Editors of the Esquire magazine have named the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO as its inaugural “Car of the Year.” “We had three main criteria in selecting the Esquire Car of the Year,” explained David Granger, editor-in-chief. “The vehicle needed to be a pleasure to drive and be capable of shortening your breath when you slam [...]
We first heard pricing details on the 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport earlier this month; however, GM decided to release the official press release along with some additional high-res photos today. What took them so long? Who knows? “The Corvette Grand Sport achieves a 0 – 60 time in less than four seconds, pulls 1.0g on [...]
The world’s leading car-sharing service Zipcar Inc. said it will post its first profit in the third quarter and will go public in early 2010. Zipcar said it expects revenues to reach $120 million this year and to hit $1 billion within a decade. Since its inception in 1999, Zipcar has signed more than 300,000 consumer [...]
General Motors has decided to reverse its decision on closing 41 of the 2,100 dealerships it plans to shutter during its bankruptcy process. The move comes after a group of influential Congress members introduced a bill to try to force GM and Chrysler to keep dealers open. Earlier this week, federal bankruptcy judge Arthur Gonzalez [...]
The 2010 Pontiac Vibe will be the last Pontiac to come from the dead GM brand. Why? Well, it’s because the Pontiac Vibe is built at GM and Toyota’s NUMMI joint-venture plant in California. Don’t expect any massive changes to the 2010 model. “The Vibe lineup will include three versions: a base model, an all-wheel-drive, and [...]
Toyota has confirmed that it will not restart production of the Camry Solara convertible, which it actually stopped building in December 2008. Toyota last summer nixed output of the Camry Solara coupe due to record-high fuel prices. At that time, Toyota said that the convertible Solara will remain in production for at least two years since [...]
According to a source briefed on the discussions, Chinese automaker Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. is talking to Ford about buying the company’s Volvo stake. The source said that Beijing Automotive is going to meet with Volvo executives at the company’s Gothenburg, Sweden headquarters. Beijing Automotive is one of the three or four companies that [...]
GM today launched the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro in the Middle East. Sales of the new 300-hp V6 powered LT model and the 422-hp V8 Camaro SS will begin in the region later this summer. “The all-new Camaro delivers the great looks, performance and technology that Middle East buyers expect in a modern sports car,” said Michael [...]
A replacement for the horrific minivan based Rendezvous, the Buick Enclave made its market debut in May 2007 and every since, GM has yet to offer a major redesign for the Lambda platform based SUV. During a special interview with GM’s Ed Welburn on CBS News, a clay model of an SUV was spotted sitting [...]
Alright, so to change the pace a little with our ‘Miscellaneous Thoughts’ posts, we thought we’d put together a full video edition. So here you go… Ferrari F430 catches fire after accident: A Ferrari F430 went up in flames after an accident in Sibiu, Romania. No one was seriously injured but the car was a [...]
