Gumball 3000 set for 11th running with Los Angeles to Miami rally
The infamous Gumball Rally is scheduled to start this weekend, and participants have started to gather in the Los Angeles area for the start of the race tomorrow. We caught up with several of the cars in Santa Monica this afternoon, already prepped with their unique liveries and vinyl wraps. The rally will officially start [...]
BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo Concept
BMW is back at it again with the 5 Series Gran Turismo concept, inventing categories that don’t yet exist with a vehicle that isn’t quite a sedan, wagon, crossover or SUV. Instead, the Bavarian automaker refers to its new vehicle as a Progressive Activity Sedan, which apparently means that it’s a fastback wagon that sits [...]
320-hp, twin-turbo Opel Insignia spied ahead of Geneva debut
General Motors’ Opel division has been hard at work on a performance version of its hot new Insignia, the reigning European Car of the Year, and the first spy shot – probably snapped on someone’s camera phone – has surfaced online. To be sold as the Vauxhall Insignia VXR in the UK and as the [...]
Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe caught in the buff
The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe has been caught in the clear — almost nude — with just a little tape around the lights and decklid at a company presentation in Mallorca. We’ll have to spend some time with that sculpted flank in person just to make sure, but in pictures, the former E-Class and CLK [...]
