Renault confirms 400-HP Alpine concept debuting on Friday *UPDATE [w/video]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Renault Renault has confirmed the unveiling of an Alpine concept at this weekend’s Formula One Grand Prix de Monaco, but as we get closer there are new details alongisde new questions. Just yesterday came the leaked image of a concept called the A110-50C, heavily based on the Renault DeZir [...]

Report: Florida judge rules flashing lights for speed trap warning is covered under free speech

Filed under: Government/Legal Count this one as a big victory for motorists. A Florida man has won his First Amendment case against the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, who wrongfully ticketed him for flashing his lights to warn other drivers of a speed trap. According to the Orlando Sentinel, a Circuit Court judge not only said [...]

Video: Mercedes releases even more drift-happy C63 AMG footage from Laguna Seca

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury Mercedes-Benz and its AMG division wanted to thank the two million viewers of its various videos, so it dropped a C63 AMG at the top of the Corkscrew at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and recorded it drifting down. The treat was wasn’t as sweet as it should have [...]

Official: Chrysler launches ‘No Payments for 90 Days’ incentive

Filed under: Car Buying Chrysler upped the ante for May sales announcing this week a deferred payment program for anyone buying a Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Fiat between now and the end of May. The “No Payments for 90 Days” program began Monday and runs until May 31. Qualified buyers financing their new vehicles through [...]

Uncle Sam’s shopping list for government fleets

Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Police/Emergency Edmunds has taken a closer look at which vehicles are most heavily favored by the federal government by evaluating percentage of model sales in 2011. Not surprisingly the Chevrolet Caprice topped off the list with a whopping 79.2 percent of sales going to government agencies, while the out-to-pasture Ford Crown [...]