Tony Borroz
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Three-track Ardenner designed to pull over 250 kg of cargo across the snow
This is either the craziest idea to hit the snow, or one of the coolest. Austrian company Mattro's Ardenner features not one, but three snowmobile-like tracks clawing into the snow and ice to prov... → Read More
Briton Richard Brown aims for world two-wheeled land speed record
It takes a certain kind of person to take on Land Speed Record (LSR) racing. When you’re doing 300 mph, or more, things can go real wrong, real fast. Now imagine doing that on a motorcycle. Now im... → Read More
Brabus revamps Mercedes C-Class Wagon
Being a European auto tuner is an odd thing. It takes a certain amount of chutzpa to say, What does Mercedes know about auto design?. BRABUS has been at it longer than most, and the company just... → Read More
BMW readies 40-ton all-electric truck for deployment on city roads
With its all-electric i3 urban car hitting the road in 2013, BMW is now going bigger – much bigger. The Bavarian automotive giant has just announced that as part of a one-year pilot project, a 40-... → Read More
Aerodynamic efficiency target of Boeing ecoDemonstrator 757 flight tests
Boeing is at it again, continuing its on-going ecoDemonstrator test program by ramping up a series of flight tests with a modified 757 airliner. The lengthy tests will assess new methods to advanc... → Read More
The BMW X5 xDrive40e, a plug-in hybrid SUV from Bavaria
BMW has chosen its X5 SUV to be its first plug-in hybrid production car. The BMW X5 xDrive40e has lots of trick engineering slickly packaged in a vehicle that could bring plug-in hybrid technology... → Read More
Touring Superleggera reworks Ferrari F12 into Berlinetta Lusso
One car stands out as an absolute stunner at this year's Geneva Motor Show: Touring Superleggera's Berlinetta Lusso. Dressed in blue and clothed in alloy bodywork, it's as new as the Ferrari V12 u... → Read More
X-Carve machines custom 3D pieces from wood, metal or plastic
3D printing promises to be the gateway to a world where a person's ideas are made manifest. But it's not perfect – materials issues and questions of finish quality arise. Enter X-Carve, a device a... → Read More
Mercedes unveils Concept V-ision e plug-in hybrid
It may look like a minivan with a power cord hanging out of it, but what lies beneath the rather suburban skin of the Mercedes Concept V-ision e plug-in hybrid might just be the future of hybrid d... → Read More
Volkswagen's 118 mpg, 155 mph Sport Coupé Concept GTE plug-in hybrid
Volkswagen just hit the automotive world with a hell of a one-two punch this week in Geneva. Long wanting to get into the sporty coupe game, and also wanting more plug in hybrids on the road, Volk... → Read More
Graphene-laden GTA Spano supercar boasts 230 mph+ top speed
Not all show cars are vaporware and not all boutique supercars are merely dreams. The GTA Spano is a good case in point. It's got looks, it's got performance, it's got an in-house V10 engine, and ... → Read More
Koenigsegg builds on experience with 1,160-hp Agera RS
Koenigsegg is pretty much sitting at the top of the heap of boutique supercars. The best argument to support this is sitting on the show stand at Geneva right now. It's called the Koenigsegg Agera... → Read More
Morgan goes back to the future once more with fifth-gen Aero 8
Morgan, a company so steeped in anachronisms it makes a Lotus 7 look like the space shuttle. Morgan is still using wood as part of the chassis. Old in style and affectation it might be, but Morgan... → Read More
Radical to attack Nürburgring with new RXC Turbo 500
Track day cars are the hothouse flowers of the automotive world. Radical, one of the more well known of these motorized hothouse denizens, has big ambitions for its new RXC Turbo 500. Radical aims... → Read More
Piaggio Aerospace announces first flight and sales of P.1HH HammerHead UAS
Piaggio Aerospace is determined to make its mark in the lucrative defense and security sector and the successful maiden test flight of its Prototype 001 P.1HH HammerHead UAS is an important step d... → Read More
McLaren 675LT will be lightest and most powerful of McLaren's Super Series
McLaren is taking its latest and greatest road car, the 675LT, to the track with the intent of racing and winning. It's loaded with enough technology and performance to be a serious contender righ... → Read More
Yutaka Katayama, father of the Z car, passes away at 105
In sad news for the automotive world, Yutaka Katayama, first president of Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A., and father of the Z Car, passed away on February 19 at the age of 105. Affectionately kno... → Read More
New GTA Spano supercar set for Geneva debut
The Geneva International Motor Show is traditionally the coming out party for the best that European car makers have to offer, and that extends down to smaller, specialty makers such as Spania, wh... → Read More
Rocket flown through northern lights to help unlock space weather mysteries
The northern lights are more than one of nature's most awe inspiring sights, they are an electromagnetic phenomena that can adversely affect power grids and communications and navigation systems. ... → Read More
Will the new Evora 400 be the hit Lotus needs?
Lotus finds itself, yet again, approaching dire financial straights. It needs a hit, a palpable hit, and it has chosen to update, up-rate and subtly alter its Evora sportscar for even more bang th... → Read More