It’s true that the British coach builderkeeps teasing us with the "New Bentley", but the Arnage’s successor stood no chance against the spy photographers who caught it undisguised out of the company’s headquarters in Crewe, England.
Even if the car has no name yet, you can easily see its design is much more modern than the car it replaces. With this new model, Bentley has decided to deliver a big set of heads aches to Rolls Royce. The new Arnage will come with an imposing front end, made up of a pair of oversized chrome mesh with some rather large LED lit headlamps.
We don’t normally make a practice of criticising our friends from Australia but just this one time, we’re left with no choice.
We’ve learned that the country’s advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standard Bureau has made a decision to ban the new BMW Z4 ‘Expressions of Joy’ campaign from Australian television.
We’d understand if there was some sort of justification as to why the advertisement met enough opposition to ban it, but according to the ASB, they decided to dismiss the ad because it promoted ‘car hoons to spin and burn their tyres’.
Say that again?
If you haven’t seen the ad, it pretty much involves a BMW Z4 driving on top of an enormous white canvas with trails of pain on its tires. As it drives around, it paints the canvas into the artwork that was envisioned by Robin Rhode and director Jake Scott. While the car doe do a number of drift-worthy spins, it does so under the banner of ‘art’, which apparently, the ASB misconstrued as promoting dangerous driving.
From August 10-16, the entire automotive world will converge at Monterey, California for the highly awaited – and internationally acclaimed – Monterey Car Week show and exhibit.
The week-long festivity is a must-attend event for all car enthusiasts all over the world. Featuring a steady diet of exhibits, races, auctions, and award ceremonies spread out in seven days, the Monterey Car Week is shaping up to be an event to be remembered.
In addition to the plethora of activities lined up, the Monterey Car Week will also be attended by a number of the world’s most distinguished auto makers, many of whom will bring some of their most expensive and historical vehicles to the event.
We’re not usually this excited in attending a car festivals, but this particular Monterey Car Week is one that we’ve circled in our calendars for a long time. Not only is it going to be as good as advertised, but the week-long extravaganza is replete with can’t-miss activities and events that – it’s safe to say – has us counting down the days to August 10.
For more information on the event, as well as a glimpse of what’s in store at the Monterey Car Week, don’t hesitate to pay a visit to their website at the link below.
Chevrolet recently offered Top Speed the opportunity meet the man responsible for the sculpted shoulders you see in the side mirrors when sitting behind the wheel of the 2010 Camaro. One would think that the lead exterior designer for the rebirth of and American icon would be wearing blue jeans, cowboy boots and a straw hat. However, that was not the case with our new friend Luciano Nakamura, and to be honest it was a very similar case with the for the rest of the Camaro’s design team, made up of quite a multicultural group of talented engineers. Luciano tuned out to be a very cool fellow, but at first there was a sudden sense that we should feel intimidated by this all powerful General Motors representative. When we first met, the Camaro’s lead exterior designer stretched out his arm to greet us through his creation’s narrow window opening, all you could make out was a mysterious figure accessorized by the rings on his outstretched fingers and the silhouette of a cap and the glare of sunglasses. The person we got to know turned out to be a humble artist full of smiles who was much more eager to speak to us than the camera.
Participating in the creation of something like the new Camaro is every automotive enthusiasts dream, but for Luciano it was more like destiny. Named after the taxi driver that brought his Japanese missionary parents to the hospital so that they could bring little Luciano into the world, it was his fate from birth to bring the 21st century pony car to life. Mr. Nakamura then attended a technical high school with a focus on engineering in his native and at the age of 17 he received an internship with his native General Motors of Brazil where he was given the opportunity to learn about what it takes to make a car from the best place possible. While in Brazil, Luciano submitted some designs for a compact concept car that eventually came to life. Eventually he was brought to the U.S. where he was put to work with a team as diverse as Nakamura-san was, consisting of Russians, Canadians, Australians and many more nationalities to create the modern American muscle car.
In our time with Lucaino he was very eager to point out the Camaro’s sinister front end accented by a set of HID headlamps that come standard on the SS but V6 equipped cars can still get them with the RS pack. The lead exterior designer was also a big fan of the stylish 20 inch five spoke wheels that fill the negative space underneath the fenders very effectively. He was also keen on the sculpted creases that give the modern Camaro its classic coke bottle shape and powerful presence when viewed from behind. Speaking of the back end, the new pony car carries over the classic double round taillights from the Corvette and features a tasteful rear wing, standard on the SS and also available with the RS. The GM representative made sure to let us know that this is not the reinvention of the 1967 Camaro, but a 21st century performance machine that was inspired by classic Chevy.
First the Korean automaker was assuring to take over your payments in the event that you couldn’t pay your bills until the end of the year. Then they were paying you to buy one of their cars until the end of the year. Well if you are worried about the upcoming summer gas hike, Hyundai has got you covered once again. With a program called gas lock, the automaker is allowing customers to buy in to a program allowing them to purchase gasoline for only $1.49, quite reassuring with prices expected to exceed $3.00 in the near future.
Our question is why are all the incentive programs being offered until the end of the year? It would have been nice if you told us about these things back in January. At least with gas Gas Lock, Hyundai promises you up to a year’s worth of liquid. It looks like the deals will only be getting better as the seasons come and go, heck they will probably be giving away Genesis Coupe’s after Christmas, if so, we’ll be in line.
While $1.49 sounds good, mid-grade and high test will come at a premium, $1.64 and $1.79 respectively. However those prices aren’t bad either, even though the Lambda V6 has been tuned to run just fine on 87 octane.
The American automaker Dodge has announced that its models might be sold wearing Alfa Romeo badges in Europe. Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said that all Dodge models might be sold as Alfa Romeos in Europe, and all Alfa Romeo models as Dodges in the U.S. The cross breeding of cutures would certainly make for an interesting lineup. It makes sense after all, if an automaker is going to invest the amount of money it takes to produce a vehicle, why limit yourself to just one market.
According to Marchionne: "Dodge is the American muscle car, while Alfa Romeo is the European muscle car. How we dovetail these two brands is very important. The level of competition between these two brands is tremendous because they are both going after the same customer." The man from across the Atlantic had some pretty bold words to say, but it would be nice to have Vipers allowed in the Targa Florio.
There is a new hybrid super car coming from Japan that is set to debut sometime next year. If all goes well Tong Jian will be remembered amongst the greats such as Enzo Ferrari and Ferdinand Porsche; except for one thing Tong Jian is a Chinese figure skater. Perhaps the designers wanted to inspire the Tong Jian S11 to be as agile as the other speed machines that it resembles.
The car was designed by students from the Tongya University, and used a number of elements from super cars that are already on the market. The nose is a mix of Lamborghini scoops and Audi inspired headlights. The super car also features a pair of carbon fiber side scoops from an R8. Out back there are Ferrari inspired taillights and a powerfully round rear end that gives the S11 a GT-R like stance when viewed from behind. The Ferrari elements are carried over into the interior as well.
What should make electric automakers like Tesla take notice, is that the car will be powered to a combination of electric motors and internal combustion that will send power to all the four wheels. Could this be the next green super car?<
Touring car driver turned Fifth Gear host has a chance to compare two lightweight convertibles that you wouldn’t normally put in the same category. He admits to liking the Mini Cooper S Convertible but he says that the Mazda MX-5 is much more fun. So which is quicker around their test circuit the Japanese roadster or the BMW owned Brits?
The exotic Italian dream machine maker, Lamborghini, has just released a new image gallery of the Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder that was unveiled last year at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. The Gallardo Spyder will be powered by the same 5.2 Liter V10 engine that sits in the middle of the coupe’s chassis. The power plant delivers 560 HP and over 380 lb-ft. of torque to all four wheels. This raging bull can go from 0 to 60 MPH in under 4 seconds and won’t stop until it hits a super car like top speed of 201 MPH.
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