David E.’s Take: What...

The Ford Motor Company has at last made Lincoln into something considerably more than the nicest car you can rent at the airport.  Meanwhile, Lexus is being tarred with the same brush that tars all Toyota products.  In Toyota’s case it is not the straightforward fact of...

2011 Mercedes-Benz E-cl...

An old-fashioned Mercedes convertible is no bad thing. At the launch of the new 2011 Mercedes-Benz E-class convertible , the German carmaker brought along some classics from its past. We were thus reminded that golden oldies such as the 1971 280SE 3.5 were great four-place convertibles...

Mazda’s Efficiency St...

The zoom-zoom people are adding efficiency tech, and we’ll see most—if not all—of it in the U.S. We had a chance at the 2010 Geneva auto show to chat with Robert Davis, Mazda North America’s senior VP of quality and R&D, about the company’s strategy for meeting...

2010 Audi RS5 @ 2010 Ge...

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Mercedes-Benz’s Futur...

In Geneva we sat down with Thomas Weber, head of passenger-car development and research at Mercedes-Benz, and talked about future drivetrains, based around the introduction of the F800 Style concept car. “The strategy with our concept cars is to show the way the automotive industry has...

Track to Street: Chevy�...

The Chevrolet Corvette first took to the grid at the 24 Hours of Le Mans some fifty years ago, and America’s sports car continues to compete in top-level endurance racing with much success, winning numerous driver and manufacturer championships over the past decade, including multiple...

Geneva Motor Show: Roun...

Filed under: Geneva Motor Show , Opinion/Editorial , Events The sheer scale of this year’s Geneva show has made strolling the Palexpo’s cavernous halls a dazzling experience. The Swiss international motor show has few peers even in its quiet years, but the current event will...

2011 Mercedes S63 AMG: ...

In pursuit of greater fuel efficiency and more power, the 2011 Mercedes S63 AMG adopts a 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8. So why the hell is it still called the S63? The new engine, first shown today in Geneva , comes in two flavors: standard and with an optional performance package. In standard...

Formula 1: Mercedes-Ben...

Safety cars might not be as fast as Formula 1 cars, but they could be as powerful as heck. Meet the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Official Safety Car for the 2010 Formula 1 Season. This is officially the most powerful F1 safety car of all time. The car is powered by a 6.2L V8 that dishes out 563...

Mercedes SLS AMG F1 Saf...

Some say the Mercedes SLS AMG can fly to the top of buildings without even flapping its gullwings . All we know is, at 571 HP, it’s the most powerful F1 safety car… in the world… since the last one. According to the press release from Mercedes this morning, the SLS AMG...