Posts Tagged ‘vwbug’

Tokyo 2009 Preview: Nissan unveils leaning Land Glider concept [w/VIDEO]

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Tokyo Motor Show , Nissan , Motorcycle , Alternative Fuel Nissan Land Glider Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Nissan is pulling out all the zero emission stops at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show . In addition to the expected Leaf electric vehicle, the Japanese automaker will also be showing off a new concept called the Land Glider. Intended to… Read the rest

New VW Beetle coming in two years, Scirocco still not in cards for U.S.

Filed under: Convertible , Budget , Hatchback , Volkswagen , Design/Style Malibu Barbie VW New Beetle Conv ertible - click above for high-res gallery We’re in Wolfsburg, Germany right now for the launch drive of the 2010 Volkswagen Golf and we’ve just returned from a presentation at the company’s design center with Walter de Silva. We’ll have more on de Silva’s comments a little later, but first, we did… Read the rest

Robert Kubica jumps sinking BMW ship to fill Alonso’s seat at Renault

Filed under: Motorsports , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , BMW , Renault Everything’s changing for the Renault F1 team. The team principal has been barred from the sport indefinitely and the technical director has been mercifully banned for five years. They’ve already booted out their car-crashing, whistle-blowing driver Nelson Piquet Jr. and replaced him with rookie Romain Grosjean. Their star driver, Fernando Alonso, who brought two titles home for the team, is… Read the rest