Remember when all you Blue Oval fan boys pitched a fit when the new Focus RS wouldn’t come with all wheel drive? Get ready to start complaining again. Word on the Web is that Volvo is working on a 300 horsepower version of its C30 powered by, you guessed it, the same motor launching the [...]

All this talk of supersaloons, multi-million dollar cars and the next Great Depression (and Paris) got me thinking about the past. Specifically, last time we as a culture had gobs of disposable income made possible by questionable credit practices, what were we buying? This is a Farman A6B Super Sport. Like contemporary French make Voisin, [...]

With the start of the Paris Motor show mere days away, news of the hot new metal is flying around the web faster than our Fiendish eyes can follow. There’s going to be plenty there to get excited about no matter what your automotive tastes, and to prove it, we’ve got the Top Seven rides [...]

Levy and I met John and Helen Taylor at the Volkswagen Jetta TDI launch. And while Mr. Taylor came across as a late night infomercial pitchman, Helen seemed fairly/not completely full of shit. And here’s why I’m writing about ‘em. The couple drove 9,419 miles in a stock Jetta TDI and averaged 58.82 mpg while doing [...]

Well, OK — not that naughty. But podcasting on Rosh Hashana? Tsk, tsk. Anyhow, got a good one for you today. Justin and me discuss the finer points of French ludicrousness, the upcoming smack down cage/ladder match between Porsche and Nissan, the long awaited sequel to the Great Depression, what lies beyond hybrids (fuel cells!) [...]

Yeah, so… um… I don’t even really think this story is true. But, it’s funny… right? OK, some British tabloid found a 20-year-old who lives at home with mom and dad and has sex with his Bug. No, really. And he’s go some pretty funny quotes. Like this, “After a few minutes, I felt a [...]

Now here’s a ride we wouldn’t mind getting our Fiendish mitts on. It’s the newest iteration of Audi’s S3, and for 2009 it’s rocking a trick new 7-speed dual-clutch gear box. Mated to a 2.0-liter turbo four banger with 265 horses and 258 lb-ft of torque, the tranny makes the most of all that power [...]

Many of the recent offerings from French-carmaker Renault have just been too normal. Consider the new Renault Laguna or the upcoming Megane. Slick? Sure. But they’re also uncharacteristically (for the French) normal. Just to remind you who’s the boss of bizarre, left field, “what in God’s name is that” automobiles, Renault is rolling out a [...]

Looks like Saab wants in on some sweet Swedish Touring Car Championship action. The company is entering a race-decked 9-3 to go toe to toe with the rest of the contenders in the S2000 class. This particular 9-3 is powered by a 2.0-liter four banger that runs off bio-fuels, coupled to a six-speed manual transmission. [...]

I’m pretty omnivorous when it comes to cars. I basically like ‘em all. Just this very evening I was explaining to a 12-year-old not only why I have a picture of a 1985 VW GTI on my cellphone, but that when he turns 16, that GTI is going to be as cool as a Ferrari [...]