Following the little teaser released by Honda, we were pretty excited to see what Honda had in store for the next-generation Pilot. But when Honda revealed the Prototype Honda Pilot at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, we were, well quiet. While Honda pitched the design as ‘evolutionary,’ the concept left us very disappointed. And we’re not [...]
Mercedes’ high-performance tuning AMG division will not be producing a monster version of the upcoming GLK. According to Volker Mornhinweg, two SUV’s are sufficient enough to receive the AMG badging. “There is no space for a third SUV” Mornhinweg said in an interview with Autotelegraaf. ”We are now simply going to offer the AMG-program to sedans, cabrios, [...]
In a recent ‘Brand Perception Survey’ by Consumer Reports, consumers perceived Toyota and Honda as the best brands by a wide margin. Toyota and Honda had an overall ranking of 189 and 146 respectively while Ford came in third with 112 points followed by Chevy at 110. What surprised us about the survey was that Acura [...]
Yesterday, there was word that a little known unlisted Japanese corporation called Teramento Corp, purchased 51% of Toyota, Sony, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fuji TV network and Astellas Pharma according to securities filings by Teramento detailing the 20 trillion yen or $187 billion in stock purchases.
Garmin has worked out with BMW where Garmin will produce custom navigation systems for the BMW 1 and 3-Series based on their Nuvi 360. BMW will offer its customers a special docking station on the car’s instrument panel for the Nuvi navigation system, avoiding any cables or wires running to and from the cigarette lighter.
The Acura TL has not seen a redesign since its debut in 2005. Well, according to a posting on Temple of VTEC, Acura could be getting ready to unveil the new redesigned 2009 Acura TL at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show next week. Rumor has it that when the 2009 Acura TSX goes on sale [...]
Best Car has posted these new images of what they say is the spec sheet for the Nissan GT-R Spec V, a lighter and more powerful version of Godzilla. While it is in Japanese, Best Car has found that the Spec V will be around 220 pounds lighter than the original GT-R. They also found [...]
According to Florida Highway patrol, five young men were killed after their BMW M5 was airborne for 200 feet while speeding down a private airport runway and smashing into a tree. The police said they do not know whether the vehicle was alone or was racing with another car. According to the investigation, the M5 [...]
People shopping for cars on ForbesAutos.com finished off 2007 looking far ahead. During the fourth quarter, three vehicles not even on sale yet were among the top 10 most researched luxury vehicles on the site. Two of the future models, the 2009 BMW M3 and 2009 Jaguar XF , ranked No. 1 and No. 3, [...]
Ford’s TwinForce.. err, sorry, EcoBoost motors have really gotten the attention of the automotive world lately, but GM is not to be outdone in the powertrain department. GM plans to fit a turbocharged version of it’s 1.4 liter four-cylinder in future iterations of the Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Astra. The 1.4 liter motor already exists in [...]
