As part of its bankruptcy restructuring, GM has announced that it will shed its 50% stake in New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated (Nummi). The plant, co-owned by Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors currently manufactures Toyota’s Corolla and Tacoma models, and the Pontiac Vibe for GM. While this particular venture is set to expire in [...]
Last week, chief engineer behind the Chevrolet Volt Andrew Farah test-drove the first pre-production version of the plug-in hybrid from GM. During a live webchat on GM’s FastLane Blog on June 25, Farah said that the Volt will be pitched as a sporty rival to the new 2010 Honda Insight and Toyota Prius. “Our chassis is much more [...]
Chief engineer Hiroki Nakajima says the Toyota iQ is central to Toyota’s global carbon dioxide reduction strategy. Toyota first gave us a hint for a U.S. based iQ with the Scion iQ concept that made its debut at the 2009 New York Auto Show in April. According to Motor Trend, you can expect to see the [...]
We were just wondering last week if Fiat/Chrysler will offer the Fiat 500C convertible when the 500 comes to the United States in 2010. Today it has been confirmed that Chrysler will build and sell four versions of the 500 minicar in the United States starting 2010, reports Automotive News. Robert Giolito, designer of the [...]
It’s really no secret that Hyundai is studying the large-luxury-sedan market in North America very closely in order to bring its Equus over the United States. The Hyundai Equus made its first U.S. debut at the 2009 New York Auto Show earlier this year. The Korean automaker later confirmed that 100 units of the Equus [...]
General Motors, which is expecting to complete its bankruptcy trip by August, has said that its 50 percent stake in New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI) with Toyota Motor Corp. will be left behind with other bad assets on their way to liquidations. GM and Toyota jointly produced the Toyota Corolla and the Pontiac Vibe [...]
When Jaguar introduced the XF sedan in the U.S. market it started by offering three different choices including a 300-hp base model, a 385 XF Premium model and now, the top-of-the-line 510-hp V8 XFR (recently upgraded). Well, that has left a sizable gap between the XF Premium and the XFR. Jaguar has now announced that [...]
It was reported last week that China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is likely to reject Sichuan Tengzhong”s bid to buy Hummer since it feels that the Chinese company may not have enough experience and resources to run the SUV business. General Motors said today that it will now begin talking with regulators this week [...]
It was reported last week the Volkswagen has been looking to purchase a stake in Suzuki Motor Corp in a move where the two automakers would collaborate on building an ultra-compact car. Suzuki CEO Osamu Suzuki is now denying reports that the German automaker was considering taking a 10 percent stake in his company. “So far [...]
Wrapping up the Porsche PDK Doppelkupplung event, I’m hanging out at Barber Motorsports track in Birmingham doing some hot laps in the Carrera, Cayman and Boxster (all fitted with PDK). I just drove the 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera S (pictured above). I will be posting updates to Twitter (and here) of every car I drive on [...]
