by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 21, 2019
He was born to be a banker, like the rest of his patrician, Austrian family. So, when Niki Lauda asked his grandfather for the financial help he needed to land a ride on the Formula One circuit, he was cut off. Lauda eventually found a way to raise the money on his...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 14, 2019
Alliances and joint ventures are becoming as much the norm as the exception in today’s auto industry, but Hyundai Motor Group just entered a particularly strange-bedfellow sort of relationship, investing nearly $90 million in Rimac, the Croatian manufacturer of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 12, 2019
It’s easy to feel intimidated at Summit Point Motorsports Park. The Shenandoah Circuit is an undulating, 2-mile course that sends you ping-ponging from one blind corner to another, rising and falling over the rocky West Virginia landscape. But it was as close to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 10, 2019
It’s been a while since Ferrari first dropped the hint that it would add a new hybrid to its line-up and now, according to CEO Louis Camilleri, we’ll be getting to see it before the end of this month. The hybrid will be one of five new models coming from the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 25, 2019
Even a cat might have run through its nine lives by now, but British sports carmaker Lotus somehow continues to hang on – and with a fresh infusion of capital from its new Chinese owners, Lotus is bound and determined to make a comeback. It offered a hint of what’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 12, 2019
To misappropriate a quote by Humphrey Bogart from “The Maltese Falcon,” “It’s the stuff dreams are made of.” For decades, General Motors has sniffed off rumors that it was developing the sort of mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette that proponents said was needed to turn the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 11, 2019
This month’s Geneva Motor Show brought the debut of dozens of new models, from little city cars all the way up to mega-million dollar exotics. It also brought several new entries into one of the automotive industry’s most exotic clubs: vehicles topping 1,000...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2019
After weeks of teasing its new hypercar, Aston Martin has finally pulled the wraps off the AM-RB 003 at the Geneva Motor Show, and it’s a high-tech hybrid that also happens to be insanely fast, its 1,000 horsepower drivetrain able to launch from 0 to 60 in less than 3...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 20, 2019
From a company struggling to avert yet another bankruptcy only a few years ago, Aston Martin has bounced back with a vengeance, as it plans to demonstrate with the debut of a new hypercar at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Codenamed “Project 003,” it’s set to become...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 13, 2018
The horsepower race continues to accelerate. Where 400 hp was once considered extreme, more and more exotics are nudging into four-figure territory, Aston Martin the latest to get there by taking some of its Formula One technology from the track to the street. The...
by Michael Strong | Nov 29, 2018
Porsche arrived in Los Angeles the night before the auto show hyping a theme for the debut of the eighth-generation 911: fast and faster. The best-known of all Porsches with that iconic profile, the next-gen of flat-six turbocharged beasts gets more power as well as a...
by Michael Strong | Nov 21, 2018
Mercedes-Benz Cars will be making a big splash at the Los Angeles International Auto Show with the world premiere of two race cars: the Mercedes-AMG GTR Pro and Mercedes-AMG GT. The limited-edition special AMG GT R Pro model was modified to deliver even more racetrack...
