Archive for the ‘2011 SEMA show’ Category

Kia Track’ster Concept: Soul-Based, Two-Door’d, Turbo’d [Chicago Auto Show]

Posted by on February 8th, 2012 | No Comments

There must be something about the Soul hatchback that compels Kia to use bizarre punctuation. Take, for example, the Soul’s + and ! (Plus and Exclaim in our language) trim levels, and the topless Soul’ster concept from three years ago. This Track’ster is the company’s second apostrophe-laden Soul-based concept: It’s a 250-hp, all-wheel-drive hatchback that sacrifices the normal Soul’s rear doors and rear seat in the pursuit of track-readiness.

Focus ST: Riding Shotgun in Ford’s Next Shogun

Posted by on December 30th, 2011 | No Comments

“You see how you can play with the back end going on or off the throttle?” asks Jost Capito, who is clearly having fun. Inside Ford’s European proving ground near Lommel, Belgium, the director of Global Performance Vehicles is drifting through the corners of the handling track in his latest ­project, the Focus ST, adjusting the car’s angle of attack with the right pedal.

Chevrolet Bringing Sportier 2013 Sonic RS to Detroit Auto Show

Posted by on December 19th, 2011 | No Comments

Chevrolet’s latest B-segment contender, the Sonic, is pretty darn good. It placed second in a recent six-car comparison test , and nifty interior duds won it a place on our 10Best Design Details list

2012 Kia Forte – The Car Connection

Posted by on December 6th, 2011 | No Comments

2012 Kia Forte The Car Connection Bengt Halvorson is Deputy Editor of High Gear Media's portfolio of car sites, overseeing the production of reviews , evaluating vehicles firsthand…

Honda AC-X Concept: Is This the Future of Acura Design?

Posted by on November 30th, 2011 | No Comments

This concept seems like sci-fi, but some of it is closer to reality than you might think. The Tokyo Motor Show is always good for a few (dozen) far-out concept cars, and the Honda AC-X is one of them

Honda EV-STER Small Sports Car Concept: A Futuristic Take on the Old Beat Microcar

Posted by on November 30th, 2011 | No Comments

A futuristic take on the old Honda Beat microcar. Please forgive Honda for the silly EV-STER moniker; we like everything else about this concept that debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show . Yoshinori Asahi, Honda’s Creative Director for the Styling Design Development Division (yes, that’s his full title), told us that all the designers at Honda want to sketch a lightweight small sports car.

2012 Honda Civic Si Sedan Tested: 0 to 60 in 6.1 Seconds

Posted by on November 10th, 2011 | No Comments

The sportified Civic for the family man proves just as entertaining as the two-door. The Honda Civic is now in its ninth generation; the Si, its seventh

Sweet and Tender Hoonigan: Rauh-Welt 911 Turbo Debuts at SEMA

Posted by on November 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Thirty-one-year-old Brian Scotto came of age inhaling the detritus of New York Hardcore and reveling in the city’s fertile hip-hop scene.

Building a NASCAR Engine in a Room with Swirly Carpet

Posted by on November 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Assembling an engine in a Las Vegas hotel conference room is surreal. Doing so while being timed is surprisingly nerve-wracking

RMR RM500: Rhys Millen and Hyundai Stuff Tau V8 in Genesis Coupe

Posted by on November 4th, 2011 | No Comments

Hyundai and drifting/rally driver Rhys Millen have an established history of creating crazy, lampshade-on-the-head hooligan rides, including a 550-hp Genesis coupe drift racer , a 500-hp, rear -engined V-8 Genesis coupe , and even a purpose-built, 750-hp Pikes Peak racer . For the 2011 SEMA show , Millen’s company, RMR, and Hyundai once again dropped a V-8 into a Genesis coupe, but this time, they’ve “kept it real,” so to speak—i.e., drivable, recognizable, and actually somewhat plausible

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