Ford announced today that it will invest $75 million to prepare its Michigan Truck plant for small-car production. The production equipment currently used to build the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUV will be moved from Michigan to FoMoCo’s plant to its Kentucky plant. The move will convert the Michigan Truck plant into a car [...]
GM definitely deserves some respect for the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V. In its first ever performance test by InsideLine, the 2009 CTS-V delivered numbers that will scare the rubber of the BMW M5 and Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG tires. For those of you still not familiar with the power of the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V the new [...]
With the recent shuffle of Land Rover’s 300 workers being transferred to Jaguar’s production line, rumors began that Land Rover is in trouble and moved the workers as a panic measure in response to the falling demand of SUVs. Land Rover will move its 300 workers from its Birmingham plant to a Jaguar plant 20 [...]
There has been a lot of debate between designers and dealers on the next-generation Mazda MX-5. Mazda’s new design chief, Lauren Van den Acker, is now saying that the next Mazda MX-5 needs to be radical, a big step from the current model. Originally, dealers didn’t want a major change from the current model since [...]
Nissan will be showing its own version of the upcoming Suzuki Alto at the 2008 Paris Motor Show in Oct., AutoCar is reporting. The yet-to-be-named Nissan version will also be built in India and will go on sale in 2009. The Suzuki Alto is a 5-door hatchback that is powered by a 1.0 liter petrol [...]
Mahindra & Mahindra announced last week that they have no interest in buying the Hummer brand from GM and would much rather pursue their own models for the U.S. market. However, there still may be hope for the gas-guzzling brand in other parts of the world. Hummer’s Middle East chief, Terry Johnson, told Reuters today that [...]
Transport & Environment, an independent European environmental group said that BMW AG vehicles made more progress in reducing fuel-consumption and emissions than any other automaker last year. The report said that rival Daimler AG has not improved fuel-efficiency in over the past two year. According to the report, BMW cut greenhouse gas emissions down 7.3 [...]
We’re not sure what the future of Mazda design now holds since their ‘golden-boy’ Frans von Holzhausen, former director of design, left the company to join Tesla Motors. His latest work is being displayed this week at the 2008 Moscow Motor Show – the Mazda Kazamai. The Mazda Kazamai is a stylish compact crossover designed with [...]
The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety gave GM’s four Lambda based crossovers Top Safety Pick designation after testing the GMC Acadia. The IIHS said that the GMC Acadia aced the front, side and rear crash tests. To qualify to be a Top Safety Pick, a vehicle must earn the highest rating of good in front, side [...]
Here it is – the trailer to Fast and Furious and we’re not calling it ‘The Fast and The Furious 4′ for a reason. The movie basically takes the characters from the original The Fast and The Furious and puts them in a new plot based on the 1939 film Fast and Furious. Building off of [...]
