Category Archives: General Talk

McLaren confirms P1 performance figures as deliveries begin

McLaren confirms P1 performance figures as deliveries begin

When McLaren unveiled the P1 prototype at the Paris motorshow in 2012 it promised that the hybrid carbon fiber car would be fast, but it has taken over a year of testing and refinement to reveal exactly how fast.

MINI Countryman and Paceman get exclusive Frozen Black metallic paint finish

MINI Countryman and Paceman get exclusive Frozen Black metallic paint finish

MINI is extending its program of exterior paint finishes with a new Frozen Black metallic paint, which is now available as a limited edition colour for the top of the range MINI Countryman and MINI Paceman models.

2015 Hyundai Genesis to get HTRAC AWD system

Aftermarket shops can promote services to customers using infograph

Hyundai next year will launch a successor to its award-winning Genesis sedan, which is shaping up to be much more capable and dynamic than the model it replaces.

Detroit museum could fall victim to city bankruptcy

There are few places where the former majesty of the US auto industry is more keenly captured than among the Diego Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Those stunning, sun-drenched walls could be lost to public view if the museum’s collection is allowed to be even partially sold to pay off Detroit’s creditors during the city’s bankruptcy proceedings.

Train Strike Clogs San Francisco-Area Highways

San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit officials and union leaders are offering what they say are solutions to a strike that scrambled the commute for hundreds of thousands of workers, who faced clogged highways and crowded buses.

“Our negotiator has been in contact with the mediator and BART stands ready to resume negotiations at any time,” said BART general manager Grace Crunican during a press conference Friday afternoon as commuter slogged their way home.