The Ferrari 458 Italia is the company’s latest V8 marvel. While the rest of the F-car line-up plod along with weightier 12-cylinder engines, the mid-engined Italia remains the paring knife in a family of bayonets. But unlike its predecessor, the F430, the 458 works harder than ever before to differentiate it from the increasingly crowded [...]
Saturday, March 20, 2010
McLaren MP4-12c? Take away the McLaren name and you might be forgiven for thinking you were buying a Blu-Ray player, not the most important supercar of the new decade. The most important? Really, CarEnvy? Ya, really. Well, thus far at least. And we haven’t forgotten about the flamboyant Merc SLS, the fizzy Ferrari 458 Italia, [...]
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
With doors agape, the 2011 SLS greeted visitors at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. This is the car that Mercedes is using to ignite our memories of the 1955 Mille Miglia and Stirling Moss. But wait, didn’t they just do that with the McLaren SLR Stirling Moss?. In person, it’s clear to see that the [...]
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Since CarEnvy.ca hasn’t finalized its 2009 Cars of the Year, the second best publication around, Top Gear Magazine, will have to do for now. Their criteria are a little different than ours, and so are their categories, but we still value their opinion. Why? Because we have a subscription and the 1.5 centimetre thick, $13 [...]
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Frankfurt Motor Show 2009 is taking place as we speak. Unfortunately, our German correspondent isn’t feeling well so she couldn’t make it herself. As such, we’ve compiled a list of the most important reveals from Day 1 in her absence. Frankfurt is the first major show of the Fall season and manufacturers like Audi, [...]
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Just in case you missed this on every other car blog in the world, here are the images you’ve been waiting for of the Mercedes SLS AMG, as leaked by CarPoint. It’s a vehicle we’ve covered before here at the Nurburgring, here on the cover of some German magazine, of the interior here, and donning camo here. So the [...]
Friday, July 10, 2009
We saw the spyshots in February and we revealed the interior in April, and now, we’ve got a supposed glimpse at the real deal. Although the gullwing doors are certainly there, as we’d all expected, I don’t think that anyone expected a snout quite like that. The rear seems inoffensive enough, if not slightly reminiscent [...]
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Well the details of the upcoming Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing, the spiritual successor to the 300SL, just keep on aleakin’. We now know that there will be a 6.2L V8 under the hood and that its power will be routed to the wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Oh, but there’s much, much more.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Just stop for a moment and take it in. Classic, flowing lines, accompanied by a much more modern wheel and brake package. A nice blend of old and new, no? The best part, you’ll be able to buy it. The details are after the jump.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Here are some shots of the 2011 AMG Gullwing in heavy camo during road tests in the states. Although originally this was exprected to be a Mercedes branded vehicle, it's now been made clear that it is being developed entirely by AMG. Luckily the name they settled on didn't use the goofy method by which AMG was chosen. "Well, my last name is Aufrecht, yours is Melcher, and I was born in Großaspach, so... AMG?" However, "Gullwing" is rather uninspired. At least it's better than Quattroporte. More after the Jump
Monday, April 19, 2010
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