ACURA

ACURA

Acura is an upscale automaker known for offering cars with impressive levels of luxury, features and performance. It's come a long way in a short time, however, as the history of Acura is relatively short. Parent company Honda introduced the Acura brand to the U.S. market in 1986 in an effort to create a separate luxury division for its products. At first, it was just a two-car show comprised of the Legend sedan, which was the first true Japanese luxury car sold in America, and the Integra sport coupe and sedan.

SEAT

SEAT

 SEAT today is the only major Spanish car manufacturer with the ability and the infrastructure to develop its own cars in-house.Its headquarters and main manufacturing facilities are located in Martorell, an industrial town located some 30 kilometres northwest of Barcelona,with a production capacity of around 500,000 units per annum. The plant was opened by King Juan Carlos of Spain on February 22, 1993, and replaced SEAT's former assembly plant by the coast in Barcelona's freeport zone (Zona Franca). A rail connection between SEAT's Martorell and Zona Franca complexes facilitates vehicle and parts transportation between the two sites.

AMG

AMG

AMG was founded as a racing engine forge in 1967 under the name AMG Motorenbau und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (AMG Engine Production and Development, Ltd.), by former Mercedes engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher in Burgstall an der Murr, near Stuttgart. The letters "AMG" stand for Aufrecht, Melcher and Großaspach, Aufrecht's birthplace .

Vauxhall VXR8 

Vauxhall VXR8 

Yes, it’s badged a Vauxhall VXR8 but, like the Monaro before it, the only part of this Vauxhall VXR8 to come from Luton is the Griffin badge. What you’re looking at is a Holden, which will be shipped to our shores from one of the sunnier parts of GM’s global empire on the other side of the world.

SWIFT

SWIFT

The styling is a letdown - more like a facelift than a true model change - but the offset is provided by a starting sticker that's the same as the basic Swift from 2005. That means pricing from $15,990 for the manual-only  Swift GA, although even that car now comes with seven airbags and ESP stability control.

Porsche 918 Spyder 

Porsche 918 Spyder 

Approved for Production
Porsche 918 Spyder green light for Series Development of the 918 Spyder .Decision made today by the Porsche Supervisory Board Stuttgart, July 28, 2010 – In its session today, the Supervisory Board of  Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, gave the green light for series development of the Porsche 918 Spyder.

MG ZR

MG ZR

if you want a no-frills “hot” (oh, all right lukewarm) hatch that is fun to drive then take a closer look at the MG ZR. Since the demise of MG Rover earlier this year second-hand values across the MG ZR range have been in freefall amid gloom about parts availability and dealer back-up.
The news last week that MG ZR Rover has been bought by Nanjing Automobile, China’s oldest car manufacturer, could signal a mild recovery in second-hand values. So my advice is, if you fancy a second-hand MG ZR, get one soon.

Koenigsegg CCX

Koenigsegg CCX

Koenigsegg CCX it's been more than five years since our backsides were intimate with the carbon-fiber seat of the only supercar made in Sweden, the Koenigsegg CCX. That's probably long enough ago that you're saying out loud, "Koenigsegg CCX what??"