BMW has a lot planned for the upcoming 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show next month. The automaker is set to reveal not one, but two hybrid vehicles including the ActiveHybrid 7 and the ActiveHybrid X6. According to sources who spoke with Mini enthusiast website MotoringFile, BMW has decided to move up the launch of the Speedster/Coupe [...]
Sakti3, a small spin-off start up created from the partnership between the University of Michigan and General Motors, is currently developing a line of solid state batteries that could double the energy density of current cells on the market. Li-ion is going to be the material of choice for the next twenty or so years, [...]
Many officials in Germany were very angry with General Motors Company today for not picking a winning bidder for its Opel brand this past Friday. Sources familiar with the situation said that Fritz Henderson and other management had asked for more information from the German government on state financing available to complete the sale to [...]
The National Insurance Crime Bureau has released its popular list of most stolen vehicles for the year 2008. The 1994 Honda Accord dethroned the 1995 Honda Civic as the most stole vehicle in the nation for last year, while the 1989 Toyota Camry came in at number 3. “Although the final numbers have not yet [...]
As the clash-for-clunkers program comes to an end, a group of 73 auto dealerships institutes its own program. Autostimulusplan.com offers incentives ranging between $500 and $4,500 for used and new cars, and will end on Nov. 1. “It is time for the private sector to pick up the baton,” Brian Benstock, general manager of Paragon [...]
The Department of Transportation has just extended the Cash for Clunkers filing deadline to noon tomorrow, giving dealers enough time to file rebate claims under the program amid reports of computer outages. Deadline for customers to trade in a clunker for a brand new car remains 8:00 p.m. tonight. “Despite a large increase in the [...]
Word on the street is that besides the Audi A5 Sportback, the Ingolstadt-based automaker has plans to unveil an Audi RS3, a hardcore version of the Audi A3 hatchback. According to the Swedish edition of Auto Motor & Sport, sources say that Audi will unveil an RS3 at next month’s 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Sources told [...]
As a heads up – we are working on new egmCarTech. We have no timetable on when the new egmCarTech will be completed but we’re pretty sure you won’t be disappointed. It will have more features, more interactivity and will look a lot cleaner. Keep your hopes up – in the mean time, enjoy some [...]
As of 7:47 a.m. (Easter Time) this morning, dealers have submitted 635,186 Cash for Clunker claims for a total of $2.65 billion, the Department of Transportation said. When Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood set a deadline of Aug. 24 at 8:00 p.m. last week, he said that all dealers who submit their deals by the deadline will [...]
Just before the end of 2008, tuner 9ff dropped some dark sketches of their Porsche Panamera modifications. Almost 8 months later, 9ff has now released some details along with the first images of their take on the four-door, four-seater Porsche. 9ff will offer 3-levels of modifications including the PT-55, PT-60 and PT-65. The PT-55 gives [...]
