Yesterday we showed you the sketches of the Volkswagen Design Vision GTI, a 503 horsepower monster made just for the annual German car fest called Wörthersee in Reifnitz, Austria. Here we have a slight update, plus a few actual photos of the reveal of the Design Vision GTI, like the shot above, as well as [...]
Volkswagen’s 503 Horsepower GTI isn’t merely a stack of chalk drawings — an actual concept car has been made for the annual Wörthersee festival in Reifnitz, Austria. In typical Volkswagen understated fashion, too, the 3.0-liter V-6 monster car is merely called the Design Vision GTI. Uh-huh. No Mercedes “Black Edition,” no V- or M-edition label. And, [...]
WHAT IS IT: The 5.0-liter V-8 bigger brother of the standard Genesis sedan. Bigger, as in 429 horses vs. the stock Genesis’ 375hp, 4.6-liter V-8. For two grand more you’re not just buying a motor. There’s also an R-tuned suspension, which translates as weightier feeling steering, and greatly reduced lean into corners. The R-Spec is [...]
The 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid is the first hybrid I would buy with my own dough. There – I’ve come right out and said it. Now you know that I don’t want any Prius. I could live with a Honda Civic Hybrid if it were a gift, but wouldn’t choose one by a long stretch. [...]
WHAT IS IT: A limited-edition 2013 Volvo C30 Polestar. The part that matters is the Polestar name, because Polestar is Volvo’s quasi racing partner and what that means to a street car like the C30 is a boost to 250 horsepower and 273 pound-feet of torque, up 23 hp and 37 pound feet from the [...]
Recently I got to test a 2013 Audi S4 in all its quattro AWD glory, to exercise its flexible, 333-supercharged horsepower V-6 to happy use, and to row the S4’s creamy six-speed manual while plying gravel-infused, twisting, slush-caked back roads, and not once did it hesitate for grip. The only “sin,” if you can call [...]
