As reported earlier this week, Citroen will be re-branding itself and part of the new upper-end Citroen will mark the revival of the company’s Citroen brand. Yesterday, the Citroen DS Inside concept was revealed on several web sites across the web. Citroen says that the DS Inside Concept will launch a new line of products [...]
After successfully finishing third in class at the 41 SCORE Tecate Baja 100, our favorite pickup – the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor R - will run in the 2009 “Best in the Desert” race series. Behind the controls will be veteran Ford truck racers and former “Rough Riders” Rob MacCachren and Steve Olliges. Ford said that [...]
Like him or not, Chris Bangle, BMW Group’s design head has quit his job with the Munich automaker. It was reported that Bangle left “to pursue his own design-related endeavors beyond the auto industry.” Apparently, that’s not the case. According to BMW Blog, it was Project i, a new unit responsible for producing future minicars, [...]
President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed a $500,000 cap on senior executive pay for most of the financial institutions receiving taxpayer bailout money. He promised that new steps that will be taken to end a system that rewards “executives being rewarded for failure.” All of the Detroit 3 automakers have accepted $1 dollar salaries while [...]
As you’ve probably heard by now, a company known as MJ Acquisitions has purchased most of Saleen’s street-performance car, aftermarket and supercharger business. According to Automotive News, it is now reported that MJ Acquisitions along with other Michigan auto-related companies have considered buying Chrysler’s Dodge Viper business. Chrysler announced recently that it has had three [...]
While most of you (including us) will never get to drive a Pagani Zonda, we can at least drool over the images and details of the fastest Zonda ever built. The Pagani Zonda R is here and while it looks very similar to previous Zonda supercars, Pagani says that the Zonda R is 90 percent [...]
Volkswagen of America sold a total of 12,744 cars in January 2009, a 11.6 percent decline over January 2008 sales. One V-dub model reported a significant 90 percent drop in sales last month – the R32. Volkswagen sold just 35 units of the R32 in January 2009 as compared to the 336 units it sold in [...]
FoMoCo has announced that it has finalized a deal to produce an advanced lithium-ion system to power Ford’s first commercial plug-in hybrid (PHEV) due out in 2012. Ford also said that it will team up with 7 utility partners to test and speed up the commercialization of its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Johnson Controls-Saft will help Ford develop advanced [...]
General Motors spokesman Angel Sanchez said that the automaker will lay off 600 workers at its northern Mexico plant as a result of declining demand in the U.S. market. The cuts will be made during February and March at GM’s Ramos Arizpe factory in Coahulia. “We are having to make an adjustment to our staffing [...]
Infiniti has teamed up with French luxury brand Louis Vuitton for its new concept car that will be unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. Louis Vuitton will be creating a bespoke set of luggage for the concept car which will celebrate Infiniti’s 20 year history as a “performance car company.” What kind of concept [...]
