FJ Cruiser’s Lights are Too Bright

FJ Cruiser's Lights are Too Bright

FJ Cruiser’s Lights are Too Bright In one of the more unusual recall notices we’ve seen, Toyota claims its FJ Cruiser’s auxiliary front lights are too bright and could cause a crash. Generally when a recall is announced for any given car, the issue typically involves something that directly relates to a systems glitch involving [...]

FR-S Takes on RX8 and S2000

FR-S Takes on RX8 and S2000

FR-S Takes on RX8 and S2000 In a comparison test many of us have been waiting for, the Scion FR-S faces off against the Mazda RX8 and Honda S2000. After what appeared to be the end of the small, rear-wheel-drive sports car, Toyota/Scion and Subaru literally revived the segment overnight with their GT86/FR-S and BRZ [...]

Mercedes-Benz CLS by Carlex

Mercedes-Benz CLS by Carlex

Mercedes-Benz CLS by Carlex Interior specialist unveils its latest cabin retrofit for a Mercedes-Benz CLS. Dubbed the CLS White Pearl, the latest luxury interior by Polish outfit Carlex Design is based on Mercedes’ four-door coupe that had already been treated to a white pearl paintjob and a Brabus body kit. The cabin was given a [...]

Martini Racing Returns with Porsche

Martini Racing Returns with Porsche

Martini Racing Returns with Porsche One of the most iconic racing liveries is back where it belongs – on a racing-spec Porsche. The Martini Racing livery is one of our all-time favorites. But while the iconic color scheme and logo have adorned rally, endurance and F1 racers from Lancias and Lotuses to Ferraris and Fords, [...]

VW Amarok R-Style for Worthersee

VW Amarok R-Style for Worthersee

VW Amarok R-Style for Worthersee Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles gets in on the Worthersee action with this customized Amarok truck concept. The GTI-Treffen in Worthersee, Austria, has long since grown from a gathering of Volkswagen performance enthusiasts to encompass the whole group. (Well, not Porsche, Bugatti, Bentley or Lamborghini, but the more mass-market brands, anyway.) And [...]

Ferrari Denies Super LaFerrari Talk

Ferrari Denies Super LaFerrari Talk

Ferrari Denies Super LaFerrari Talk The Italian carmaker categorically denies recent rumors of a more extreme LaFerrari. If you’d missed out one of the 499 examples of the LaFerrari being built, the news that a more exclusive model was on the way would have made for happy reading. Unfortunately, the rumors of a “Super” LaFerrari [...]

Jaguar to Expand R-S and GT Range

Jaguar to Expand R-S and GT Range

Jaguar to Expand R-S and GT Range The XKR-S GT will the first in a series of extreme Jaguars, with the new R-S and R-S GT badges to feature across the model line-up. After unveiling its XKR-S GT at the New York Auto Show, Jaguar revealed that the 30-unit limited run of its street-legal race [...]

VW Previews 503HP GTI Concept

VW Previews 503HP GTI Concept

VW Previews 503HP GTI Concept Volkswagen will introduce a one-off concept at Worthersee to showcase just how extreme a Golf GTI can get. Reports of a new, faster Golf GTI concept appearing at Worthersee have proved accurate. However the Design Vision GTI is not what we expected by any stretch of the imagination. Demonstrating what [...]