News for 24 September 2010
Jens Walther has been named president and CEO of Porsche Motorsport North America, the automaker said Friday.
Walther, 41, will take over for Paul Ritchie, who has retired.
Walther managed Porsche’s One-Make Cup program before his appointment. …
Subaru said its next-generation, horizontally opposed engine will debut this year in the Forester and deliver a 10 percent boost in fuel economy.
The four-cylinder engine, which will come in displacements of either 2.0 or 2.5 …
Leica, the German camera maker, introduced the Walter de’Silva-designed Leica M9 Titanium edition camera recently at Photokina, the biannual photo gathering in Germany.
De’Silva, head of design for Volkswagen and responsible for designing the Audi A5 …
Infiniti plans to launch its first luxury electric vehicle in the United States and other global markets in 2013.
Nissan Motor Co.’s luxury division said Friday that the Infiniti EV will be “a stylish, high performance …
Here is some extreme tunning performed on the Audi TT model, which looks awfully similar to the car in iRobot starring Will Smith. The smooth and curvy appeal of this car gives the impression …
WITH VIDEO — Eric Lazar grew up a Southern California kid, “playing all sports: skateboarding, surfing, racing motocross and traveling the world.”
When he grew up, Lazar was a burly Teamster truck driver, working in the …
Italian design firm Pininfarina is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. Ferrari is paying homage to Sergio and Andrea Pininfarina with a limited edition car named the SA Aptera, which is based on the Ferrari …
EXECUTIVE EDITOR–AUTOWEEK.COM BOB GRITZINGER: After recently driving the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, I didn’t think I’d find something to top that car for quite some time. The 2011 Nissan GT-R may just be that car. Not …
Here is some extreme tuning performed on the Audi TT model, which looks awfully similar to the car in iRobot starring Will Smith. The smooth and curvy appeal of this car gives the impression …
