Tag archive for ‘Coupe’

Official: Chevy Corvette headed to South Korea

Official: Chevy Corvette headed to South Korea

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, Luxury, South Korea As of this month, South Koreans will be able to get themselves into a Corvette bought at their local Chevrolet dealer. General Motors wants to get more people in more lands behind the wheel of its icon to offset declining sales numbers here at home, and South Korea is an easier target for the... 

Video: Subaru spills all the beans on BRZ development with new documentary

Video: Subaru spills all the beans on BRZ development with new documentary

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, Subaru The Subaru BRZ might be most appreciated for reintroducing the adjectives “small,” “light” and “fun” to those who prefer not to have a convertible top with their Japanese sports car. Yet, as has been covered before, it’s a neat example of packaging, with Subaru engineers... 

Pininfarina Cambiano carved from wood for furniture show

Pininfarina Cambiano carved from wood for furniture show

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Etc., Europe, Design/Style You may remember the Pininfarina Cambiano as the creation that walked away with the honor of being named the most beautiful concept at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The design house decided to commemorate the honor by crafting something else special for the 2012 Milan Furniture Show. Pininfarina turned... 

Video: When Axles Attack: Watch a Camaro drag car’s rear axle snap

Video: When Axles Attack: Watch a Camaro drag car’s rear axle snap

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Etc., Videos, Chevrolet, Racing On the surface, drag racing seems so simple. Apply right foot liberally, keep the vehicle pointed down track and wait for a quarter mile to pass. Unfortunately, the real world is rarely so black and white. Pesky details like applied horsepower, traction and the fallibility of materials results... 

Video: 2013 Scion FR-S gets first dyno run

Video: 2013 Scion FR-S gets first dyno run

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, Scion The 2013 Scion FR-S doesn’t have the kind of power that results in jaw-dropping dyno numbers, but any naturally aspirated 2.0-liter four cylinder that promises 200 horsepower and 151 pound-feet of torque needs to be vetted out. The good people at Edmunds did the vetting, and the hotly anticipated Scion model... 

Video: Watch a Koenigsegg Agera R do a 250-mph flyby of the Nürburgring pits

Video: Watch a Koenigsegg Agera R do a 250-mph flyby of the Nürburgring pits

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Europe, Videos, MISC The Koenigsegg Agera R recently took to the Nürburgring for a little fun. Not surprisingly, there were a few cameras on hand to see the 1,100-horsepower titan whomp its way around the course, including one lens stationed at the exit to the pits. At the end of the track’s long straight,... 

Report: 2013 SRT Viper slithers out ahead of New York debut

Report: 2013 SRT Viper slithers out ahead of New York debut

Filed under: New York Auto Show, Coupe, Performance, Chrysler, Dodge, Design/Style Though it’s never going to post particularly impressive sales figures, the 2013 SRT Viper is, at least to us driving enthusiasts, the most important debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show. As such, it comes as little surprise that Chrysler has done its best to keep its new... 

Shelby caught Photoshopping drama into press images

Shelby caught Photoshopping drama into press images

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Etc., Ford As impressive as the Shelby 1000 is, someone at Shelby apparently thought 950 horsepower wasn’t good enough. With a few clicks of the mouse, a photo of one of the muscled-up pony cars was given a little drama to boost excitement. At first, Shelby’s official line was that nothing in the photo was altered... 

Report: Pininfarina mulling limited production run of Cambiano PHEV concept

Report: Pininfarina mulling limited production run of Cambiano PHEV concept

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Hybrid, Electric, Diesel, MISC A design studio and contract manufacturer, when Pininfarina builds a car it’s typically under another brand’s auspices. That could change, however, with the Cambiano. Unveiled just last week at the Geneva Motor Show, the 680-horsepower plug-in hybrid coupe concept – which we had... 

Report: Preorder Now: Subaru only sending 6,000 BRZ Coupes to U.S. in 2013

Report: Preorder Now: Subaru only sending 6,000 BRZ Coupes to U.S. in 2013

Filed under: Car Buying, Coupe, Performance, Japan, Plants/Manufacturing, Subaru If you have your heart set on picking up a new Subaru BRZ, you better get moving. Car and Driver reports the automaker is only shipping 6,000 of the coupes to the U.S. for the 2013 model year. The news reportedly surfaced via a Subaru dealer. While the automaker hasn’t officially...