About a week ago we told you about the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette Competition Sport Package. According to Jalopnik sources, pricing for the new package starts at $55,655 for the Z51. For the 1LT, the Z51 performance package adds upgraded brakes, a stiffer suspension, differential cooler and a limited slip differential along with a performance exhaust system. [...]
Speaking to reporters at the National Automobile Dealers Association annual convention, Chrysler LLC’s Vice Chairman and President Jim Press said that the company should be “viable” by springtime – by “viable” he means “remaining solvent and continuing to invest in new product” Press said that Chrysler should be viable by springtime due to its restructuring [...]
Although the Chevrolet Camaro Convertible won’t be dropping its top anytime soon in the U.S., the convertible American muscle car was spotted in Australia just last week. Seeing the Chevrolet Camaro isn’t exactly a rare thing in Melbourne since GM’s Holden is doing all the majority of development work on the U.S. muscle car. Test [...]
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne and his team of executives visited Chrysler LLC headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., on Saturday in order to hammer out the proposed details face-to-face. According to a letter from Bob Nardelli the Fiat team met with him, co-president Tom LaSorda, executive vice president of product development Frank Klegon and executive vice [...]
Honda has announced that it is slashing production in North America and Japan by another 50,000 units to keep inventory levels in line with the shrinking demand. The move will bring Honda’s North American output to a total of 1.264 million vehicles for the fiscal year ending in March – 12 percent lower than the previous year [...]
Nissan spokesman Simon Sproule told Automotive News that Chrysler and Nissan will continue to work on their joint projects despite their pending tie-up with Fiat S.p.A. Sproule said that Nissan and Chrysler will continue to work on the three projects they had agreed upon last year and will also stay in touch for possible future deals. The [...]
So what do Infiniti fans have to look forward to? Besides the Infiniti G37 Convertible and a four-door Nissan GT-R (that’s if they Nissan every makes one), Infiniti fans can anticipate the arrival of a new M and a new QX. According to John Capps, chairman of the Infiniti National Dealer Advisory Board, Infiniti is tweaking [...]
As the future of the Tokyo Motor Show remains questionable, Nissan has confirmed with InsideLine that it will unveil the Nissan 370Z Roadster at the 2009 New York Auto Show in April. Don’t expect a hard-top convertible like the Infiniti G37 Convertible but you can definitely expect the same 3.7L VQ37VHR engine with VVEL that [...]
GM’s European Opel division has announced that it will unveil a new electric-car at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show called the Opel Ampera. The Ampera is basically Opel’s version of the Chevrolet Volt. The electric-car is a five-door four-seater like the Volt and will feature GM’s new Voltec technology recently introduced in the Cadillac Converj [...]
Word on the street is that General Motors has plans to end production of the Cadillac XLR. The Cadillac supercar which is made at the company’s Bowling Green Assembly Plant will end production this spring, a move that will impact 40 employees which are responsible for the production of the XLR. Plant manager Paul Graham [...]
