Driving Sports

2011 Corvette Z06 “Carbon” Revealed

MediaSpigot LLC — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:13:42 +0000

We took a trip to Detroit last week to tour the Pratt & Miller Corvette Racing facility and see the new C6.R being built for the GT2 class at this year's Le Mans – but at the end of the tour, along with a sumptuous lunch, we got a special treat: the 2011 Corvette Z06 [...]

Chrysler to Support Live In-Car TV

MediaSpigot LLC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:22:47 +0000

Chrysler is set to begin channeling live, mobile TV into Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles. The company will showcase its new technology in a Ram 2500 at the 2010 Dallas Auto Show. Chrysler will become the first automaker in the United States to offer live, mobile TV to consumers in over 100 U.S. metropolitan areas. [...]

New Mercedes E-Class 350 4Matic Hits The Spot

MediaSpigot LLC — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:50:02 +0000

The Mercedes-Benz E class is their top of the line luxury passenger car. In prior years the E class did not always rise very far above the entry level (for Mercedes) C class cars, but the new E350 is a true premium Mercedes. What’s even better is that the price tag for this bundle of [...]

2011 Mustang – 305 Horsepower and 30 MPG

MediaSpigot LLC — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:22:21 +0000

The official EPA ratings on the 2011 Ford Mustang V6 were completed this week. The big news is that the EPA certified that 2011 Mustang models equipped with the 305-hp 3.7-liter V-6 and available six-speed automatic transmission achieve 31 mpg on the highway and 19 mpg in the city. The standard six-speed manual transmission is [...]

Extra! Porsche 918 Spyder, Rally America Round 2

MediaSpigot LLC — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:03:16 +0000

Porsche's new 918 concept breaks cover and it's a stunner. Economy, power, speed all in one wickedly sexy package. Then, we're off to Missouri where Ken Block is gunning for his fifth straight win at the 100 Acre Wood Rally, Round 2 of the Rally America Championship.

Ken Block Looks for Fifth Win at 100AW Rally

MediaSpigot LLC — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:11:19 +0000

Though he suffered a DNF at the first event of the season, Sno*Drift, Ken Block has never fared well in the season kick-off event. Therefore, it's with great interest we now look to Round 2 and the 100 Acre Wood Rally (100AW) in Salem, Missouri, to see if Block can make magic happen behind the [...]

Lotus Announces Hybrid Evora Concept Details – Including Recorded Engine Noise!

MediaSpigot LLC — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:34:58 +0000

Lotus has announced details on the Evora 414E Hybrid concept. This car features a plug-in series hybrid drive system and new technologies for enhanced driver involvement. • 0-60 mph (97 kph) in under 4 seconds • Total hybrid range of over 300 miles (483 kilometers) • Eco mode or Sports mode featuring realistic 7-speed paddle shift with energy [...]

Everybody Piles On Toyota – Even Hollywood

MediaSpigot LLC — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:08:05 +0000

It's not a good week to be Toyota. Every day, the news wire rattles and hums with stories of every ambulance-chasing attorney from sea to shining sea jumping on board to sue the world's largest automaker for every fender-bender in the last 10 years. As if that wasn't enough, Toyota now has customers suing because the [...]

Chinese Won’t Receive Hummer from GM

MediaSpigot LLC — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:06:10 +0000

General Motors today announced that Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co., Ltd. (known colloquially as Tengzhong) was unable to complete the acquisition of HUMMER. As a result, GM will begin the orderly wind-down of the HUMMER operations. "One year ago, General Motors announced that we were going to divest HUMMER, as part of focusing our efforts [...]

2010 Ford Transit Connect – Birth of the Funky-Cool

MediaSpigot LLC — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:53:05 +0000

Ford has scored a huge win with the new 2010 Transit Connect. This funky-cool and infinitely adaptable vehicle is fun to drive and economical to buy - so much that it is breaking the boundary between commercial and personal vehicles. Commercial vehicles are known for being bare-bones models - not much fun to drive, but reliable. [...]