Alfa Romeo will be coming to the 2009 Geneva Motor Show with a high-performance version of its hottest hatch – the MiTo. According to AutoCar, Alfa Romeo will unveil the new MiTo GTA in Geneva with sales to begin in Europe later this year. Power is expected to come from a 1.8L turbocharged engine that [...]
Seems like the new Fiat deal has given Chrysler LLC some encouragement. The automaker has announced that it will sponsor the fourth installment of the “Terminator” movie series in Terminator Salvation. The struggling U.S. automaker, which has received $4 billion in emergency loans, has a deal to place its vehicles in Terminator Salvation which stars [...]
Kia will be working with chassis expert Lotus on all future models to improve their ride and handling – well at least for Kia’s that will be sold in the UK. A spokesman for Kia said that the new strategy will provide an upgraded suspension that is tuned specifically for UK Roads. The first car [...]
After a really tough 2008, it’s no surprise that General Motors has sold fewer cars than Toyota on a global scale. However that makes Toyota officially the world’s largest automaker for the first time. GM fell short by 616,000 vehicles announcing that it sold a total of 8.356 million cars and trucks in 2008. Toyota, [...]
Ford announced today that it will introduce the dual-clutch PowerShift 6-speed seen on the Lincoln C Concept in its 2010 small-cars. Weighing in less than 30 pounds than the 4-speed automatic currently seen on the Focus, the PowerShift 6-speed automatic will deliver the fuel-efficiency of a manual gearbox. Ford currently offers a PowerShift transmission on the [...]
BMW announced today that it will cut production by introducing shorter hours at four of its German plants due to “challenging” conditions in global auto markets. The German automaker said that 26,000 workers at its Dingolfing, Regensburg, Landshut and Berlin will work shorter hours in February and March. The reduced hours will help BMW cut [...]
Checker Motors Corp., the maker of Checker taxi cabs, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company sought court protection on Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Michigan saying that the rise of cost in raw materials and the fall in demand accounted for its problems Checker said that it has also been unsuccessful in [...]
EDAG (Engineering + Design AG), a German company founded in 1969 by Horst Eckard, is well known for their Biwak concept based on the Beetle and their EDAG Pontiac Solstice hardtop. The company will now return to the 79th Geneva Motor Show in March with their very own EDAG Light Car Concept. EDAG describes the [...]
Speaking at the Automotive News World Congress today in Detroit, Chevrolet’s North American vice president Ed Peper said that General Motors will invest a total of $30 million in its planned U.S. plant to build the batteries it will use in the Chevrolet Volt. The new plant is scheduled to open in Michigan in 2010. [...]
For those of you that don’t want to go out and buy a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 to get track performance, GM is offering a new special edition package to buyers who want a little more out of their 2009 Corvette 1LT and Z06 models. On the 1LT coupe, the Z51 performance package adds upgraded brakes, a [...]
