Photo: Bentley After building more than 105,000 units over the past two decades, Bentley is ending production of its gamechanging twin-turbo 6.0-liter W12 engine this summer. Just yesterday the British automaker showed off the Batur convertible, which will be one of the last applications of the W12, and now Bentley has unveiled the powertrain that … Read more
Photo: Cars & Bids The Volkswagen Phaeton is one of those cars that, at least on some level, everyone who knows it exists wants to experience. It’s basically a Bentley with a Volkswagen badge, and these days, even a Phaeton W12 can be temptingly cheap. Then again, there’s a reason they’ve depreciated so much. As … Read more
Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra has signed a supply agreement with Germany-based Volkswagen Group on components for M&M’s INGLO platform, the company said in a stock exchange filing on Friday. As a part of this agreement, M&M will equip certain range of its electric platform INGLO with electric components of Volkswagen’s MEB and unified cells, … Read more
Volkswagen Group made huge waves a few years ago when it announced the revival of the venerated Scout name for a new fully electric truck and SUV that would be built in America. Yesterday I traveled to Blythwood, South Carolina, to witness the groundbreaking of Scout’s new factory, which will be built on a 1,110-acre … Read more
Image: Porsche The now-iconic Porsche crest was originally developed for the brand in the mid-1950s. The Stuttgart city crest is flanked by the stylized antlers and colors of the Württemberg-Hohenzollern region coat of arms. The logo of perhaps the most well-known sports car brand in the world is basically just the medieval version of the … Read more
Home Car And Bike Bharat Mobility Expo 2024: Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Showcases Future-ready Technologies Škoda Enyaq electric SUV unveiled at the show, alongside Volkswagen Virtus, Audi RS E-Tron GT, Porsche Taycan, and Lamborghini Revuelto. The combined entity oversees the Indian operations of five brands – Skoda Auto, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, and Lamborghini. Bharat Mobility … Read more
Screenshot: The Drive There are hundreds of thousands of videos on YouTube specifically aimed at car enthusiasts dating back to the start of the platform. Maybe a hundred of them rise to the level of truly great pieces of art. For the purposes of this exercise, we’re focusing exclusively on car reviews, not build series … Read more
Screenshot: The Smoking Tire on YouTube The upcoming Gunther Werks Tornado is the kind of car for which “psycho death machine” is considered a term of endearment. The car pictured here is a pre-production prototype built by Gunther Werks as a development mule for the company’s newest high-horsepower Porsche 993-based hypercar monster. While most development … Read more
Toyota Motor sold a record 11.2 million vehicles in 2023, it said on Tuesday, taking the crown as the world’s top-selling automaker for a fourth straight year. The Japanese automaker reported a 7.2% jump in global group sales last year, including those of truck unit Hino Motors and small-car maker Daihatsu, helped by record overseas … Read more
When Subaru first came to the United States, it sold small funky cars that were decidedly un-American. As the company grew its own identity and became more established in the U.S., it became the first automaker to offer an all-wheel-drive passenger car in 1975. Subaru was also an early-adopter of turbocharged engines… Read more… Read … Read more
