Lotus has announced that the first deliveries of its 2010 Evora will begin in May; however, the first U.S. units won’t arrive until early next year. Lotus said it plans on producing 34 units of the Lotus Evora each week by July 2009. Separately, Lotus said that other derivatives are also planned in the long-term including the [...]
Ford said today that it expects to save about $500 million annually from the concessions that United Auto Workers members approved to its 2007 national labor contract. The move will allow Ford to use stock to fund up to half of its obligations to retiree health care trusts. Joe Hinrichs, Ford’s group vice president of [...]
Being a Mini Cooper owner means you’re all about fuel-efficiency. Being a Mini John Cooper Works means you’re all about performance. According to AutoExpress, Mini will be bringing the best of both worlds together and is working on a turbo-diesel John Cooper Works high-performance hatchback. While power will come from the Cooper D’s 1.6L unit [...]
Since only 75 units of the McLaren SLR Stirling Moss will be made and since none of the 75 will make it to the U.S., Mercedes-Benz figured it would be viable (we like using that word around here now) to send us a batch of new images of the limited edition super car. Refresher: The [...]
Toyota announced today that it will be cutting pay and production by 10 percent at its British factories starting April 1. The move comes as Toyota looks for different ways to cut costs and avoid layoffs. Toyota has already laid off 200 temporary workers in Britain. “Following extensive consultation with our employee representatives, and with [...]
Land Rover announced this morning that the UK government is offering it a grant of up to £27 million ($37.2 million USD) to start production of an all-new model based on the LRX Concept shown at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. Land Rover says that the production LRX will be the smallest, lightest and most [...]
It seems like General Motors’ current financial situation is hurting the company’s future advancement that would have provided it a strong ground to compete with its rivals. According to Automotive News, the Detroit automaker has now delayed one of its most advanced engines it has ever designed, the 4.5L V8 diesel for its light-duty trucks. Yes, [...]
The 2008 Nissan GT-R reported a Nurburgring time of 7:29. The 2009 model is now here and “it”s definitely faster” says Toshio Suzuki, Nissan Chief Test Driver. Recently it was reported that Nissan has officially confirmed a 0 to 60 mph time of 3.3 seconds with the 2009 GT-R – the 2008 model was clocked [...]
We first got behind the MINI E at the 2008 LA Auto Show. Well, now its time to hear from another car enthusiast. The host of The Tonight Show Jay Leno has just finished reviewing the MINI E and you check out his test drive in the video posted after the jump. Refresher: Power comes from [...]
Ford today celebrated the production of its 100,000th hybrid SUV. The Ford Escape Hybrid and the Mercury Mariner Hybrid have been on the market for five years and Ford says the two models are still the most fuel-efficient hybrid SUVs on the planet with a fuel-economy of 34/31 mpg (city/highway). Ford has since stepped up [...]
