Citroen's new C3 has a large windshield it is calling the "Zenith". The way the French company is introducing it to the European market is by having an international cast of characters take on the monumental task of trying to wash the epic windshield. This interactive site allows...
We got scared for a moment when we read a headline about rapper Birdman buying a $2.5 million, 267 mph Bugatti Veyron. Those stats appear a lot like the ultra-hot Veryon Super Sport that has 20% more power. Most of the enthusiasts out there hope this 1,200 hp car would end up...
We worry about today's youth. After all what kind of world is it for them when MTV no longer stands for Music Television? But recently we've seen a light a hope across the Atlantic.
A recent poll of about 16,000 German students in grades 8-13 where they would like to work. ...
A new report by a U.K.-based automotive sales website has found that drivers consider their children to be the number one distraction behind the wheel. In a poll of 500 random site visitors, found that respondents considered kids the largest distraction over half the time, beating out the...
It is not exactly news, but we’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. Bonita Norris is the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest, and she’s allowing Nissan use that celebrity power (as well as other a few other assets) to sell the new Juke.
Norris isn’t claiming that she couldn’t have...
Few of us know all the road rules of a foreign country (we’ve seen plenty who don’t even know all the traffic laws in their homeland.) Skoda is trying to help change that by offering a driving guide for roads in continental Europe.
European nations car be crossed as quickly...
Lies and panic can only turn a bad situation worse.
On the Saturday July 10th, the Vineland Police questioned Sara Blasse at a local New Jersey hospital. The 23-year-old was being treated for a broken arm that she claimed was sustained during a carjacking that morning. While she was being interviewed,...
Chevrolet U.K. seems to have a little too much extra time on its hands. After mastering the Top Gear track last week, Chevrolet decided to master the handshake.
According to Chevy, one in five people (likely in Europe) do not know how to perform correct handshake or are uncomfortable with...
Nissan Juke turns out the lights on a famous parking garage
This one will be a little harder to understand for our readers who aren’t fans of 70s British cinema.
Nissan U.K. is making an interesting tie-in to a local landmark that is going away. The new Nissan Juke had the honor of being the last car out of parking garage used...
Chevrolet U.K. released info on a new styling and performance package for the Cruze. It is called the Cruze CS, and it may be better than the RS package announced for the U.S.
Where the RS package adds new rocker panels, upgraded 5-spoke wheels, and changes the front and rear facias,...
Elton John charity Audi A1 sells for more than $520,000
Sir Elton John started his AIDS foundation seventeen years ago, and now its grow into one of the top ten AIDS grant making organizations in the world. So between its star power and size, the EJAF was able to attract some big wallets to its White Tie & Tiara Ball...
The Ferrari Store opened its doors in New York this week at Park Avenue and 55th Street. Like any good social event, Ferrari brought in celebrities like Zach Braff, Justin Theroux and Kiera Chaplin (granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin and a Pirelli calendar model) to help open the prancing horse outlet. Of course...
It is a little-known fact outside of Europe that the few Corvettes that made the trip across the Atlantic have gone as orphans. Corvette is its own brand in Europe, but that’s about to change.
Chevrolet will soon introduce the Camaro on the European market, and that will allow the...
Earlier this month we discovered GM made a mini hot rod by dropping the Chevrolet Cruze engine into the small body of the Spark. This "Super Spark" (as we named it,) utilizes a 1.4-liter 140 hp turbocharged engine so it can be the lead car for the World...
We would usually be a little suspect about buying furnishings from a place that spells “designs” with a “z”, but we might make an exception for this one. Lionel Virdee recycles car parts to build furniture for his company Custom Designz. And this is not just anything found on the side...
In a reverse of today’s trend, a Chinese car company is making a major investment in the developing resources in the Western world. Yesterday, the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) opened a new design center in Birmingham, England. The MG Global Design Centre (European spelling) is the new headquarters for all...
Sometimes interesting coincidences happen as we keep an eye on the international motoring community. By themselves some stories are unremarkable, but together, we find them amusing enough to share. For example, today General Motors sent out two very different messages across its international community about testing its upcoming Volt/Ampera electric car.
The...
Sometimes it is just nicer to live in the U.K. than the U.S. Sure our fuel prices aren’t taxed to the rate of liquid gold, and rain is a nuisance rather than expected (not you Seattle). And even though we are already taking delivery of the Mercedes SLS AMG supercar before...
Earlier this week we found James Bond’s infamous 1964 Aston Martin DB5 (possibly the world’s most famous ride) was headed to the auction block. But before the fall sale, it will join a few slightly less famous Aston’s that were put into MI-6 service.
On June 26 three other cars...
Summer is time for road trips, and the BBC is embarking on one with a purpose. On Monday (June 7) a documentary team will leave London in a Think City car to begin a 4,000-mile trip around Europe studying the viability of driving an electric car on that continent. The four-person team...
There is one car that is internationally recognized as defining timeless sophistication, and this is it. The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 from the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball is up for auction.
The car started life as a Silver Birch DB5 with Dark Grey leather interior. It comes with the 4.0-liter...
Peugeot is getting serious about the Brazilian market. Earlier this month it introduced the Hoggar pickup, a car built in Brazil and sold exclusively to South America. Named after a Saharan desert mountain range and a 2003 design concept, the Hoggar is the pickup version of Peugeot’s 207 model line.
On Monday (May 17th) during Adam Carolla’s daily podcast, the comedian went into detail about why Top Gear USA originally failed and why he was no longer involved.
According to Carolla it wasn’t just the colossal failure of Knight Rider that sank the TG USA pilot at NBC. Chrysler and GM going to...
About two years ago Opel asked its younger trainees to help design a youthful limited edition car to celebrate the Corsa's milestone of ten million produced. The result was a white car with a bodykit, sport suspension, and blacked-out wheels and roof. But underneath the skin of this beast beat...
Out of the “who knew?” file comes a minivan from Taiwan.
LUXGEN is being billed as Taiwan’s first automobile brand. In reality it is Taiwan’s first independent automobile brand. There are already a few companies making licensed copies of other cars in Taiwan (including LUXGEN’s parent company Yulon, which has multiple remanufacturing...
That’s the unique way this 1935 Bentley 3 1/2 Liter saloon is being promoted. The reality is this Bentley is going to auction and a unique piece of history goes with it.
In the 1930s cars were still a bit of a luxury item,...
Two Europeans going for two very different types of patriotism
One is for sports and one is for the arts. Vauxhall and Renault both revealed special trim packages for their smallest three-door hatches, but each is celebrating a very aspect of its home country.
While there are plenty of Minis already out there sporting the U.K.’s Union Jack, Vauxhall is going more...
"Hangover", "Earl", "Iron Man", and other celebrity cars hitting the auction block
It is fun to own famous cars. While the enthusiast world is still holding its breath for some ultra-rare gems (the Bullitt Mustang comes to mind,) there are a few slightly more obtainable Hollywood cars coming to the Mecum Spring Classic Auction next week.
The Hangover turned the W111 Mercedes Cabriolet...
Countdown lists are nothing new; we even have a full section devoted to them on this site. But when the U.K. magazine ShortList (think AskMen.com with a print version available) assembles a list of the year’s top car launches in May, we tend to take notice.
Awarding cars this...
Cobra replica builder turned into a real political force
Although we are politically neutral at MotoBullet, the recent story of the undoing of U.S. Senator Robert Bennett caught our attention. The Republican senator from Utah came under fire from Tea Party movements members for not being conservative enough. What peaked out interest was that the leader of Utah's Tea...
Sometimes the U.K. has all the fun. Last week we found out about Alfa Romeo fans over there who get to include pictures on the 100th anniversary car, and now Peugeot U.K. is giving away a new RCZ. The sleek double-bubble coupe goes on sale later this month in the U.K.,...
Ferrari is celebrating the World Expo in Shanghai by launching its official site in a new language: Chinese. It will now be the website’s fourth language, joining Italian, English, and Japanese.
Ferrari sold around 200 cars in China last year, which represents only about 3% of its annual sales. So adding...
General Motors is reminding us that its cars always have at least one passenger on board: Big Brother. Earlier this week Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico introduced the Vehicle Safety Bill, which included a mandate for Even Data Recorders (EDR) to be placed in all vehicles.
An EDR is...
Fiat and Alfa Romeo putting fan's pictures on cars
The Fiat Group has reached two milestones. First the new Fiat 500 has sold 500,000 cars in less than three years. Second, this summer marks Alfa Romeo’s 100th anniversary.
Two very different milestones, but both are being given similar ways of including its fans in the festivities. Pictures of enthusiasts will be incorporated into...
Timing is truly everything. The same day that the U.K. reopened its airspace after the volcanic ash disruption also happened to be when six stranded British tourists called a cab to pick them up in Spain.
Last week Garry Smith and his son Ben drove his Hyundai i800 (a full-size, eight...
Renault electric vehicles to be featured in The Sims game
Renault is dropping its vision for electric cars into the virtual world. This spring there will be a free download of an Electric Vehicle Pack for The Sims 3 video game that allows participants to experience the benefits of electric car ownership. While this story only directly affects anyone who participates in...
Vauxhall wants to turn you into the gentleman driver
Vauxhall thinks you can’t drive…or at least drive properly. Since Vauxhall can’t install a nun to ride along and wrap your knuckles every time they leave the steering wheel, there’s a book to break any bad habits. GM's very British subsidiary and the etiquette masters at Debrett’s have partnered to create...
Barrett-Jackson concluded its 8th annual Palm Beach, Florida auction on Saturday. While American muscle is usually a staple at B-J’s Palm Beach affair, there were also a few European favorites peppering the auction block. Rough estimates put the three-day auction total at $18 million sold. The top five sellers brought in about...
Personalized license plates are fun. There’s no easier way to announce to an entire interstate your bedroom prowess than with the “G8ST LVR” tag; or no greater way to get your car keyed in the parking lot than hanging “2FAST4U” on your Porsche.
Personal plates have a long history in the...
Honda UK has just released info for the new Si package its offering for the Jazz. Known as the Fit in the U.S., it’s Honda’s smallest offering on both sides of the pond.
Si packaging in the U.S. usually includes upgrading the engine and suspension parts, but these U.K. cars...
MG celebrated its 85th anniversary in 2009. While it wasn’t 85 years of continuous production, and ownership has moved from England to China, this was still a milestone worth commemorating. For those who are just hearing about all this now, it’s still not too late to celebrate.
MG created an 85th Anniversary...
Like NASCAR for the Chardonnay crowd, Cirque du Soleil likes to pick up sponsorship badges. Starting next month Infiniti will become a partner with the psychedelic circus for its shows in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, and Russia. One of the first shows will be a Kooza performance in Portland, Oregon. Kooza...
Vauxhall wins the mixed blessing of the Fleet Manufacturer of the Year
This comes from the category of not quite news: Vauxhall was voted "Fleet Manufacturer of the Year" by the U.K. publication Fleet News. Exciting, right?
So why are we even bothering to mention an award in the U.K. that's not very interesting? Well looking at the bigger picture of U.S. and...
The first Lotus Evora was sold yesterday in Houston, Texas. This Ardent Red Evora really isn't not big news, but it does make a very interisting Lotus officially available in the U.S.
Unlike the Elise or Exige, the Evora can carry four people (some very small). But just...
The theme for Saturday’s RM auction at Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance would likely be quality over quantity. The Amelia Island auction is small. Unlike other major auctions that are an entire weekend affair, this auction only ran on Saturday. The shorter event allowed it to be integrated into the events of Concours d'Elegance...
Here’s a good example of why American car companies are accused of missing the mark. While we have burly NASCAR drivers and ex-football players as sports endorsements for our vehicles, Lancia uses Italian fencing beauty Margherita Granbassi to hock its line of warmed-over Fiats.
Granbassi is the exact kind of person...
It's a small story, but one we're still happy to report. 24 hours after Spyker Cars competed its acquisition of Saab Automobiles, Spyker's CEO Victor Muller received a fully loaded 2010 9-5 sedan. Outside the factory in Trollhattan, Sweden, Saab's CEO Åke Jonsson handed his new boss the keys to...
Looks like even China has respect for British automotive history. MG Motor UK – the British arm of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) -- has announced a contest to name roads around the Longbridge factory site.
Austin, Rover, and MG fans can visit mgmotor.co.uk between now and Feb. 26th to submit name...
UPDATED: (2/18 5:00pm EST) Lake Mary High School and Chrysler are talking again for a possible solution that would satisfy both parties.
Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida is infringing on (Dodge) Ram’s logo. The trademarked badge Chrysler currently adds to all its trucks is a strikingly similar goat to...
We usually don’t get excited about trim packages, but these two are a good excuse to talk about the 2010 Audi RS 6 – a friend we don’t get to see much in North America. Audi is offering two new packaging options for poplar items on the uber-fast sedan. While the idea...
$25,000 is the magic number. According to a Wall Street Journal story, car companies are trying to keep their prices around this mark. This is a place were consumers feel they are spending enough to go beyond basic transportation, and it's also a price point that will keep monthly payments...
It's not quite 2010 yet, but don't tell the automakers. Per the usual tradition, the car companies begin to sell the next model year in the fall so owners have an extra few months to sunb the Joneses.
Forbes.com compiled data from the automakers that include how many days...
Aston Martin Confirmed today that pricing for the 2010 Rapide will start at $199,950. The company predicts sales of about 2,000 cars annually, and the first examples should be on U.S. streets by spring of 2010.
The sedan will be built at a new plant in Graz, Austria. While it...
