Spy pictures of Panamera pop up every once in a while, as if to remind us that it’s coming, but no shots have been as clear as this, which shows that the Panamera is still as ugly as when we first saw it. The Panamera is an important product for Porsche and that’s maybe why ‘ze Germans’ have been testing it in various different locations around the world; South Africa, it’s own backyard at Stuttgart and more importantly at the ‘Ring, but Porsche is not stopping at that, now they’re at the Arctic Circle. Read more

The Volkswagen Scirocco R32 teaser shot that we put up a few days ago appears to be a fake. WorldCarFans grilled the image through and through and found some peculiar brush strokes that covered the apparent perpetrators url; ‘www.scirocco.de’ url. The picture on the left reveals the brush strokes on the bumper of Scirocco. But that doesn’t mean that there will never be a Scirocco R32, who knows? It could just be a Scirocco R36. Watch this space. Read more

Replacing the old giant of a luxury saloon BMW lovingly dubbed the 7-Series, is another, well, giant of a luxury saloon sporting the same design as the older 7 but if its safe to say, a different look. Bigger kidney grills that ape the nostrils of a pissed off hog are new to the 2009 7-Series, so are the butterfly wing tail lights but if you haven’t noticed, these are all taken off BMWs design study cars, the grills are off the concept CS, the tail lights are a spin off from the 5-Series facelift, the stance and ride height of the car seem very X6, and of course, there’s always that Bangle touch. Read more

So while we wait for a few years and then wait some more for the Scirocco to make it to our soil, Volkswagen are already teasing the world with this image of the Volkswagen Scirocco R32. The image says it all really, the darkened image presents a silhouette of what seems to be a beefed up Scirocco sporting the same projector headlights as the standard. The bold blue R in the reflection is the trademark Read more

The latest BBC’s Top Gear aired on Sunday last week (UK time) casts doubt upon the notion that a hybrid car would be the most fuel efficient in every circumstances.

Clarkson chose the most extreme examples to make the point — a sedan equipped with a V-8 engine producing 414 horsepower against the Toyota Prius with its 76 horsepower hybrid motor. The EPA rates the BMW at 14 miles per gallon in the city, and 20 on the highway which compares unfavorably to the 48 and 45 figures for the Prius. Read more

Even after much speculation, BMW continues to deny the existence of an M-badged X5 and there is a logical reason why there never may be, its size. The guys at BMW explain that the SUVs size, weight, height, and packaging will never be worthy of the legendary tri tones of the M badge but as Autoblog puts it, “that doesn’t mean BMW can’t produce a hotter version of its biggie-sized SUV.” Read more

We here at zerotohundred.com are huge fans of the M3 CSL, having great moments of everything with our E46 M3 CSL and trust us, very few cars come close to it in terms of raw speed, brutality, driving dynamics and all out character. So its with great expectations and excitement we announce to you that this is how the next generation M3 CSL may look like. Read more

The Mercedes CLK63 AMG Black series is based on the official F1 safety car and incorporates the pinnacle of Mercedes’ performance technology therefore any tuner wishing to enhance this package has a challenge on their hands, a challenge Renntech was more than willing to take with the release of their latest tuning program. Read more

Two weekends ago, I got invited to a track day organised by Sapura Auto for BMW M owners, I don’t own a BMW but I work with people that do . See, this event was not open for media but our beloved official limited edition E46 M3 CSL got us invited for it, so I took our camera along. Read more

The 2008 D1 Grand Prix Tokyo Drift in Odaiba took place over two days and featured the best drivers from Japan. The drift battle in the heat of Tokyo that has been held for 2 consecutive years, comes back after yearning of three years. Read more