Rumors and New Releases

Plans of building a crossover have officially been confirmed by Lamborghini. If everything goes as planned, 3000 units will be sold per year, starting 2018, primarily to clients in the Middle East, UK, USA, Germany, Russia and China. In order to wheel up the production, “Hundreds of millions of Euros” will be invested by Audi, Lamborghini and Volkswagen on research, a new line up, a development center, new warehouses and other vital necessities for the production. Stephan Winkelmann,...

Schumacher continues to recover from a skiing accident that occurred in December 2013. His agent asked the public to always be reminded of how serious the injury is. Schumacher spent several months in a coma following the crash, before he was transferred to a Swiss hospital after being conscious again in late June 2014. Since September 2014, he continues his rehabilitation at his home on Lake Gland in Geneva. “Schumacher's rehabilitation costs are €140,000 a week, while the total cost...

Delve into a Man’s Mind at MEN'S WORLD Exhibition May 21st and 24th, 2015 at La Marina Joseph Khoury- Dbayeh   It is a universal truth that the best way to understand a man is to think like a man. Men have their own mindset, needs, interests, aspirations, not to mention dreams. In a nutshell, men have their own world. Stemming from that belief, FEW, a newcomer in the event management arena, decided to dedicate an entire exhibition for men. Whether they are seeking simple apparel or aiming...

There can only be one winner.    One of the hottest showdowns that took place during the recent Hypermax event at VMax 200 was a head to head drag race between two super heavyweight hypercars, the Ferrari LaFerrari and the Koenigsegg Agera N. In this epic battle, the two hypercars were not competing for the fastest quarter mile, but rather for which car could reach the highest top speed. This was an especially close race, with the LaFerrari boasting a 950 horsepower V12 and the Agera with...

Michael Schumacher's manager says the condition of the seven time world champion is "improving".   Sabine Kehm, who is now guiding Schumacher's son Mick on his first steps in single seaters, appeared in the Barcelona paddock ahead of the Spanish grand prix.   When asked about the mostly unknown fate of F1's most successful driver ever, she was quoted by Sky Italia: "There are small improvements, but the road is still very long."   The latest news about 46-year-old former Ferrari and...

Valtteri Bottas on Thursday tried to play down rumours he is shaping up as a Ferrari driver of the future.   The Williams driver denied the wilder of the reports, for instance that he has already signed a 'pre-agreement' to join the fabled Italian marque.   "I saw some and heard plenty of stories and it's sometimes quite funny to hear those because in the end you know what's the case and what's not," the Finn told reporters in Barcelona.   "There's a lot of people making up...

Being unemployed and rich ain't so bad.  Being unemployed may not be so bad after all. Well, if you were already ridiculously rich before losing your job, then being jobless is more like a vacation. And that, essentially, is the life former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson is living now. Only last week we reported on Jezza’s most recent activities, which included driving around London in a green Lamborghini Huracan. He nearly got a ticket for parking it illegally, but he managed to talk his...

By now we’re pretty much aware of semi-autonomous driving and active cruise-control systems. And, as expected, automakers are quickly advancing these technologies that only a decade or so ago would have been straight out of a science fiction movie. One of those automakers is Porsche and according to a new report from Car and Driver, it’s already testing its next-generation cruise control system called InnoDrive. Why is it so advanced? Porsche claims it’ll be able to handle cornering up to...

MINI has announced plans to introduce their Augmented Vision system at the Shanghai Motor Show. Jointly developed with several Qualcomm companies, the Augmented Vision system is essentially a pair of high-tech glasses which can project driving information on the lens of the glasses. MINI was coy on specifications but said the glasses can act as a heads-up display and project navigation data - such as arrows - onto the road.  The system also shows message notifications and has an X-Ray mode...

Seriously. This is the best news we've heard about it so far. More details are coming in regarding the Toyota Supra revival. Yes, it looks like the name Toyota is going with is Supra. That’s the first bit of good news here. But it’s the next part that will make just about everyone breathe a huge sigh of relief. According to a new report from Car and Driver, Toyota has decided to drop the hybrid drivetrain in favor of a BMW-sourced turbocharged inline-six. And it gets even better: the Supra’s...