ModernRacer.com Car News Commentary

The new top-rung version of America’s favourite sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1, has managed to a pull off a time of 7:26 minutes at Germany’s famed Nurburgring racetrack, driven by a GM development engineer. The $100,000 ZR1 thereby beats the amazing 7:29 set by the stock $75,000 Nissan GT-R recently. However, the ZR-1 has a tough battle ahead, as the prototype lightweight Nissan GT-R V-Spec has already been casually timed doing 7:25, while the pricey Lexus LF-A prototype has already pulled off a 7:24. Honda is already testing an NSX prototype, with rumours that Honda bosses are pushing to defeat the GT-R. (more…)

The pictured Caddy is the Provoq concept, which was supposed to become a new crossover called the Cadillac BRX. The word now is that this will simply replace the slow-selling CTS-based SRX, thereby becoming the 2010 Cadillac SRX. (more…)

Honda’s advanced hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle came off the line at the world’s first dedicated fuel cell vehicle manufacturing facility in Japan. After 19 years of development, the arrival of this “real world” fuel cell car is a step forward towards cleaner motoring. (more…)

This is probably the beginning of the end for gas-powered cars. A Japanese company called Genepax, dedicated to finding ways to turn water into power, has unveiled what it calls the first practical car to run solely on water. The firm claims putting just one litre of water is enough to keep the car going for 60 minutes at a respectable speed of 50 mph. And the water can be sourced from taps, rain or rivers. (more…)

BMW allowed their designers to create the oddest possible concept car, and they came up with the GINA Light Visionary Model. GINA stands for “Geometry and Functions in ‘N’ Adaptations” and the car’s single most interesting feature is its outer skin, which is made entirely out of textile fabric, pulled tightly around a frame of metal parts and carbon-fiber wires. The best part of this BMW Z4 imposter is that it can change shape. (more…)

The Nissan Xterra SUV and Frontier truck have been facelifted for the 2009 model year. (more…)