Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button took Brawn GP a significant step closer to both world championship titles at the 2009 Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza on Sunday afternoon, in a race rendered dramatic by a last lap shunt for McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, as he was pushing hard in third place after Button.
Lamborghini has unveiled the Reventón Roadster, the drop-top version of their ultra-exclusive supercar.
After months of teasing the retarded press with a shadowy photo, Bugatti has finally revealed its new four-door sedan concept ahead of the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show at an event for Bugatti customers. Originally dubbed the Bordeaux, the super-sedan’s real name is Galibier, named after a difficult Alpine pass along the Tour de France route.
The 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado officially debuted in the United Kingdom, even while shipments of the new model are sitting on GCC ports as local dealers wait for stocks of the old model to be cleared.
Ford Middle East is participating at the GITEX technology show on October 2009, and will use the Dubai event as a basis for the GCC launch of the 2010 Ford Taurus and Taurus SHO models.
After years of selling an outdated decade-old version of the car in the UAE, the all-new 2010 Nissan Maxima has finally gone on sale in some GCC markets. Quietly available in showrooms, the V6-powered front-wheel-drive midsizer aims to be a budget “sports” sedan and hails from Nissan’s American operations now.
The Lexus ES, the best-selling front-wheel-drive midsize luxury sedan that is based on the Toyota Camry, has been given a minor facelift for the 2010 model year. The new model made its world debut in China.
The 2010 Honda CR-V compact crossover 4×4 is receiving upgrades to the exterior and interior, new features, better fuel economy, and more power. The U.S. market is the first one to get the new model.
The entirely-predictable Audi R8 Spyder convertible will debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Sporting a cloth folding top, the R8 Spyder will only come with a V10 engine.
Lexus is desperate to reduce the average age of its buyers, and the IS sedan isn’t cutting it. So in the vein of the BMW 1-Series and the Mercedes-Benz CLC-Class, Lexus is readying a smaller hatchback model, and the LF-Ch concept offers a first look at its design direction.