
A private ceremony was held at the Viminale Palace where Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. donated a police version of the company’s newest super sports car, Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia, to the head of the Italian State Police, Prefect Antonio Manganelli. The new Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia, which replaces the previous Lamborghini Gallardo Police Car in use by the Italian police force since 2004 has a 560 horsepower engine that...

MAZDA2 is the latest in a line of stylish, insightful and hugely fun-to-drive small cars from Mazda, and will bring an all-new level of refinement to the segment, as MAZDA3 did for the compact C-Car market. MAZDA2 is a car that only the engineers at Mazda could have created. It was designed and engineered from scratch to be a pure Mazda, offering the sort of driving experience that could only come from the company that developed the timeless MX-5...

The Toyota FT-86 Concept is a Small FR Sports Concept Vehicle that Combines Environmental Performance and the Joy of Driving TMC with a focus on hybrid technologies. TMC has developed the TOYOTA FT-86 Concept, a sports car equipped with a 2,000cc, horizontally opposed, four-cylinder, naturally-aspirated gasoline engine. The engine of the Toyota FT-86 concept is coupled with a rear-wheel drive system and a 6-speed manual transmission. The Toyota FT-86...

The Lexus LS 460’s outstanding performance, sure-footed dynamic abilities and advanced active safety systems have been further strengthened by the addition of permanent all-wheel drive. On 26th August, 2008, the new Lexus LS 460 AWD make its world premiere at the 2008 Moscow International Motor Show. The all-wheel drive system is a three differential configuration featuring a highly compact TORSEN® Limited Slip Differential (LSD) – shared...

Protoscar, a Swiss company which has been developing CleanCar projects for 23 years, has recently introduced an electric demonstration sports car, the Protoscar LAMPO2. The LAMPO2, being presented at the 80th Geneva Motor Show, boasts “quick-charging” capability (up to 100 km range extension in just 10 minutes charging time). LAMPO2 is equipped with 4 different charging modes covering a standard single-phase with up to 3,3kW on board charger for...

The new BMW X3 xDrive18d is a new entry-level version of the BMW X3 and powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel delivering an ample 105 kW/143 hp at 4,000 rpm. Maximum torque of 350 Newton-metres (258 lb-ft) at just 1,750 rpm ensures truly outstanding traction and pulling power at all times. The new BMW X3 xDrive 18d accelerates from a standstill to 100 km/h in just 10.3 seconds and has a top speed of 195 km/h or 121 mph. Average fuel consumption...

Ranger Max pushes everyone’s expectations of Ranger. Visually bold and muscular, it takes to the stage at the Ford stand with confidence, sophistication and craftsmanship. The Ranger Max extends Ranger’s reputation as the best all-around compact truck on the market. “We know Ranger is tough and durable, and Ranger Max adds to those qualities. The show truck does not follow a trend; it sets a new tough style direction for compact...

Few sportscars can emulate the ease which the supercharged V8 BMW ALPINA B6 S fuses seemingly incompatible qualities together. Enormous speed and power blend with luxury, comfort and relaxed control, creating a single harmonious entity. The B6 S unifies the elegant appearance of a Gran Tourismo with the performance of a super-sportscar. Numbers are not enough to communicate the Coupé’s acceleration accurately – in 4.5 seconds from 0-100km/h (0-62mph)...

The 4×4 SUV is powered by a BRABUS B63 Biturbo 6.3-liter V8 engine with 650 hp (641 bhp) / 478 kW, accelerates from rest to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 4.7 seconds and reaches a top speed of 300 km/h (186 mph). BRABUS fits the high-speed eight-cylinder four-valve engine from the ML63 AMG with a twin turbo system and implants it into the largest Mercedes SUV. The engine has a rated power output of 650 hp (641 bhp) / 478 kW at a low 6,200 rpm. The...

Germany-based IMSA GmbH unveiled their new upgrade kit for the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Sport cars. The new IMSA GTV Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 comes with a polished stainless steel exhaust that improves the power output to a 5% power increase to 590PS and up to 560 Nm of torque, nearly a 4% increase. In other words it squeezes out 29HP and 15 lb-ft torque from the 5.2L V-10 engine to bring it to a total of 581 HP and 413 lb-ft of torque. The...