It’s hard to believe it’s been two decades since Mazda first showed the world how to build a classic British sports car right. The roadster known as the Miata and MX-5 at different times and places around the world is 20 years old and to celebrate, Mazda has invited 200 examples and their owners from [...]

Given that the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe is now on sale in Europe, the appearance of various upgrades by Brabus should come as no surprise. In typical Brabus fashion, the available options include everything from power increases to new wheel and tires. For added power, Brabus punches out the standard 5.5-liter V8 to 6.1-liters, New camshafts, [...]

You may have seen various reports earlier this week concerning the underpinnings of the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class coupe. The thrust of the story was the claim that the new midsize coupe was actually built on the smaller C-Class platform instead of the larger, more expensive E-Class sedan architecture. According to Mercedes-Benz that’s not entirely accurate. [...]

The car industry’s design shakeup isn’t over yet, folks. Today has already seen a new head of design at Volvo and at Ford of the Americas, but now the former Ford-family brand, Mazda, has also decided to change things up. Replacing Laurens van den Acker, Ikuo Maeda takes the helm of Mazda’s design department starting [...]

With a name like 2010 Cayenne GTS Porsche® Design Edition 3, how can you resist this $89,000 SUV? Set for export to the U.S. in limited quantities, this gussied up Cayenne GTS features special paint, standard 21-inch SportPlus wheels and sport stripes. The interior gets black leather with contrasting red stitching and Alcantara inserts. In [...]

Actually the GT-R has been breaking the law since last year. Before then, the Japanese car industry kept its high-performance cars below a ceiling of 280 horsepower, an unwritten, yet very real limit established by the Japanese government back in 1989. But the Nissan GT-R shattered the glass ceiling with its 480-hp twin-turbo V6. And [...]

In response to the weak business environment, Mitsubishi announced layoffs totaling 140 employees in its Sales and Credit divisions this morning. The two divisions continue to employee roughly 400 people at Mitsubishi’s Cypress, CA headquarters. In a statement released by the company, Mr. Shinichi Kurihara, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors North America, said, “It is with [...]

With every new Mercedes, there is a new chance for German tuner Brabus to make it better – or uglier depending on your taste for aftermarket bodywork. In this case, Brabus has taken the upcoming 2010 Mercedes-Benz E550 sedan and punched out its 5.5-liter engine to 6.1-liters. Combined with new camshafts and a reprogrammed ECU, [...]