Toyota Motor Corp is planning two fully owned subsidiary that will handle the Japanese automaker’s marketing and advertising at home and abroad. The move will help Toyota tailor its marketing to its vehicles to local markets. The companies, that are yet to be named, will kick-off operations in January 2010. “The new companies are being [...]
Velozzi, a Los Angeles, California based company, has unveiled their new SOLO crossover – a lightweight plug-in hybrid electric crossover with an on-board multi-fuel micro turbine battery charger. Confused? Yeah – so were we. Let’s try to make sense of it together. Velozzi says that most of the plug-in hybrid electric-vehicles being built today are [...]
Earlier this season of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson pointed out that the British Government declared a level 2 heat wave alert – or as Clarkson would call it, ‘a lovely summer’s day.’ Apparently, during a heat wave level warning or a very hot summer day is the perfect time to play ‘Car Sauna.’ How do you [...]
Even though we’ve known about the basic requirements to qualify for the Cash for Clunkers rebate since it was created by Congress earlier this year, the program didn’t become official until July 24th. As a part of the official launch, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now made changes to more than 30,000 vehicle model types spanning [...]
It was reported earlier this year that Toyota is planning a hybrid version of the Yaris compact car. According to Japanese newspaper Ashai, the Yaris hybrid compact will be priced around 1.5 million yen ($15,760) in Japan and will arrive in late 2011. Ashai said that the Toyota will use the current engine and platform offered [...]
While Ferrari released all the details and some exterior shots of the new Ferrari 458 Italia this morning, the Italian automaker didn’t release any interior shots. Well, while browsing through the new 458 Italia site, we came across an interior shot in the flash intro of new Italian stallion. Click here to see our original [...]
Toyota reported today that it sold a total of 3.56 million vehicles worldwide in the first half of 2009 – helping it keep its No.1 position for global auto sales for the first six months. General Motors Company outpaced Toyota in the second-quarter. In the second quarter that ran from April-June, GM reported sales of [...]
After all the spy shots and leaked images, Ferrari has finally unveiled its replacement for the F430 with the much-anticipated 458 Italia. Let’s get straight to the details you’re looking forward to reading. Power comes from a 4.5L V8, which is the first Ferrari direct-injection engine to be mid-rear mounted. It delivers a total of [...]
During a time of recession, many enthusiasts are renting supercars instead of shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to own them. However, in another twist, one rental club is offering supercar owners up to $33,000 a year to lend their vehicles to the company’s fleet. Ecurie25, based in the UK, is offering supercar owner-members [...]
Need to check the battery level of your electric-vehicle? There’s an app for that. Need to see how hot is inside your vehicle so you can turn on the AC before you get inside? Well, there’s an app for that too – thanks to Nissan. Along with its new electric-vehicle platform announced yesterday, Nissan demonstrated [...]
