Archive | June, 2009
Video: Top Gear Season 13 trailer features little Clarkson, Hammond, May, Stig

Video: Top Gear Season 13 trailer features little Clarkson, Hammond, May, Stig

Ever imagine what your favorite celebrities were like when they were young? For us car fanatics, those celebrities include Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and the infamous Stig. Top Gear has just released a trailer for season 13, which features the young Top Gear team sitting around discussing what they’d like to do in [...]

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2010 Toyota Prius has a waiting list, Toyota still expects red-ink this year

2010 Toyota Prius has a waiting list, Toyota still expects red-ink this year

While the rest of the automotive industry is struggling moving cars out of the showrooms, there is a high-demand for Toyota’s 2010 Prius, which now has a waiting list. Toyota received about 80,000 orders for the 2010 Prius before it went on sale in Japan. In May, Toyota sold 110,000 2010 models. The 2010 Toyota [...]

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2011 Buick Enclave to get GM’s new two-mode plug-in hybrid system

2011 Buick Enclave to get GM’s new two-mode plug-in hybrid system

So last week we saw what was said to be a clay model of the next-generation Buick Enclave. The clay model appeared on a special interview with GM”s Ed Welburn on CBS News. GM is now working on developing its second-generation two-mode plug-in hybrid system will show up on the next-generation Enclave. So far it [...]

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Bill Ford: Loans to GM and Chrysler helped save supplier base from collapse

Bill Ford: Loans to GM and Chrysler helped save supplier base from collapse

In an interview with CNBC, FoMoCo’s Bill Ford said that the supplier base was saved from collapse by the U.S. government and their loans to Chrysler LLC and General Motors. Co-chairman of the National Summit that began in Detroit today, Ford said that the loans to the two automakers directly helped suppliers pay their bills. [...]

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2010 Ford Mustang GT gets an optional Track Pack and Ford Racing’s FR3 Handling Package

2010 Ford Mustang GT gets an optional Track Pack and Ford Racing’s FR3 Handling Package

The 2010 Ford Mustang is already in dealer showroom with prices starting at $20,995. Ford announced that it will be offering a new factory-installed Track Pack which will be made available this later this summer for the 2010 Mustang GT coupes with a manual transmission. Ford Racing’s FR3 Handling Package is also available for those [...]

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Rolls-Royce to offer convertible and coupe versions of the Ghost

Rolls-Royce to offer convertible and coupe versions of the Ghost

So we’re pretty excited to see the final version of the Rolls-Royce Ghost before it enters production later this year; but it may not be the last Ghost that we’ll see. According to exterior stylist Andreas Thurner, Rolls-Royce is planning a family of models based on the new small model. “The Ghost was designed in [...]

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Bentley Continental hybrid in the works, Arnage hybrid coming as well

Bentley Continental hybrid in the works, Arnage hybrid coming as well

Not only is Bentley getting ready to unveil the next-generation Arnage, the Crewe, England automaker is also working on a hybrid model. According to AutoExpress, spies have caught a Bentley Continental prototype testing around the company’s headquarters with a gasoline-electric hybrid drivetrain. Spies have taken shots of a Bentley Continental filed with a new unit [...]

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Honda may miss U.S. sales target for the 2010 Honda Insight

Honda may miss U.S. sales target for the 2010 Honda Insight

We’ve been hearing all good things about the 2010 Honda Insight hybrid – it’s cheaper than the 2010 Toyota Prius, was the best-selling vehicle in Japan in April and Honda even considered increasing output for the United States market. However, according to American Honda Motor Executive Vice President John Mendel, Honda may fall short of [...]

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GM CEO says he’s open to other bids for Opel besides Magna

GM CEO says he’s open to other bids for Opel besides Magna

It seems like Opel’s sale to Canadian auto parts group Magna International isn’t final just yet. According GM’s CEO Fritz Henderson, GM of Europe is willing to broaden discussions if necessary. “We’re just negotiating, we don’t have an exclusivity agreement (with Magna), so we are open to discussion with others,” Fritz said. ”We are spending a [...]

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This Week in Photos: 6-8-2009 – 6-13-2009

This Week in Photos: 6-8-2009 – 6-13-2009

Its time to wrap up the week with our ‘This Week in Photos’ post. Check out new photos of the 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTD, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, 2010 Lexus HS 250h and spy shots and teasers of the Aston Martin Rapide and the next-generation Bentley Arnage. We’ll see you bright and early tomorrow morning. Click [...]

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