Along with refugees, army relief lorries and ambulances, a new fleet of vehicles has begun hitting the streets.
On the [...]

MotoGP is the pinnacle of motorcycle racing and could be considered the Formula 1 of the two-wheeled world. Current series point leader and seven-time Grand Prix World Championship title winner Valentino Rossi has a habit of debuting a new helmet design at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, and this year’s design did not fail [...]

It’s supposed to be common sense. But somebody didn’t get it. A lake is not the place to park your Porsche 356.

A mechanic was suffering so much from rising fuel prices that he built himself the world’s smallest Hummer lookalike which does 60 miles to the gallon.
Andy Saunders, 45, used five cars to create the tiny, eco-friendly version of the notorious, gas-guzzling US road beast.
The auto-alchemist now rides around in the vehicle that does 60 miles [...]

Dad, I’ve totalled the (insert name of first car here).” Chances are that even if you haven’t had to use that phrase, you know someone who has. But in an unusual twist, Anthony Hamilton may be making the sheepish call to his son this morning.
Lewis Hamilton’s dad has put someone’s Carrera GT through a hedge [...]

Yes, it’s the one and only Fabulous Hudson Hornet. While many of the classic automobiles on display at the 2008 Orphan Car Show came from far and wide, the journey for this piece of racing history was merely across town. That’s because it now resides in the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum, a facility that was [...]

The driver of a Bugatti Veyron supercar was nicked by cops after racing a Ferrari on a motorway at 130mph.
Startled witnesses said the high-speed chase went on for at least ten minutes, with the cars weaving across all three lanes of the M27.
It ended when a pursuing police BMW caught up with the [...]

No Miss, that is not your private parking spot! Please remove your vehicle!

You can’t go more than a block or two in Berkeley without running across some sort of interesting old car; we saw the Jag XK140 that Herr Johnson shot for us last week, and now we’re going to look at a car that’s nearly as rare (though not quite as sought after). The Toyota Corona [...]

This, my friends, is why Clooney is the man. When you can dump a girl like this….

in your mid 40’s and know you can go out and pick up virtually any ridiculously hot girl from age 18-30 who will blow you at the drop of a hat.

The link between Volkswagen and Porsche is about to get stronger, but VW’s Swedish contingent has already created a special edition to honor the alliance. The VW Caddy has lived a staid life as a popular work truck in Europe, but the Swedes apparently think it could be so much more. So it’s releasing 250 [...]

Now you don’t…. At least not one you can cruise around with.

An international sensation was created by the launch of the BMW 507, which was considered one of the most beautiful cars of all time. It was a must have for many filmmakers and even the King of Rock’n’Roll, Elvis Presley.