Michael Schumacher unveiled the Ferrari 430 Scuderia almost two years ago at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. It is said that Schumacher was fully involved with the production of the stripped down Ferrari. With the launch of Ferrari’s new website, the Italian automaker (apparently Fiat’s most profitable division) has released a video of Schumacher taking [...]
According to a report by Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, Toyota and Honda are making an estimated profit of about ¥300,000 ($3,100 USD) on every hybrid they sell. That is pretty close to what they make on small gasoline vehicles as well. Nikkei said that if Honda sells 200,000 units of the 2010 Insight Hybrid in the first [...]
Our favorite automotive artist, Jon Sibal, has come up with a rendering of a tuning package for the 2010 Porsche Panamera inspired by TechArt, a German tuning firm that focuses on Porsche vehicles. The front bumper of this Panamera is inspired by the TechArt GT Street R line for the Porsche 911 turbo while the side [...]
GM’s CEO Fritz Henderson has made it pretty clear that the automaker will now focus on four-core brands including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac – leaving Cadillac as the only top-tier luxury division of the General. The future is looking pretty bright for Cadillac with a CTS Coupe and Wagon variants on the way. A [...]
It’s our fifth “Miscellaneous Thoughts” edition and judging by the number of comments on these posts we’re guessing you guys enjoy these. So without-further-ado… Study finds 72% buyers would by American cars: R.L. Polk & Co. said that 55% U.S. car shoppers plan on buying a new car in the next two years, with majority considering [...]
Along with Saturn, GM will lose just over a quarter of its hybrid sales when the ailing Detroit automaker ends production of the brand with the 2009 model year lineup. According to Automotive News, with the end of Saturn, GM will have a tough time keeping a decent corporate average fuel-economy. Since Saturn does not offer V8 [...]
The Mercedes-Benz F-CELL Roadster, built by 150 trainees of a dual-education system, took the historic route taken by Bertha Benz this weekend. The fuel-cell powered concept started its trip in Mannheim and finished at the chemist’s shop in Wiesloch, where the Bertha Benz stopped to refuel during the first long-distance journey in automobile history 1888. [...]
This past weekend, a team of drivers attempted to travel more than 1,000 miles on a single tank of gas in the 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid. Ford announced today that the drivers managed to get a whopping 1,445.7 miles out of a single tank during a drive from Mount Vernon, Va to Washington, D.C., averaging 81.5 [...]
Fiat’s Vice Chairman John Elkann told Reuters that a deal on the potential partnership with Chrysler will be decided on Thursday evening. “The Chrysler deal will be decided on Thursday evening our time, end of day in the United States. Up till the end, we won’t have much detail,” he said. ”Today the negotiations are in [...]
The 2010 Porsche Panamera will go on sale in the U.S. later this summer so it’s only right for Porsche to launch a configurator, allowing those interested to customize their own four-door Porsche. The U.S. will get three different trim levels including the $89,8000 Panamera S, which will be available with 400-hp and rear-wheel-drive. If [...]
