Ken Okuyama, the designer of the Ferrari Enzo, 612 Scaglietti and Rossa has opened the doors to his own design studio in Southern California. Okuyama is the former transportation design chairman of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His 13,500 square-foot studio is the former home of Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studio. According [...]
As reported last night, the Supreme Court approved the sale of Chrysler LLC to Fiat SpA after the process faced delays earlier this week. Today, Chrysler completed the sale of its strongest assets to Fiat SpA into a new company known as Chrysler Group LLC. The new company will begin operations immediately. Fiat CEO Sergio [...]
No matter how much automakers try to keep their new creations under the cover – they are bound to get released before their launch date. Being all prestige and everything, you would think that Aston Martin would do a little more to keep its latest product a secret prior to its launch date; apparently, not. [...]
Bentley has just released a teaser to the Arnage successor due out in 2011. The short press release stated: The all-new Grand Bentley “The reason I bought a Bentley was because of its exceptional performance in all respects on the road. Such features…leave nothing to be desired” (Noel Van Raalte, W.O. Bentley’s first customer, October [...]
According to a study conducted by J.D. Power and Associates, consumers who plan to purchase a vehicle in the near future desire interior automotive gadgets the most. “The study is designed to measure consumer familiarity, interest and purchase intent for emerging automotive technologies, both before and after an estimated market price is revealed,” J.D. Power [...]
The U.S. House yesterday approved the “cash for clunkers” legislation, which will now move up to the Senate where supporters withdrew an attempt to seek a vote last week. The House voted 298-119 in favor or the bill, more than the two-thirds majority needed under House rules to pass legislation. All but nine Democrats votes yes, [...]
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court delayed Chrysler’s sale to Fiat SpA as Indiana pension funds and consumer groups challenged the deal. However, Chrysler, Fiat and the Obama administration are celebrating tonight because the Supreme Court has just approved the sale of the Auburn Hills automaker to the Italian company. In a brief two-page order, the [...]
Judge Arthur Gonzalez approved Chrysler’s bid to cut a quarter of its U.S. dealerships and overruled requests to delay the order until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the sale of the Auburn Hills automaker to Fiat. “No dealer wants to be rejected. We understand that,” Chrysler lawyer Kevyn Orr told the judge. Orr said [...]
First of all, we’d like to apologize for the low number of posts today (we’ve been doing some back-end development work that’s been causing delays). Nonetheless, it’s now time for some of the random findings from around the internet. Man drives Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 in the rain: Yes, there are people like that out there [...]
Rene Villeneuve and Henri Richard get behind the wheel of 144P, Team Polizei’s Porsche GT3 entry in the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Series. The story starts at Laguna Seca, the proving ground for sports. Check out the brilliant video put together by our friends at Garage419.
