I. General Motors lost $6 billion in the first quarter of ‘09, and managed to spend $10 billion as auto sales plummeted. Even with new management, things don’t look too hot for GM when the June 1 restructuring deadline hits. [Autoweek]

I. The 2010 Camaro SS laid down and 8m 19s lap of the Nurburgring recently. For a big honkin’ piece of American iron, you can’t really say fairer than that. Until you look at the timesheets of other swift GMs and realize that the Cobalt SS, a smaller, less powerful hunk of American iron did [...]

MINI’s planning on pulling the sheets off of the newest creation — the John Cooper Works Convertible — at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. MINI claims the car manages to mix up the driving prowess of the Works MINI with the topless bliss of the Convertible. That means the same turbo 1.6-liter four-pot as the [...]

I Volkswagen will be sending the 2010 Golf R Series Turbo our way shortly after its late 2009 German debut. The new car will have a turbo’d 2-liter four and 270 hp, up from 250 in the weak-sauce R32. Supposedly it’s good for a sub-6 second  zero to 60 and 155 on the big end. [...]

The guys (and gals) at Motive are at it again, this time putting five of the newest turbocharged rides against each other in a head to head battle for supremacy. The Chevrolet Cobalt SS, Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart, Subaru WRX, Mazda Mazdaspeed3 and MINI John Cooper Works were all put through their paces at Autobahn Country [...]

Some of the hottest cars were tucked in corners at this year’s NYIAS. This little beastie was tucked way in the back of the MINI stand for some reason. Not much info on this one, but for now it seems to be the top performance version of the new New MINI line. The carbon fiber [...]