Category Archive: New Car and Industry News

Oct 05

Mugen CR-Z gets a Supercharger and horrible Wing

World renowned Honda tuners Mugen have released the specs for their version of the CR-Z. They call it the CR-Z RZ. This one is a Japanese only release but sources say we will see some variant of this in the US at a later date. So what do you get with the CR-Z RZ? a …

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Oct 04

Solutions to the Subaru BRZ and Scion FRS rough idle problem

With any new car there will be some growing pains. The Subaru BRZ and Scion FRS are no exception to the rule. It appears that some number, particularly of the first batch to be released, have an issue with rough idle. Immediately I figured it was an ECU issue as that would be the most …

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Oct 03

North American Car of the Year Nominees

Viper in yellow

As the colors of fall come into full effect across the northern tier of the US it is time to think about what might be the car of the year this year. You might remember last year when we chose the Lamborghini Aventador as the car of the year. The committee that chooses the North …

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Oct 01

Lamborghini Cabrera and the case for manual transmissions.

Lamborghini have made an announcement about the replacement for the Gallardo. The car is to be called the Cabrera (yet another fighting bull’s name) LP600-4. Lamborghini’s Director of Communications, Rafaello Porro, has hinted that the car could be powered by a twin-turbo V10 engine. The most likely donor is the 5.2L V10 from the Audi …

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Sep 30

The 2014 Chevy Impala

There was some question as to whether the Impala would service going forward. With the new Chevy SS coming soon and the Malibu creeping up in price it seemed the Impala might be obsolete. However GM has given the Impala a redux for 2014 with completely new styling inside and out. Let’s take a closer …

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