http://automotoscope.com See the coolest cars and motos, read the latest news and reviews Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:14:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Goodwood Festival of Speed Audi Sculpture - Click above for image gallery of more GFoS sculptures The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place this weekend, and every year the Earl of March, who manages the 12,000-acre Goodwood estate that hosts the event, commissions a giant art piece honoring that year's featured ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/07/02/goodwood-festival-of-speed-featuring-135-foot-monument-to-audi/ We didn't much care for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen when we went out and saw it on opening night, but we're still smitten by the concept of robots that transform into all manner of vehicular machinery. In Michael Bay's new flick, motorcycles may have taken a more prominent role ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/07/02/video-norton-commando-transformer-is-more-than-meets-the-eye/ Now here's just the thing to mix up with a heated-up Flattie, or better yet, a Rajo Model T powerplant, which would be perfectly authentic for the vintage. Oh sure, purists will argue that this artifact, which apparently started life as a Hariss Steam Car prototype carrying a Stanley Steamer ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/07/02/ebay-find-of-the-day-mammoth-1930s-hariss-steam-powered-split-window-prototype/ Autoblog went to the premiere of Raptor - Born in Baja, and while the film is on the long side, it's an enjoyable flick. We wrote before that the truck "only" came in third (out of four total trucks in Class 8), but to finish the Baja 1000 at all ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/06/26/quick-review-raptor-born-in-baja-is-rocky-for-pickup-trucks/ General Motors' pending deal to offload its unwanted HUMMER brand may have hit a major snag. Although no official word has come from the Ministry of Commerce or the National Development and Reform Commission, state-run radio organizations are reporting that the Chinese government will indeed block the sale of HUMMER ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/06/26/report-china-to-block-hummer-sale-to-tengzhong/ Late last year at the Intermot show in Germany, Honda pulled the covers off a radical concept motorcycle it promised would soon enter production powered by a powerful new V4 engine. The new bike's introduction is obviously close at hand as a new series of spy photos clearly shows the ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/06/26/spy-shots-new-honda-v4-motorcycle-caught-testing/ We played with Transformers as kids and have a considerable appetite for anything automotive, making the second installment of the Transformers film franchise a must watch in an otherwise uninspiring summer blockbuster season. While we didn't dare hope for a compelling story line, we were pretty sure Director Michael Bay ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/06/26/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-better-action-worse-storyline/ We have no idea why Michael A. Salter wanted to create a race car out of polystyrene packing waste, and we guess it doesn't matter -- he did, and this is the result. We don't have much any information on the single-seater open-wheeler other than that it's on display at ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/06/26/artist-creates-full-scale-f1-car-from-recycled-styrofoam/ We visited the official unveiling of Forza Motorsport 3, Microsoft's latest racing title for the XBox, at the E3 expo. With graphics playing on numerous flat screens that, to borrow the phrase, moved the game on, and with the backing of an Audi partnership and a gleaming red R8 V10 ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/06/04/sneak-peek-forza-motorsport-3/ According to sources at The New York Times, General Motors' Hummer division has been sold to a machinery company in western China. That company, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd., presently doesn't build automobiles, it is known for making construction and maintenance equipment, but more recently it has segued ... http://automotoscope.com/2009/06/02/hummer-reportedly-purchased-by-chinese-heavy-equipment-manufacturer-wpoll/