Posted in Auto News on Jul 13th, 2010
You may not see as many station wagons on the road today as you do SUVs, but consumer interest in the lengthy family cars may be growing. Check out Wired’s list of coveted lean, mean vacation-worthy machines. Included in the list, the fabulous 1970s-era Oldsmobile Vista-Cruiser (pictured) which featured the mother of all automobile skylights. [...]
Posted in Auto News on May 24th, 2010
In addition to being the largest auto mall in the world, the brobdingnagian Autopia Europia will offer auto shoppers a rooftop race track on which they can test drive cars before they drive them home. Currently under construction, the 708,661 square-foot auto mall in Istanbul, Turkey will also include 56 separate bars inside. Regardless of [...]
Posted in Auto News on May 4th, 2010
BMW wasn’t always known as the “the ultimate driving machine.” On April 28, 1940, the carmaker achieved its greatest auto racing success, winning the inaugural Gran Premio Brescia dell Mille Miglia. With their small, powerful engines and outstanding handling, BMW’s team of 328 racers won third, fifth and sixth place in the historic race. Seventy [...]
Posted in Auto News on Apr 6th, 2010
The Volkswagen Beetle is set to make another comeback. This will be the Bug’s second return — the first was in 1998. (Digital image of what the next-gen VW Beetle may look like.) And although it will still look like the original Beetle — rounded hood, round headlamps and tail lamps, and separate fenders covering [...]