The 2010 Opel Astra, scheduled to go on sale in Europe in early 2010, will see many different variants when it comes to the market. We’ve heard that a three-door version along with a high-performance OPC (or VXR for Vauxhall) are also in the works. A two-seater Astra convertible is also rumored to make its [...]
Hyundai’s never been too afraid of calling out its competitors with its latest vehicle onslaught. With the Hyundai Genesis sedan, the Korean automaker made sure everyone knew that they were targeting the Lexus LS and the BMW 7-Series – with the Genesis Coupe they made sure everyone knew they were targeting the Infiniti G37 and [...]
One of the most outstanding attractions at the Goodwood Festival of Speed is the Sunday Times Supercar Runs. Ferrari announced today that its Scuderia Spider 16M completed the 1.16 mile hillclimb in an incredible time of 59 seconds. Ferrari has released a video of the Scuderia Spider 16M doing its lap at Goodwood 2009 along with [...]
You know the routine – it’s time for us to gather up some of our random findings in our daily Miscellaneous Thoughts post. 1993 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 parked next to 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS: We’re enjoying our last couple of days with the 2010 Camaro SS. Today we came out and found a 1993 Camaro [...]
It’s very rare that any automaker would ever let one of us automotive ‘journalists’ get behind the wheel of a concept car. It seems like Ford of Europe made a little exception for UK’s AutoCar and let them take their only Iosis Max Concept for a spin. The Ford iosis Max concept hints at the future [...]
We first heard details on the Alfa Romeo Milano, a replacement for the 147 entry-premium car, in Chrysler’s viability plan submitted to Congress in February. Well, it seems like we won’t have to wait long to see the production Milano since photos of the model from Alfa Romeo’s plant in Italy were leaked on Facebook [...]
Steve Rattner, top advisor to President Barack Obama’s auto task force, said today that he expects GM to “expeditiously” exit bankruptcy in the coming days. He said that the Obama administration would not “micromanage” GM. The United States government will own a 60.8 percent stake in NGMCO, Inc., which will change its name to General Motors Company [...]
A McDonald’s in Cary, North Caroline will soon become the first fast food restaurant in more than 10 years to add an electric-recharging station for electric-vehicles in its parking lot. Ric Richards, the independent owner of the McDonald’s, built his new restaurant with eco-friendly materials and technologies and wanted to carry over the theme to [...]
The nation’s largest consumer-electronics retailer Best Buy, has quietly begun offering electric-powered scooters, bicycles and Segway transporters in 19 locations in California, Oregon and Washington, reports the Wall Street Journal. Analysts told the newspaper that electric-vehicles won’t be a huge profit-making product for Best Buy but the investment could prove to be a wise one [...]
General Motors has released an official press release outlining the details of its sale of substantially all of General Motors Corporation’s assets to NGMCO, Inc., an entity funded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Fritz Henderson has also put together a post on the GM FastLane Blog on the approval of the sale. “Now the [...]
