Kelley Blue Book has announced its picks for the Top 10 Coolest New Cars Under $18,000. To make the list, the editors at KBB.com thought like consumers, picking cars that they felt were safe, good in fuel-economy, interior size, comfort, technology and fun-to-drive. Now remember just because a vehicle is listed first doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the cheapest or the [...]
While Toyota may not be offering a Prius convertible anytime soon, you can get yours today from Newport Convertible Engineering, an aftermarket tuning company that makes convertibles out original cars that manufacturers don’t to offer in topless variant. We’re going to refrain from bashing the car on its looks but we’re just wondering how the fuel-economy [...]
The Saleen S5S turned major heads at the 2008 New York Auto Show. But the question on everyone’s mind is whether or not this sleek concept car will ever enter production. Speaking to Automobile, Chris Theodore, Ford’s former head of North American product development and now Saleen’s vice chairman and CTO (chief technical officer), said [...]
No we’re not calling you fat and telling you to hit the gym so you can save a couple of bucks on gas. With fuel-economy being one of the most important factors for new car-buyers, automakers are looking to reduce weight of new vehicles as much as possible. The redesigned 2008 Ford Focus lost over [...]
Hooray; Land Rover is celebrating its 60 year anniversary today under Tata Motors. Land Rover made its first market debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show on April 30, 1948 with the Defender currently known as the Series 1. That’s all nice and dandy, but we’re intersted in something new and something interesting that the Land Rover press [...]
If you’re big movie-buffs like us here, you’re probably looking forward to this Friday when the Iron man movie hits theaters. Also, if you’re crazy about cars like us, you’re probably looking forward to seeing Ironman’s Audi R8 in action. Check out these two new behind the scene videos of the Audi R8 and Audi [...]
After Daimler sold its majority control in Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management in August 2007, it retained a 19.9 percent stake in the American automaker. However, Daimler has now reduced its stake in Chrysler by almost two-thirds after Chrysler made a 340 million euro punch to Daimler’s pretax profits in the first quarter of 2008. [...]
A source familiar with Fiat’s future plans told Automotive News Europe, that the company’s Zastava plant in Serbia will build a new Fiat minicar smaller than the Fiat 500. The plant will also produce a new family of low-cost models that will debut in 2010 for central and eastern Europe. The model to be built [...]
We’ve heard Mazda was considering it before and we now have confirmation from AutoExpress. Work on the Mazda2 MPS (Mazdaspeed in the U.S.) is almost complete. Using the new three-door Mazda2 hatchback as the basis, power is expected to come from a turbocharged version of the 1.5 liter engine producing up to 230-hp. AutoExpress also [...]
According to its own research. Swedish automaker Volvo says that it is focused to reduce the world-wide crash total of 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries each year. Volvo has set a trager to eliminate death and injury in its vehicles by 2020. Volvo is the only automaker to set a firm date to [...]
