by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2013
The European automotive market may be melting down but you’d be hard-pressed to tell by the wide range of exotic sports and luxury cars that have been making their debut at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Among those weighing in are Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2013
Pumping out a neck-snapping 475-horsepower, the new Porsche 911 GT3 is designed to deliver track performance and on-road manners. The fastest and most powerful version of the flagship sports car the German maker has ever introduced, the new GT3 is about more than just...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2013
Forget guns – or car keys – it’s the cellphone you’ll have to pry out of the cold, dead hand of the typical Millennial, according to a new survey. Brought up on social media, they’re as likely as not to stay home and text friends as drive over for a night out, found...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2013
With its unique, spaceship like design and an engine capable of launching it to a top speed of 250 mph, the Bugatti Veyron has more than occasionally been described as a “work of art.” That term now truly applies, the French-based supercar maker rolling into the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2013
Toyota has taken a can opener to its wildly popular FT-86 sports car. Well, not quite, but the new FT-86 Open concept it is previewing at this week’s Geneva Motor Show is the long-rumored convertible version of the pint-sized 2+2. A thinly disguised production model,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2013
Chevrolet has lifted the lid on the fastest and most powerful convertible it has ever brought to market, a ragtop version of the seventh-generation Corvette sports car that, in coupe form, was one of the stars of the Detroit Motor Show barely two months ago. The new...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2013
Ford has been completely updating its people-mover family – what Americans prefer to call minivans – in recent months, and the latest version of the Tourneo Courier is making its debut at this week’s Geneva Motor Show. Why does that matter to American motorists?...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2013
The Volkswagen Golf has been named the European Car of the Year for 2013, beating out a wide array of alternatives from around the world. The seventh-generation VW hatchback soundly beat out its closest competitors in balloting by 58 automotive journalists from 22...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2013
Like a well-toned athlete, Automobili Lamborghini is aging gracefully, and to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Italian maker will roll out the 222 mph Veneno. That’s not the number that’s likely to take your breath away, however. Lambo plans to produce only three...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2013
To Europeans, it may go by the decidedly un-hip name of the new Golf Variant but motorists back in the States could soon know it as the next-generation Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen. As they say, a rose by any other name…Volkswagen hopes this one will smell sweet to...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 4, 2013
While battery power has severe range restrictions, automakers see great potential for small city car applications. But with the e-Co-Motion concept it unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show this week, Volkswagen has yet another opportunity in mind. The German maker’s truck...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2013
Most of its staff have already been dismissed and now start-up battery-car maker Coda Automotive is closing its flagship showroom, raising questions about whether Coda can hang on much longer without finding a new buyer or some big-buck investors. Coda, which has been...
