After all the spy shots, photo renderings and photo leaks, Mercedes-Benz has finally released the official press release and images on the new 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class. The new SL gets a new updated front end with more emphasis on sportiness. New addition this year to the SL lineup is the entry level SL 280 which is [...]
Volvo has been found guilty of manslaughter after a court ruled the faulty brakes were to blame for a car accident in France. Catherine Kohtz lost control while driving her Volvo 850 TDI vehicle and killed two children in 1999. While Volvo was fined 200,000 euros ($296,950), Kohtz received a six-month suspended jail term, a [...]
While we think the new Mercedes-Benz CLC Sports Coupe is a lot better looking than its predecessor, we’re still not that thrilled about the car. The CLC Sports Coupe line up will include four 4-cylinder engines and two 6-cylinder engines, without out ranging from a lousy 122hp to a range-topper with 272hp. The car comes [...]
Afla Romeo will be coming back to the North American market in 2009 with the 8C Competizione. Until that relaunch is complete, select Maserati dealerships will start selling the 100 units of the 8C Competizione that are headed to our highways. But when Alfa launches its other models, it will be looking to GM to [...]
It’s understandable that Ford execs might level some criticism at the Ford Five-Hundred for looking dopey and overly conservative now that they’ve refreshed it and reintroduced it as the Taurus. But apparently two of them have compared the current Taurus to Homer Simpson. Head of Global Product Development, Derrick Kuzak made the comparison in the process [...]
Honestly we were pretty disappointed to learn that NBC will be debuting its own version of Top Gear with a completely new cast. I mean what is Top Gear without Clarkson’s wit, Hammond’s excitement and May’s… May’s… umm well just May? But now rumor has it that NBC could be taking the American version of Top [...]
In August of 2004, Thomas Delgado, killed 17-year-old Enaitz Irondo, after hitting him with his Audi A8. Entaiz was riding his bike home when Delgado’s car, struck and killed him. A traffic report stated that Delgado was traveling 70mph in an area where the speed limit was 55mph. However, an independent expert hired by Irondo’s family [...]
Isuzu said Thursday that they will be ending SUV sales in a year. Isuzu sales, as high as 100,000 in 1999 thanks to the popular Trooper topped only 7,000 last year. The total cost for exiting North America will cost Isuzu $37 million. Isuzu plans to continue parts and maintenance in order not to leave current [...]
BRABUS has announced their latest performance kit for the new Mercedes-Benz E300 BLUETEC called the BRABUS PowerXtra D6 BLUE. The kit boosts horsepower by 47 for the cleanest diesel car on the market, still meeting the EURO V exhaust limits which go into effect in 2011. Producing a total of 258hp, the BRABUS PowerXtra D6 [...]
Supposedly the car that we’ve all come to known as the next-generation Mazda 6, or the new Atenza in Japan, does not hint at what the 2009 Mazda 6 will look in the U.S. “The Mazda 6 will be designed and engineered for the U.S.” Jeremy Barnes, Mazda North American Operations spokesman, told Inside Line. “It [...]
