Archive for the 'Coupes' Category

First Drive: 2010 Audi TTS Coupe

In the decade or so it’s been on the market, the Audi TT has become world renowned for its avant garde style, but it’s never ranked high as a true sports car. That perception changed recently thanks in large part to quattro GmbH — the performance division responsible for the mighty R8. The result […]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

GM scouring the globe for next Corvette design, first time looking beyond U.S

The Chevrolet Corvette is a uniquely American invention. It’s the quintessential sportscar from the land that brought us baseball and apple pie. Interesting, then, that General Motors would choose to seek out design studies from its various styling studios from all around the globe, particularly those in Europe.
According to AutoWeek, though, that’s just what […]

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Leakage alert: Audi RS5 brochure images surface ahead of 2010 Geneva Motor Show

Ever since the Audi A5 mid-size executive coupe was born 3 years ago, reports of a high-performance RS variant have been teasing us. Finally, the wait is over.
Goog thing we checked our inbox today because we received an anonymous email containing 18 full-resolution photos of the Audi RS 5. Simultaneously, we also received […]

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

BMW announces start-stop system and Competition package for M3, M Sport for X5

BMW has released further information and photos about the 2011 M3 Competition Package.
Available this spring, the Competition Package is offered on the M3 Coupe and the M3 Sedan. It features a lowered suspension (ride height is reduced 10mm), light alloy wheels, a specially developed ’sport’ mode (part of the Electronic Damping Control), and a revised […]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

What would a new VW Corrado look like? Patrick Moczarsky thinks he knows

Just about every Volkswagen aficionado who knows the Corrado has thoughts about the chunky coupe. Introduced in 1988 to replace the aging-yet-still-cool Scirocco, VW first “full-blooded sports car” went nuts with tech and equally nuts with pricing. The Corrado’s VR6 engine and speed-reactive rear spoiler couldn’t get people past the steep cost of entry, and […]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Toyota ‘Gs’ performance division in the works

Be still our hearts. A Toyota post that doesn’t involve a recall. Instead, we’ve got an unsurprising report about ToMoCo’s plans to start a new, in-house performance division dubbed “Gs” sometime in 2010.
Earlier this month, Toyota trotted out three models wearing a new line of performance parts at the Tokyo Auto Salon under the “Toyota […]

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

First Drive: 2011 BMW 335is - Munich finally builds a special one for U.S.

It’s fair to say that few automobiles have ridden atop their segment for as long as the BMW 3 Series has managed. Admittedly, there have been occasional frights from other German automakers or the odd Asian upstart, but it’s as if Munich’s engineers long ago brokered some sweetheart deal with the devil, so total […]

Monday, February 1st, 2010