New Tesla Model S Now the Quickest Production Car in the World

The Model S P100D with Ludicrous mode is the third fastest accelerating production car ever produced, with a 0-60 mph time of 2.5* seconds. However, both the LaFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder were limited run, million dollar vehicles and cannot be bought new. While those cars are small two seaters with very little luggage space, the pure electric, all-wheel drive Model S P100D has four doors, seats up to 5 adults plus 2 children and has...

Read More

2012 BMW 3 Series

BMW has already started to test the next 3 Series platform in the current generation body style, so this tells us that the final design will be chosen very soon.As we learned from sources close to BMW, we are still a year away from the time the first 2012 3 Series prototypes will hit the road for testing and the final design will be chosen this spring.Sources have reported Teknikensvarld that the next BMW 3 Series will be based on the...

Read More

BMW Recalls 89,000 Mini Coopers for Fire Risk

NEW YORK -- BMW is recalling 89,000 Mini Coopers in the United States for the same sort of problem that led to earlier recalls of BMW and Rolls-Royce luxury cars. The problem, in all the recalls, is that a computer circuit board controlling a turbocharger cooling system can fail. The result: a smoldering water pump and, in some cases, a fire in the engine compartment. The turbo cooling system in the Mini Coopers operates differently from that...

Read More