2008 March - egmCarTech

BMW M’s Russian billboard with full size cars

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

BMW bought a giant 65,000 square-feet billboard in the city of Moscow that is hanging full size M cars including the M3 Coupe, M3 Sedan, M6, M5 and others. The full-sized cars stuck on the billboard turn on their headlamps and taillamps in the evening.
While others are reporting that these may be real cars, we [...]

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Knight Rider to go into series production this fall

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

Filed under: Ford, Industry News

We really don’t know what NBC is thinking or whether they read what the viewers of the recent Knight Rider TV movie have been saying online. Granted the movie had strong ratings, but most of the viewers tuned into see what NBC writers had cooked up. Their opinions of the movie, however, differed from their [...]

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Police: Man fails to steal car because he couldn’t drive a manual

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

Filed under: Industry News

Some people just don’t learn do they? Just after being released from jail on Tuesday morning, Frank Singleton, 21, made an attempt to carjack a woman’s Nissan 350ZX in the jail’s parking lot. Really, we’re not kidding. As if that wasn’t embarrassing enough, Singleton was unsuccessful at stealing the vehicle because he didn’t know how to [...]

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Ford to market Flex as a stylish ride, not focusing on families

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

Filed under: Ford, Industry News

When the Ford Flex made its world premier last year at the New York Auto Show, it was said that the seven-passenger crossover would replace the dead Windstar minivan. Now with Jim Farley in charge of marketing, that’s all about to change - and to market the new Flex, FoMoCo will do so without focusing on [...]

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Rick Suzuki to step down as American Suzuki Chairman

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

Filed under: Industry News, Suzuki

Grandson of Michio Suzuki, 60-year old Rick Suzuki, will resign his position as the Chairman of American Suzuki. In a letter to employees this past Friday, Rick Suzuki said he will step down “to bear responsibility” for the automaker’s poor sales and earnings.
He also wrote that the company will reduce its U.S. work force of [...]

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Leno rejects NBC’s offer to host Top Gear, thinks Americans will ruin it

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized

Like everyone that probably reads this site, Jay Leno is a huge fan of Top Gear. While we don’t get it here on the U.S. on a weekly basis, it pops up here and there on BBC America and some other channels. We all know that NBC has bought the TV show to do an American [...]

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So you think the minivan is dead huh? Think again

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

Filed under: Industry News

Competition from Honda, Toyota and Chrysler knocked out GM and Ford out of the minivan segment over the past couple of years leaving the three automakers to eat up all the volume in minivan sales. All three get to split up the 700,000 units a year segment amongst themselves and they are enjoying it.
However, minivan [...]

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Le Mansory Bentley Continental GT spotted in the wild

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

Filed under: Bugatti, Spy Shots/Renderings

We’ve always wondered what all these tuner cars we write about look like on the road. Thanks to autoblog.nl, we now have pictures of the Le Mansory Bentley Continental GT hanging out on the streets.
Power comes from a 6 liter W12 engine with twin-turbochargers producing 641-hp. The 0-62mph sprint comes in at 4.6 seconds with [...]

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Video: Pontiac takes stab at BMW in funny G8 GT advert

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

Filed under: BMW, Pontiac, Videos

So you really can’t afford a 5-Series. Check out this new ad from Pontiac that tries to convince you that the G8 GT is a better buy than the BMW 5-Series and costs much less. Standing up against the $58,500 BMW 550i, the Pontiac G8 GT starts at $29,995. We really have to hand it [...]

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Bugatti looking to increase Veyron production by 5 units

Posted: Mar 31, 2008

Filed under: Bugatti, Industry News

Usually when automakers look to increase production they do it by thousands of units. Well exclusive and prestigious automakers like Bugatti work differently. Volkswagen owned Bugatti is looking to boost production of the Veyron super car by 5 units this year. An executive at Volkswagen Group said that Bugatti is looking to increase production from [...]