Gizmo Ave

The Gumpert Apollo will certainly catch your attention when it explodes into your rearview at 224 mph. The first creation of former Audi Motorsports boss Roland Gumpert, this mid-engined, carbon-fiber-bodied rocket ship looks like an exile from the Le Mans starting grid. And Herr Gumpert makes no apologies for its racecar compromises, like having to [...]

For years the computer industry has been pushing consumers on concept of the tablet PC. But save for a small percentage of professionals in specialized fields, the form factor has largely failed to catch on. While plenty of mobile phones have long since proven that consumers love touchscreens, on the whole, that love hasn’t translated [...]

Thankfully Spyker’s glass-domed C8 Laviolette has managed to live down its star billing alongside Sharon Stone in the truly rancid Basic Instinct 2 movie. But only just. These days it continues to be one of the rarest, and most dramatic sights on the highway. From its scissor-hinged doors to its voluptuous.

You have to be out of the automotive loop if you haven’t heard or read anything on the Hennessey Viper, which has been highlighted, tested, and pushed into competition with other tuners (mostly in Venom 1000 twin-turbo trim) by nearly every other reputable reviewers on automotive stage.

To call Italy’s famed Mille Miglia an historic car rally would be accurate, but understated to the point of absurdity (a bit like calling Rome an old city). In fact, the Mille Miglia (a legendary, no holds barred annual race that ran from 1927 to 1957 and morphed into a mellower version in 1977) is [...]

Does a German luxury sedan really need an exotic, high-revving V-10 engine? That is a bit like asking if Hugh Hefner really needs three girlfriends. Neither question is an issue of necessity, but rather a matter of personal preference.

“This car is not scheduled to go into series production” insists BMW’s automotive design director, Adrian van Hooydonk. Standing before this Liquid-Orange dream machine with the look of cultivated indifference that has become his signature style, the Dutch-born designer adds “The goal of this concept study is really celebrating out rich heritage and showing how [...]