With the death of BMW's M5 V-10 engine, Wiesmann recently made the jump to another BMW powerplant: the twin-turbo, 4.4-liter V-8 found in BMW's own cars--including the beefy 555-horsepower M variant. One of the two engines will be under the hood of the Spyder concept announced by the company for unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show in just over a ...
The best non-news of the day comes from Buick: the 2011 Buick Regal Turbo is flex-fuel capable, meaning it can run on either E85 or gasoline. We're not terribly excited (E85 still isn't all that common in most places), but we are looking forward to the first pure ethanol tune. The E85 capability means that, with typical production-car overhead ...
In this duo of videos, we get our first look at the 2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid in action. As expected, it looks every inch the standard Panamera--poised, fast, and capable--but with the added benefit of a hybrid drivetrain. When the Panamera hybrid was revealed last week, we took a comparative look at its pricing and performance relative to ...
Every gamer who's ever lapped a track in Forza or Gran Turismo has wondered how the real track would compare. Canada's Sympatico.ca Autos gave driver Brian Makse the chance to compare the games to the world's toughest racetrack. — Ed ... More » ...
German tuner Ruf, in partnership with Siemens and the German Environmental Ministry, is rolling out a test fleet of 10 eRuf vehicles, based on the Porsche 911 ...