The Porsche Panamera range has received a new entry level version, equipped with a V6 engine, available in rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive incarnations.
The Panamera V6 is (under)powered by a 3.6 liter V6 engine which features direct fuel injection and delivers 300 HP (220 kW) and a maximum torque of 400 Nm (295 lb-ft). The power is sent to the rear wheels in the Panamera V6 and to all four wheels in the Panamera 4 V6. We can’t help mention that this is the same engine found under the V… (read more)
We don’t know exactly the reason for this, but it appears that Mazda is planning to introduce the new Mazda2 in the United States a bit sooner than initially scheduled. The Japanese carmaker previously said the car will hit American dealerships as soon as late summer but the guys over at KickingTires are claiming that Mazda now moved up the launch date to early summer.
Lotus F1 Team’s chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne admitted that getting Jarno Trulli to sign a deal with the Malaysian-backed team was always his aim for the 2010 campaign. We’re not sure if that’s bad news for Heikki Kovalainen in terms of driver’s status within the team, but considering the fact that neither of the two racers will be battling for the world title this year, we’d be inclined to think otherwise.
In its first year as the event’s main partner, BMW is the star of the Berlin International Film Festival. Dubbed Berlinale 2010, the event highlighted BMW’s return onto the big screen, sharing the spot again alongside renown Irish actor, Pierce Brosnan. 
With Tesla hard at work preparing the way for the new Model S, we didn’t expect to see anytime soon anything new in terms of vehicles coming from the American manufacturer and, truth be told, the Concept Eye presented here is not actually their design… 
New-car dealers from the United States should have a better year, as the rough patch has passed and 2010 will bring industry rebounds and increased car sales, said the incoming chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Ed Tonkin at its latest convention in Orlando.
…but not necessarily in Chrysler’s hands. According to sources talking to BizJournals, President Obama’s car czar Ed Montgomery will visit Fenton this Thursday to announce a $1.6 million funding for the plant to be made ready for sale. 
Ever since Fiat announced its involved in the Chrysler business, we all knew that the US-based manufacturer, which went bankrupt in 2009, will undergo a massive reorganization, with new products and technologies to come from European soil. And this is basically what’s happening to Chrysler nowadays, under the close observation of Sergio Marchionne, who’s now serving as CEO of both Fiat and Chrysler.
We have good news for the Aussies who love American muscle cars. Performax International, based in Gympie, Queensland, has just presented the world’s first right hand drive Chevrolet Camaro 2SS with full Australian Design Rule certification.
Everything seems bright and shiny in the Mercedes GP garage now that Michael Schumacher has begun work on the development of the W01 car – through his feedback from testing – while also keeping his positive attitude towards his first comeback season.
Chrysler has already confirmed the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee for the United States, but with all the problems that affected the US-based manufacturer nobody knew for sure whether the model will be launched in overseas markets as well. Furthermore, Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne emphasized that Chrysler will undergo a rationalization of the product portfolio, which once again made some people think that the Jeep brand could be withdrawn from some countries.
Although the storm seems to get close to the end for Japanese carmaker Toyota, after all the intricate details of its huge recall appear to have been revealed, the number of complaints regarding Toyota vehicles is only getting bigger. 
Mercedes AMG cars are insanely fast and powerful vehicles but, after all, this is the in-house tuner’s purpose. This qualities have been enhanced even more since the Germans started fighting in their national powerwars. However, it seems that some people tend to disagree with this. There are mainly two types: tuners and customers. And most of the time one category’s automotive insanity matches the other’s in such a wonderful way. 
The British arm of SEAT kicked-off a nationwide five-a-side tournament searching for the next Beckham, Ronaldo, Gerrard, Lampard and Walcott. Overall winners of this competition will be offered, as the carmaker says, a football trip of a lifetime. The idea of setting up the SEAT FIVES tournament came after the Spanish brand was named the official presenting sponsor of the 2010 UEFA Europa League.
Korean car manufacturer Kia decided to present the story behind the interior design of the Ray Plug-in Hybrid, a concept on which the company will build its first production hybrid later this year. The Ray ushers the EcoDynamics designation for all future Kia vehicles with significant fuel consumption and emission reductions.
Echoing the words of their No 1 driver Sebastien Loeb, French manufacturer Citroen also admitted that Mikko Hirvonen was unbeatable during last weekend’s Rally Sweden. Team boss Olivier Quesnel revealed that both him and Loeb decided to ease the pace from second place in the dying stages of the rally, as it was pretty clear the Finn would not give up his leading position until the finish line.
Lexus last week teased the CT 200h, a model that will be on display at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show next month and that is projected to go on sale in Europe as soon as this year. And although Lexus admitted that the feedback received after the public unveiling of the LF-Ch concept at the Frankfurt Auto Show last year was positive, it won’t launch the car in the United States. At least, this is what some Toyota officials told insideline.com.
Back in 2009, while waiting for the 2009 Geneva Auto Show to open it’s doors, we found out about the I.DE.A Era, a two seater gull-winged door roadster with no engine, no wiring and no other moving part that makes a nicely sculpted pile of metal usually known as a car go from point A to point B.
Ford’s new small car is on its way to stardom, as it has already started to support five aspiring young artists promoting Simon Fuller’s new reality show "If I Can Dream," which follows the artists as they move to the Hollywood Hills looking for their big break. The artists, including a musician, an actor, two actresses and a model, will be trekking across the country to promote the show.
Following the auto show success of the two e-tron models shown so far, German carmaker Audi seems to have decided to get together a team who’s job will only be building and designing electric vehicles starting 2012. According to Autonews, the first electric car to hit the market will be one based on the e-tron concept shown at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show. But that’s only the start.