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Musk hopes to assemble the Model S at a rate of 20,000 per year. A Sport model is planned for after launch. Musk expects a $7500 federal tax credit on electric vehicles of a certain size will defray the price to $49,900. That is, again, if everything goes to plan. So far, little about Musk’s various post-PayPal enterprises, including a solar-panel installation business and a rocket factory, has fol...
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Audi is getting serious with its performance line of SUVs. The RS Q3 concept debuted less than two months ago, and now the German premium manufacturer is using the 24 Hours of Le Mans race to launch the production version of a high-performance Q5 diesel called the SQ5 TDI. Based on the recently face-lifted Q5, the SQ5 TDI is powered by the twin-turbo 3.0-liter diesel V-6 in the A6 TDI Avant. The tu...
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Two of today’s best known urban brands have combined to create a unique Nissan Juke Ministry of Sound limited edition model. Nissan is extending its relationship with London-based clubbing and electronic dance music authority Ministry of Sound in the form of an exciting new limited edition Juke. The bold Ministry of Sound badged newcomer will be available across Europe from September, with just 3,0...
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2012 Lumma Design Porsche Cayenne
The S Hybrid, with a power increase to 450 BHP, forms the basis for the special “orange metallic” painted LUMMA Cayenne. The impressive, centrally positioned three-tube system dominates the view from the rear. The parts attached to the exterior – using visible carbon fibre – along with the LUMMA Racing 3 9.5 x 20-inch forged wheels, which have all been sprayed the same color as the car body, reinfo...
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It’s been almost two years since Dodge built a Viper. Production of the last-gen car—which was nearly the last in the “final” sense of the word—ceased in summer of 2010, but it’s again time to give thanks to the gods of internal-combustion barbarism: The new Viper is debuting at the New York auto show. But it’s no longer called a Dodge; now it’s just the SRT Viper. Since the beginning, the Viper’s ...
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This is our first official look at the 2013 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, which will replace the aging 599 GTB Fiorano in Ferrari’s lineup after its debut on the world stage at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. While the F12 Berlinetta’s general profile roughly resembles that of its predecessor, there’s not a single bit of sheetmetal shared between the two cars. Styled by longtime design partner Pininfarina, t...
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The big news is the availability of a new seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch transmission across the R8 range, with Audi finally deciding to do away with the clunky R tronic automated manual that plagued the previous model. A conventional six-speed manual is still available on some models, however. The other major update is the addition of a new range-topping R8 V10 plus model. At the front of all th...
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2012 RENM Lamborghini Aventador Limited Edition Corsa
I actually did a PhotoShop render shortly after Lamborghini unveiled the Aventador J or Jota at the 2012 Geneva Auto Show showing a closed coupé version of the one of a kind Jota, and I must admit it did look rather well, somehow I think the idea caught some interest, and as great minds think alike behold the Lamborghini Aventador Limited Edition Corsa by Renm Performance … combining some elements ...
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2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed
Bentley had finished proliferating its initial Continental line, first offered as a coupe for 2004, no fewer than eight models were on the docket, including convertible and sedan body styles with 552-hp 12-cylinder engines, 600-hp “Speed” versions of all three, and for coupe and ragtop models, lighter Supersports versions with 621 hp. Now, with the second-generation Continental GT coupe on sale aro...
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2012 Volkswagen E-Bugster Speedster Concept
The Beetle! – it is the successor to an automotive icon. The new car is considered the sportiest Beetle ever. Now Volkswagen has shown, in an Asian premiere at 2012 Auto China in Beijing, how this sportiness can also be transferred to a Beetle with pure electric drive. The Volkswagen E-Bugster was specially designed for this mission: a two-seat Beetle speedster, 85 kW in power, 0 to 100 km/h in 10....
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