Continuing its Ford F-150 and propane-powered truck success, ROUSH yesterday unveiled the new 2010 ROUSH Liquid Propane Injected F-250. The propane-powered F-250 comes standard with an in-bed tank offering 62 gallons of fuel, allowing a range of approximately 500 miles. An under-bed propane tank will also be available offering a range of 250 miles. ROUSH [...]
We don’t even want to count how many vehicles HAMANN has modified but today it has released the details and images on its latest creation – the BMW X6 Tycoon. HAMANN has added a very aggressive body kit to the X6 consisting of a new front and back wing extension, new side skirts, a new [...]
Former McLaren designer Jim Dowle has released details on his latest creation – the P1-E. The British electric-sports car is said to be inspired by the Lotus Exige with Mercedes SLR-style gullwing doors. So it looks good and sounds cool – what’s under the hood that will help Dowle steal customers away from Fisker and Tesla? The new [...]
So you remember how there was speculation on the name of the Alfa Romeo MiTo before its official launch. Some thought Alfa will revive the Junior badge for the new compact hatch. Well, according to 4Car, Alfa Romeo will be using the Junior badge for the long-rumored small sports coupe which will be based on [...]
According to Japan’s Nikkei business daily, Toyota is considering cutting more than 1,000 full-time jobs in North America and the UK due to the falling demand and the global economic conditions. Nikkei, citing an unnamed senior official, reported that details of the cuts will be announced by the end of Jan. and that Toyota could [...]
Japan’s Nikkei claims that Toyota will continue to sell the current Prius in Japan when the new third-generation Prius launches later this summer. The business paper said that Toyota plans to keep selling the outgoing Prius with a lower price tag in order to stay competitive with the new 2010 Honda Insight. According to Nikkei, [...]
Hoping to come back from a 30 percent decline in U.S. sales last year, Chrysler announced today that it is offering employee pricing on all 2008 and 2009 models. In addition to the employee price, customers will be eligible for cash discounts of up to $3,500 for 2009 models and up to $6,000 on 2008 [...]
The first pre-production unit of the all-electric 2e from Aptera Motors rolled of the company’s Vista, California production facility today. The two-seater, three-wheel vehicle is the first of upcoming fleet of Aptera electric-cars that will be evaluated for full production in October. Equipped with a lithium-ion battery pack, the front-wheel-drive Aptera 2e allows for 200 miles-per-gallon on [...]
Expect to see many more Chrysler/Fiat headlines within the next few days. Hot of the press is a new report that Democratic senator Robert Menendez is urging President Barack Obama to require Chrysler to repay its federal bailout money if Fiat takes a controlling stake of the U.S. automaker. Menendez said in a later to [...]
The new 2008 BMW 1-Series is almost a year old and BMW is already working on the next-generation model. CAR spies have picked up the next-generation prototype testing for the first time before it enters production in early 2010. According to CAR, the next BMW 1-Series will stick with rear-wheel-drive and will offer engines ranging [...]
