by Fast Machines | Feb 24, 2013 | Fast And Dangerous
Future Carsarrow VIEW PHOTOS (34) | COMMENTS Calling it MQB SportWagen would sound weird. What It Is: The wagon version of the Volkswagen Golf VII, and the Jetta SportWagen’s successor. Based on an entirely redesigned and much lighter platform, this station wagon will...
by Fast Machines | Feb 24, 2013 | Exterior
Auto Showsarrow VIEW PHOTOS (73) | COMMENTS Crowdsourcing is the new hitchhiking. For Rinspeed founder and CEO Frank M. Rinderknecht, weird is normal. A dreamer and visionary by his own admission, he’s just as effective at ignoring the envelope as he is pushing it. So...
by Fast Machines | Feb 24, 2013 | Auto News
Despite having made impressive jumps in recent years, the Chinese automotive industry is believed to still be a decade away from being globally competitive. According to research firm Sanford C. Bernstein Co., the Chinese automakers will have to increase their...
by Fast Machines | Feb 24, 2013 | Fast And Dangerous
Using the same Svengali-like salesmanship that convinced this publication to sign up as the sponsor of the 24 Hours of LeMons, Chief Perp Jay Lamm has now convinced PEAK to arm-twist persuade some of their celebrity drivers to strap into total hoopties and team up...
by Fast Machines | Feb 24, 2013 | Exterior
Award-winning ad man-cum-auto journalist Don Klein knows a good (or bad) car commercial when he sees one; the Ad Section is his space to tell you what he thinks of the latest spots. The ad’s rating is depicted via the shift pattern at the bottom, but everyone has an...