A Burst of News – Lexus LFA supercar revealed, new BMW 5-series spied, next-gen Mitsubishi Evo will be a hybrid, and more

Time for another burst of automotive news, everyone!
Our top story of this installment: after years and years and YEARS of teasing, Toyota has finally unveiled Lexus’s first supercar. Called the LFA, the supercar is a clean-sheet design with a front-mounted 4.8-liter V10 that spits out 552 horsepower and 354 lb-ft of torque. With the [...]

The New York Times wants you to text and drive!

Okay, not really. But they are offering a little multimedia game on their website to illustrate how texting while driving slows reaction time and can lead to awkward incidents, like plowing into a toll booth at 80 miles per hour.
You can try the game out here.
And for all you competitive folks, it even tells you [...]

Oh S***! Porsche Panamera in the flesh!

While walking today, I stumbled upon a brand spankin’ new Porsche Panamera 4S parked outside Manhattan Motorcars here in New York City. They also had one inside; unfortunately, I wasn’t able to swing in and take a look at it, but I was able to snap off a few pix from my iPhone of the [...]

A Burst of News – Hot Supercar Designs, Toyobaru Revealed, an electric Audi and a new Porsche 928?

Welcome one and all to another burst of automotive news, straight from the broken faucet of the Internet and into your unsuspectingly open eyes!
Let’s start off with something sexy. Over the last couple of weeks, no fewer than three boner-inducing artist’s concepts have appeared for potential supercars from some of the world’s foremost makers of [...]

Recap – 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show

(We apologize for the lateness of this posting. Unfortunately, it was a pretty hectic week here, as we were prepping for our move to a new space. However, we’re now settled into our new, better office, so we can bring you even more of the coverage you love! Or tolerate. Or hate. Just so long [...]

Mercedes-Benz SLS finally revealed. Can we send it back and have them try again?

Thanks to an Australian auto website called CarPoint, the first undisguised images of the new Mercedes-Benz SLS supercar have been brought to light. And…um…

Listen, Mercedes guys, can we have a word?
I know you guys want to make a distinctive looking sports car that honors your heritage while simultaneously gives you a halo model to stack [...]

A Burst of News – Mini brings the Coupe, Land Rover goes green, Bentley goes epic, and more Ferrari 458 pix

We’ve got a couple more reviews coming up in the next couple weeks on CCO – not to give it away, but they rhyme with “Audi A5″ and “Audi TT-S.” In the meantime, though, here’s a quick shot of sweet, sweet automotive news smack to mainline straight into your veins.
First up comes news out of [...]

GM claims Volt gets 230 mpg; Saudi scream heard worldwide

Any of you who watch Hulu (and that’s probably a pretty big chunk of you, ’cause free on-demand TV rules) might have seen those mysterious “230″ ads with the smiling outlet doubling for the zero. Yesterday, we finally got our answer – and unsurprisingly, it had to do with the Chevy Volt plug-in series hybrid. [...]

Oh S***! Ferrari 458 Italia Revealed!

Just yesterday, Ferrari revealed its successor to the F430 – the 458 Italia. Take a look:

This car looks so farking hot, it’s turning me on.

If you can tear your eyes away from the pix, here’s the basic info: 4.5 liter V8, with 570 horses (at 9,000 rpm!) and 398 lb-ft of torque. Esrtimated 0-60 time [...]

A Burst Of News – $99 Smart Cars, an Aston Martin Scion, BMW X1 Revealed and Mazda’s Micro Miata

This week’s burst of news, for the most part, concerns a segment of the automotive industry we’ll be seeing quite a bit more of in the near future – small cars. Now that the Obama administration has signed stricter fuel economy standards into effect, automakers will be forced to find ways to bump up the [...]