Hyundai has revealed its second car-based utility concept, called the Creta STC, at the Sao Paulo Motor Show in Brazil. Based on the company’s Creta (aka ix25) small SUV that is not currently sold in Australia, the STC borrows heavily from the Santa Cruz concept shown at the 2015 Detroit […]
Day: 9 November 2016
Man saves 70ppl from ISIS with old bullet-proof BMW
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter has thanked his bullet-proof E32 BMW 7 Series after he managed to save 70 citizens from snipers in the city of Kirkuk. Kirkuk, a city in the Kurdish-controlled but highly contested area in the north east of Iraq, was at risk of being overrun by Islamic […]
Tesla to acquire Grohmann Engineering, plans ‘Gigafactory 2’
Tesla has announced it is acquiring a German engineering firm focussed on automated manufacturing to help accelerate the production of its future vehicles. In a blog post, Tesla revealed that it has entered an agreement to purchased Grohmann Engineering, the brainchild of CEO and founder Klaus Grohmann. The company said: […]
2018 Holden Commodore matrix headlights previewed
The headlights and front grille treatment of the 2018 Holden Commodore have been revealed some 15 months before its February 2018 on-sale date. This is thanks to a teaser of the Opel Insignia Grand Sport donor car, revealing the highly jewelled ‘IntelliLux’ matrix LED units. Compared with the Astra which […]
Ferrari to incorporate hybrid tech in main models from 2019
Ferrari is aiming to equip its main models with hybrid technology as soon as 2019, according to company executives. Ferrari’s CEO and head of Fiat Chrysler Sergio Marchionne said in a conference call to investors that future products will receive a power boost from some form of hybridisation. Marchionne justified […]