Paris 2010: Is it the end of the car, as we know it?

Story and photos by John LeBlanc PARIS — Woe be the modern automaker. With a lingering economic recession, ever-tightening fuel economy and emissions regulations and a younger population that is more interested in their next cell phone than their next set of four wheels, the global auto industry is seemingly under attack from all sides.

Top 10: Most Beautiful 2010s

[svgallery name=”Top_10_Beauties_2″] Story by John LeBlanc If you want to start a good argument, forget about religion, sex or politics. Just go ahead and diss the looks of your neighbour’s precious set of wheels. Taking that risk, let me present you – what I think, anyway – are the ten most beautiful 2010 model-year cars […]

Feature: Future Collectibles

[svgallery name=”Future_Collectibles”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc Considered the most prestigious event of its kind in the world, for the past 59 years, California’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has been a showcase for the collector car world. Some of the collector cars that will be showing up at this year’s event in August are […]

First Drive: 2010 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder

[svgallery name=”10_lambo_Gallardo_Spyder_2″] Story and photos by John LeBlanc CANARY ISLANDS, Spain – Like the personalities of the charging bulls that its long line of super sports cars have been named after, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., has always appeared to be run on pure, unadulterated emotion. Rational business sense, meh, not so much.

First Drive: 2009 Lamborghini LP-560 4 Coupé

Story, video, and  photos by John LeBlanc LAS VEGAS–It’s challenging enough for Lamborghini’s Gallardo to keep up with recently updated super sports car rivals, such as the Ferrari F430 Scuderia and Porsche 911 GT2. But now that its corporate kid brother, Audi’s R8 – a newer vehicle that doesn’t exist without the four-year-older Gallardo’s space […]

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