Miscellaneous Car Blog

General Motors announced that it will build a new data center in Warren, MI, a project totaling $130 million. By renovating and expanding an existing building located on its Technical Center campus, GM plans to turn a former administrative office building into a modern energy-efficient IT command center. As part ...    Read more

The Isle of Man TT Motorcycle Race is, given the name, used to seeing lots of two-wheelers. This year, Subaru’s four-wheeled Impreza WRX STI will stand apart from the crowd and take on the island’s narrow and twisty roads, but it’s not the first time a car has tackled the ...    Read more

Hypothetical Question: Can the underdog 700 hp Chevrolet Corvette beat the mighty 1024 hp Koenigsegg CCX in the quarter mile? What about the standing mile? Russian-based DragTimesInfo decided to find out – and they documented the results with the video below. SPOILER ALERT: The Z06 blazes past the finish line ...    Read more

We all know that distracted driving is dangerous, and that we all should probably put down our phones when we get a text message while behind the wheel. BMW agrees that the phones need to be put away and have created a public service announcement video featuring overprotective parents all ...    Read more

Deliveries of the first Chevy Caprice police cars to law enforcement agencies are underway, according to Automotive News. Quietly inserted into GM’s monthly sales release for May, the automaker reported that 23 fleet-only Caprice models were sold. According to Automotive News, these cars were the Detective versions, not ...    Read more

During the traditional bout of speed-based insanity known as the Texas Mile, a 1000 horsepower Ford GT built by Hennessey managed to post a 235-mph run last weekend. Want to know what it feels like watching the speedometer needle blitz past the mark for Ludicrous Speed? Check out ...    Read more

BMW’s striking 328 Hommage concept made its debut at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy, commemorating the 75th birthday of the original BMW 328 roadster from the 1930s. A new video from BMW gives more detail on the concept car’s design, and highlights its similarities to the ...    Read more

Volkswagen isn't afraid to build vehicles in North America in order to dominate the U.S. market, but it seems the number of V-Dub models built on our continent may soon grow by one. According Reuters, the company is considering building the Tiguan compact crossover in North America, potentially allowing the ...    Read more

Toyota’s plan to restructure the relationship between the Japan-based headquarters and its regional offices are underway in North America. Any issues and development of products sold in the region no longer go through Japan for approval. The changes will result in “a powerful improvement in timing and design,” said ...    Read more

Did you ever want to recreate your Hot Wheels V-Drop Super Velocity Track Set in life-size when you were a kid? If you said “yes” you’re apparently not the only one -- and you possibly enjoyed the stunt recently performed at the 2011 Indianapolis 500. Team Hot Wheels built a ...    Read more

The Indy 500 centennial celebration is underway, and businesses are banking on commemorative goodies geared specifially toward the large Indy 500 fan base. The U.S. Senate even augmented the celebration by passing a resolution that officially recognizes the race. Ray Harroun, winner of the first Indianapolis 500, is highlighted on 50 ...    Read more

The excitement of the Le Mans race can be felt in Southern California, where big names involved in the race’s history will gather to commemorate “The King of Cool,” Steve McQueen. Thanks in part to his pet project -- the film Le Mans -- family and friends of the legend ...    Read more

Chrysler’s Motor Village in downtown Los Angeles, which opened early this year, could soon be shut down due to an investigation by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Chrysler currently sells its full range of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Fiat vehicles at the $30 million, 189,000-square foot store, but ...    Read more

Getting into a fender bender is a crappy situation, especially when it’s your fault. You curse yourself over and over again for making such a dumb mistake. This Bugatti Veyron driver knows that feeling, a million times-fold. Although the announcer in the video is speaking another language, ...    Read more

Leading up to the 100th anniversary of the Indy 500, IndyCar dug up some footage of the very first running of one of the world’s most famous races. An excerpt from an old news reel, this video condenses the first Indy 500 into just three and a half ...    Read more

After crunching the sheetmetal of 13 new small cars, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has determined that the 2012 Ford Focus, 2012 Honda Civic four-door, Hyundai Elantra, Lexus CT 200h, Nissan Juke, and Toyota Prius qualify for Top Safety Pick status. To qualify for Top Safety Pick status, a vehicle ...    Read more

In an effort to lure more customers into dealerships, Hyundai will offer a free three-month subscription to XM satellite radio for Certified Pre-Owned vehicles. Hyundai and Sirius XM Radio announced Tuesday that they are extending the benefit already available to new car buyers to purchasers of Certified Pre-Owned Hyundais factory-equipped ...    Read more

The 2012 Volkswagen Passat built in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was designed and built expressly for North American consumers, but VW officials apparently fear the new car may be purchased and exported by Europeans looking for a sweet deal. As we reported earlier this morning, pricing for ...    Read more

June is not only the start of summer vacations and construction zones, but it is also one of the busiest driving periods of the summer. For these reasons the National Motorists Association has designated June “Lane Courtesy Month.” We’ve all become frustrated when we happen upon a slow moving car in ...    Read more

The folks at eBay have released an iPhone app for eBay Motors, allowing users to browse, buy or sell cars and accessories on the go. Downloaded 5900 times last Thursday, the free download was selected as the featured app in Apple’s app store. On top of integrating all ...    Read more

Women are known to be more emotional by nature, which might lead one to believe they would stress a lot more when stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, but a study conducted in the United Kingdom proves the latter. A team of psychologists for TomTom tested volunteers by measuring stress chemicals found ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz's best technologies have long been selling points for its large S-Class flagship, but there's apparently a push within the company to apply those same features on its new range of subcompact offerings, including the new A- B-Class models. Why? Mercedes believes packing their vehicles with such ...    Read more

The BMW 328 Hommage unveiled this weekend is definitely stunning and polarizing, but it isn’t BMW's first  concept to have been inspired by the original 328 racecar. Some of you diehard 328 fans might recall BMW’s previous concept inspired from the original racecar. In 2006 the automaker unveiled the BMW ...    Read more

Need to rebody your sixth-generation Chevrolet Corvette? If so, then German tuner Endora may have the vehicle for you. It's new SC-1 coupe, which it bills as "a classic sports car design with modern technology," is little more than a C6 Vette wrapped in unique -- if not unusual -- ...    Read more

This year marks the 50th birthday of the Volvo P1800, one of the Swedish brand’s most beautiful and iconic designs ever crafted. The P1800 came 56th in our April, 2009 list of the 100 coolest cars of history. As such, Volvo is celebrating the 1961 launch of its “most ...    Read more