Yesterday, the Ford Mustang turned 45-years old. Ford is out celebrating the iconic pony car with a huge marketing campaign such as the “10 Unleashed” campaign. Hyundai, which sees its 2010 Genesis Coupe as a direct competitor to the Mustang, decided to create a little video wishing the muscle car a happy 45. We’re [...]
Volkswagen of America told Inside Line that it is considering bringing the recently unveiled Volkswagen Tiguan R Line to the United States along with other R models. “The R Line Tiguan is under consideration but no decision at this time,” VW of America spokesman Steve Keyes told the publication in an e-mail. “We’re also looking at [...]
Ford has a lot to celebrate as of lately. The Dearborn automaker is currently marketing the 45th Anniversary of the Mustang, celebrating growth in two of Europe’s largest markets with the sale of 170,000 2010 Fiestas units (check out our first drive of the Fiesta later today) and of course, is proud to be the [...]
The Renault-Nissan alliance has announced that Nissan and Maricopa Association of Governments (otherwise known as MAG), which represents the Phoenix metropolitan region, are forming a partnership to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of an electric-vehicle charging network To make the Phoenix Metro Area EV-ready, ECOtality will also join Nissan and MAG to promote [...]
Starting April 30th to May 3rd, 250 exhibitors will be headed to Friedrichshafen, Germany for the seventh edition of Tuning World Bodensee. While exhibitors will be involved in a comprehensive overview of the German tuning marketplace, most will be attracted to the selection of Miss Tuning 2009. 20 finalists have been chosen with the winner to [...]
General Motors President and CEO Fritz Henderson will host a press conference call on Friday, April 17 (tomorrow), to update the media on GM”s restructuring activities. This will be the first status update given to the media since the Obama administration gave the company until June 1 to come up with a new restructuring plan. Henderson [...]
BMW of North America said today that all of its models are now eligible for purchase of a Maintenance Program Upgrade which extends the standard Maintenance Program period to 6 years or 100,000 miles. “Our decision to make the six-year Maintenance Program Upgrade available to purchase for all BMW models makes it possible for more [...]
Hartge has unveiled its tuning package for the BMW X6 xDrive35d making the diesel fuel-sipper more powerful than it already is. Output has been increased to 328-hp with a maximum torque of 498 lb-ft. That allows the Hartge BMW X6 to go from 0 to 62 mph in 6 seconds with a top speed of [...]
Lotus has unveiled the 2010 Model Year Elise and Exige and the British automaker says that both models are now cleaner than ever with a 9 percent reduction in CO2 and an increase in fuel-economy. The base Lotus Elise S model returns a combined fuel-economy of 37.2 mpg (31 mpg in U.S. terms) while running [...]
No Nissan hasn’t built a GT-R based crossover and they probably never will. This Nissan Skyline Crossover is the Infiniti EX version for Nissan’s Japanese home market. The Infiniti G37 is also known as the Nissan Skyline in Japan. Unlike the 297-hp V6 offered here in the U.S., the Japanese market gets the VQ37VHR 3.5L [...]
