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…We say it’s official: The 2010 Porsche Panamera is the new badass of the executive sedan class. It accelerates and handles like no other four-door anything in existence, and we’d love to own one. To be sure, the rear-drive Panamera S and all-wheel-drive 4S are the sensible, maybe-I-could-afford-it-one-day-on-the-used-market options, but all the mystique surrounds the 500-horsepower 2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo  …  Details

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The Alfa Romeo brand’s future has been placed under review by Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne.

With Alfa sales dropping and the Italian brand losing money, Marchionne is weighing up freezing all investment in the brand or refreshing its lineup using Chrysler platforms to replace the 159 and discontinued 166  …  Details

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subaru-2010-stiSubaru is out of the World Rally Championship these days, but that’s not stopping the company from continuing to turn out its rally-inspired WRX STI. In fact, Subaru is planning a special edition of the car, limited to just 125 units–sort of, more below– to be introduced at the Los Angeles Auto Show and unveiled today.

The car, dubbed simply the WRX STI Special Edition, offers a …  Details

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Sweden’s iconic Saab automotive brand is again facing an uncertain future with the news that Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg Group AB has terminated its agreement to buy the company from General Motors. The sale had been a key part of GM’s plan to recover from bankruptcy by unloading some of its brands.

“We’re obviously very disappointed with the decision to pull out of the Saab purchase,” GM CEO Fritz Henderson said today in a statement announcing Koenigsegg’s decision. “Given the sudden  …  Details

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