Maybe you want a Volkswagen Beetle that does more than merely get noticed. Maybe you want a Beetle that… provokes. If so, you need to give German tuner ABT Sportsline a call. Tweaks are made to the 2.0-liter turbo that add 40 horsepower. A front spoiler, wheels anywhere from 18 to 20 inches, and oval tailipes boost the [...]
Subcompacts are about to get the kind of overhaul we usually reserve for a trip to Auto Glass. Following in the recent trend of the major U.S automakers revamping the image of a compact, Chevrolet’s 2012 Sonic sedan has hit the market, brandishing 14.1 inches of additional trunk space over its predecessor the Sonic hatchback. [...]
You’re forgiven if you’ve already forgotten the Vygor Opera, a crossover coupe that makes the BMW X6 andAcura ZDX look sensible. Now, the Tuscany-based operation has unveiled a second take on the concept: the Opera.2. It’s not an early replacement for the Opera.1. The Opera.2 offers buyers (at whatever stage of psychotherapy they might currently stand) a slightly different design [...]
General Motors is recalling around 38,000 Pontiac G8 sedans from its 2008 and 2009 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that the cars may have a passenger-side airbag flaw that might prevent proper deployment in certain scenarios. According to NHTSA, the airbag might not adequately protect a fifth percentile woman – that is, a woman around [...]
You just can’t catch a break in this world if your name is Maybach. The superlux Daimler division has had trouble selling enough vehicles to seriously challenge the likes of Bentley and Rolls-Royce – divisions of arch-rivals Volkswagen and BMW, respectively. It can’t seem to broker a viable deal with Aston Martin to produce a new range. Even that one-off Exelero wasn’t paid for in full after being purchased by a [...]
