This year is Alfa Romeo’s centenary and in honor of the occasion the automaker is planning a series of special events, including the unveiling of a brand new model on June 24, 2010–the automaker’s actual birthday. This new model is expected to be a high-performance ‘GTA’ version of the 8C Competizione supercar but according to a new…

Remember the Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta? If not, we’re sure you at least remember the multi-million dollar Pininfarina designed P4/5 based on the Ferrari Enzo. Both cars were special one-offs designed and developed exclusively for their respective well-heeled owners, and if you too fancy your very own custom Ferrari the automaker offers a…

When General Motors shut down Saturn late last year, it lost more than a quarter of its sales of hybrid vehicles. Saturn, with no V-8 models, full-size SUVs or pickups, was GM’s most fuel-efficient brand and was second only to Chevrolet for overall hybrid sales with its Vue and Aura mild-hybrid models. Saturn also planned to launch a new…

The latest generation W204 Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been on sale since 2007 and is now due for its mid-cycle facelift. As these latest spy shots reveal, Mercedes-Benz designers won’t be mucking around with the stylish look of the current model, instead choosing to focus on only minor changes such as new bumper and wheel designs, and…

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Infiniti brand, and in celebration, the company has announced special limited-production Anniversary Editions of the G Coupe, Convertible and Sedan. Only 200 units of the Coupe and Convertible will be built, while the sedan will get a 350-car run. Special features for the Anniversary Editions include…

We’ve pleaded our case to Honda to start a CR-Z spec series, and we’ve weighed its merits against the CRX. Now the tuners at Noblesse have tried their hand at adapting the sport-aspiring hybrid for the track, and the fruits of the labor are in the video below. As you can see, the driver is definitely not taking it easy on the car, and it looks to…

Hybrid or electric supercars are the hot new thing among the Germans, with Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric due in a few years, and Audi working on the e-tron electric super sportscar. Now it looks like Porsche is planning to dip its toes into production of a hybrid supercar with the 918 Spyder. We’re looking forward to it, but we’re not holding our…

The latest victim of the world’s automotive meltdown is Mitsubishi’s Ralliart division, according to a letter sent to customers today. Mitsubishi president Masao Taguchi explained the decision in light of slow sales over the past two years. It’s not a complete shutdown, but it’s a serious “scaling down” of business activities–including the…

The story of the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro is one intertwined from the beginning. The Mustang came first in mid-1964, offering bang-for-the-buck performance in a sleek package. Three years later, the Camaro answered with its own take on the idea. Cut to 43 years later, and the battle rages on. Today, we take a look at the V-6 versions of…

The Mustang is one of the oldest nameplates in the automotive world–and rightly so. Since its debut on April 17 at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, the Ford Mustang has stood for affordable performance and till this day it remains America’s only pony car to stay in uninterrupted production over four decades of development and revisions. The…