The U.S. government has officially launched the cars.gov website which spells out the rules to its new Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the final eligibility requirements for the program earlier today. To download the full document click here. If you don’t have time to [...]
The 2009 Nissan 370Z is here for the week: We just took delivery of the 2009 Nissan 370Z for a full review. We have the car for a whole week so make sure you ask us all the questions you want as we’ll be providing daily updates on here and Twitter. Female BMW drivers wear [...]
So now that the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS aka Cash for Clunkers) is on its way you’re probably wondering how it’s making a difference in terms of fuel-economy gains and saving the planet. Leave it up to Korean automaker Hyundai to fill you in. Hyundai says that early statistics on the CARS program show [...]
Instead of releasing a press release and bunch of high-res images, Acura has revealed its 2010 RDX compact SUV on its U.S. website. Major changes include the milk-mustache grille that every Acura model now has and … well, that’s about it. Look closely and you’ll see other minor tweaks including changes to the front lower [...]
According to Australian publication Drive, Ford will abandon plans to build a new small car in Australia and instead will focus its resources on producing a 4-cylinder EcoBoost version of the existing Falcon. Ford confirmed earlier this week that a new 4-cylinder EcoBoost will be added to its lineup in 2010. The engine will be [...]
Just yesterday we reported on how the head Toyota”s North American operations, Yoshimi Inaba, said that spicing up its vehicle lineup is something Toyota needs to focus on. He said he would try to “figure out what is the next phase of Lexus.” Well, it seems like that Toyota is already getting to work. According [...]
General Motors Company announced today the formations of its new executive committee that will lead the new GM, which recently came out of bankruptcy. The Detroit automaker also announced a number of leadership appointments and retirements. “With these announcements, most of the new GM leadership team is in place,” Henderson said. We expect to have the final [...]
According to reports coming out of Germany, Mazda is set to launch its updated RX-8 at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The changes to the new RX-8 will be mainly cosmetic including new LED rear lights, a redesigned interior and some exterior and aerodynamic tweaks. A new front and rear spoiler will also [...]
Hyundai announced earlier this week that it will invest $3.3 billion in green projects to better meet the government’s stricter fuel-economy figures and emission requirements. The Hyundai Group, which consists of Hyundai Motor Corp and Kia Motors Corp, said the 4.1 trillion won will go towards the development of environmentally friendly vehicles and to reduce [...]
Over the years, its has become pretty clear that tuning specialist Overfinch is to Range Rover as AMG is to Mercedes and Alpina is to BMW. The tuning firm has now teamed up with gun maker Holland & Holland to build the “ultimate luxury-off roader.” Based on the 2010 503-up supercharged Range Rover Autobiography, the [...]
