This morning at the start of the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany, the Porsche 918 Hybrid supercar made its world production debut and with that debut came the announcement that the new Porsche had shattered the previous Nürburgring production street car record set by the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR back in 2011 – with the new 918 hybrid turning in an incredible lap time of 6 minutes and 57 seconds.
General Motors has announced the official power ratings for the 6.2L V8 engine that powers the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and the 2014 GMC Sierra – numbers that make the new top of the line GM half ton pickups the most powerful available on the market today.
General Motors and the EPA have announced the fuel economy ratings for the 2014 Chevrolet Malibu lineup and in a surprising move, the new base model Malibu with a conventional 2.5L 4-cylinder engine offers identical fuel economy numbers to the higher priced Malibu Eco hybrid – leaving many to question why someone would pay the extra money for the hybrid package.
Lexus pulls back the curtain on its first all-new vehicle in years at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, and it is going to shake up the premium compact crossover market.
I recently had a chance to log some miles behind the wheel of the 2014 Toyota Tundra and there weren’t just any miles – they were miles driven in some of the most scenic roads in the United States as we traveled around the Smokey Mountains.
Volkswagen, late to the game of electrified cars, says they have the technology lined up and ready to use across the vehicles manufactured by Volkswagen Group companies.
There are lots of pictures of the next generation 2015 Ford Mustang floating around the internet but the one shown above which was discovered by the folks at The Mustang Source at Mustang6g.com is the best that I have seen thus far – although it paints a picture that could be very controversial if the production model does look similar to what is shown above.
