BMW Sauber wants to charge for its first Grand Prix victory in 2008, team boss Mario Theissen said on Sunday.
The German squad’s Motorsport Director revealed to reporters at the ‘World Finals’ event at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia that the current goal ‘is to have a package with which we can go for victories […]

The data doesn’t make any sense. We’re tearing our collective hair out trying to determine why the track-test numbers from our 2007 BMW 335i test car are so far off.
Our freshly minted 3 Series twin-turbo coupe has not only eclipsed BMW’s own impressive performance figures — by a ton — it’s also smoked those of […]

Santa Monica - Hyundai realized that the previous Elantra was a rather conventional feeling car and has upgraded the 2007 Elantra with more personal touches that gives it a more sophisticated look and feel than the previous model.
The exterior upgrades include distinctive headlamps, bold hood design, chrome accented grille, an aggressive looking lower air intake […]

The Jeep Wrangler is a true American icon, with an identity that dates back to the Willys MB of the World War II era, and continued through the Jeep CJ. It gets its most significant update ever for 2007, and is larger, more comfortable, and more capable both on or off of pavement. For the […]

Last week’s test car, Toyota’s compact Corolla, was a pleasant surprise. The last Corolla I drove was a little white one from the early 80s - my daughter Stephanie’s high school and college car. She named it Skippy. She bought it with 125,000 miles already spent and drove it about seven years. Skippy was approaching […]

The auto industry’s development of hydrogen fuel cell-powered prototypes during the past two decades serves as a textbook example of the ups and downs one typically sees when a new and potentially paradigm-shifting technology is being introduced. The first fuel-cell R & D platform from a major car maker, Daimler-Benz’s 1994 NECAR I, was a […]

The Honda Civic has been voted Semperit Irish Car of the Year 2007 by the Irish Motoring Writers Association. The announcement was made at an awards ceremony today in the Pavilion at Leopardstown Racecourse attended by leading figures from the motor industry.
The results were as follows:
1. Honda Civic 94 points
2. Ford S-MAX 77 points
3. […]

At a top speed of 135mph and the ability to go from 0-60mph in less than four seconds, you’d think the new Tesla Roadster would be a gas guzzlin’ fiend, but this new car is 100% electric and can cruise up to 300mi before it has to recharge. It can power up in about 3.5 […]

It’s a big year at Suzuki, which adds its largest vehicle to its U.S. lineup.
The newly revamped Suzuki XL7 debuts for 2007 as a bigger, five- and seven-passenger crossover sport utility vehicle that’s longer, wider and heavier than its predecessor. The XL7 also is restyled, inside and out, has a more powerful V-6 than before […]

Japan’s second largest automobile manufacturer Nissan Motor Company on Thursday scrapped plans of setting up a car plant in India with Suzuki Motor Corporation. Instead, Nissan is negotiating with French major Renault and Mahindra & Mahindra for the plant.
“Nissan is in active discussion with Renault and Mahindra & Mahindra for a new partnership and will […]