When you’re asking for a loan you usually ask humbly. However, Chrysler had a more direct tone with the Canadian government on Wednesday saying that the automaker may close plants in the country if it doesn’t get sufficient labor concessions, government aid and resolution of tax disputes. “Failure to satisfactorily resolve these three factors — [...]
A day after Ford announced that it has built its 100,000th hybrid SUV, Toyota Motor Corp. announced that the total combined Toyota and Lexus hybrid vehicle sales in the U.S. have topped the one million mark. Toyota said that the milestone was reached with six Toyota and Lexus hybrids including the “green icon” – the [...]
Customers have been demanding a sportier looking Sentra without having to go all the way up to the top high-performance Sentra SE-R and Sentra SE-R Spec V models. Well, Nissan has listened to their demands and today it unveiled the new entry-level sport-styled 2009 Sentra FE+ 2.0 SR. Power comes from a 2.0L DOHC inline 4-cylinder [...]
It’s been a while since we brought you some tuning news. Mansory has a couple of new gifts for you today - the first being the modification program for the current Porsche Cayenne. The 955 Cayenne program by Mansory includes a new front apron with large air intakes giving the Porsche SUV a very aggressive front fascia. The [...]
While some of you are wondering where our visitor zermatt is (zermatt being a very analytical individual who we feel is a great addition to our community), we’re guessing he’s unwinding after a very tiring visit to Detroit on Monday where President Obama’s auto task force visited General Motors and Chrysler. Either way, the auto [...]
AT&T is going green. The company announced today that it will be spending $565 million within the next 10 years to replace or buy 15,000 vehicles in its corporate fleet that run on alternative fuels. AT&T said that the investment would be the biggest of its kind by a U.S. company and that FoMoCo would [...]
When the BMW Concept 5-Series Gran Turismo made its debut, exterior stylist BMW designer Christopher Weil said that below the waistline is what you should expect to see in the next-generation 5-Series sedan. Back then we figured it was only a matter of time before some artist renderings of the 5-Series sedan hit the web. Well, [...]
According to a post over at NASIOC which was taken down at the request of Subaru of America, the 2010 Subaru Legacy is set to make its debut at the 2009 New York Auto Show next month. The new 2010 Legacy will be heavily inspired by the Subaru Legacy Concept that made its debut in [...]
Toyota announced today that it has developed the world’s first rear-seat center airbag that increases safety for rear-seat passengers involved in a side-on collision. The new airbag is fitted in a large rear-seat center console and will be available in Toyota models in Japan. How does it work? When a vehicle is involved in a [...]
According Infiniti’s head of advanced product planning Francois Bancon, all Infinitis will be hybrid within 10 years. Bancon says that the luxury division of Nissan is reinventing itself to become more environmentally-responsible and will be introducing its first hybrid next year with a petrol-electric version of the M sedan. The new Infiniti M hybrid will come [...]
