It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything on Volvo’s bidding process. According to a report by Swedish business daily Dagens Industri, China’s Geely Automotive is the only company that has submitted a concrete bid for FoMoCo owned Volvo. The publication said that an announcement of which suitor Ford has selected for the final takeover negotiations [...]
About two months, FoMoCo invited the leaders of some of the nation’s largest police fleets to Dearborn to tell them that the Crown Victoria will be discontinued after 2011. “But Ford also made a commitment to support departments with a new vehicle” said Larry Tagawa, commander of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Motor Transport Division. After [...]
Mahindra & Mahindra is gearing up to launch its compact diesel pickup trucks in the U.S. from early 2010. According to the company’s executive vice president of international operations, Pravin Shah, Mahindra is looking at options to purchase a new U.S. facility to produce its pickups locally. The move is expected to save Mahindra costly import duties. [...]
From what we’ve been hearing, Mini had a lot planned for the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. We were finally going to see a production version of the much-anticipated Countryman crossover, a coupe and a speedster concept. So far, we’ve seen the Mini Coupe Concept and right now we’re getting our first look at the Mini Roadster [...]
From here on forth, we’re going to be calling our “Press Car of the Week” feature the “Weekly Test-Drive” – we just thought it sounds better and attracts more attention. Moving forward, we just took delivery of the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO last night and we’re very excited about getting behind the new Taurus and [...]
Earlier this year (March to be exact), Mercedes-Benz announced that it has completed winter testing for the upcoming 2010 Mercedes-Benz B-Class with fuel-cell drive in northern Sweden. Well, here it is in its complete production form. Power comes from a new generation of fuel-cell drive mated to an electric motor that produces 136-hp and a maximum torque of [...]
Audi will debut two new fuel-efficient variants of its A4 and A3 models at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Audi took its 3.0 TDI clean diesel engine from the Q7 and dropped it in the new, best-selling A4. The new common-rail injection diesel engine, mated to 6-speed triptronic and quattro system, allows the A4 3.0 [...]
The new 2010 Audi A5 Sportback will be joined by its high-performance sibling at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show – the all-new 2010 Audi S5 Sportback. Power comes from 3.0L TFSI V6 engine, which has been supercharged to make 333-hp and a maximum torque of 325 lb-ft (yes, it is the same engine from the 2010 [...]
Chrysler Group LLC is once again looking for a manufacturing partner in China as it prepares to rework its product lineup under the control of Fiat SpA. According to sources familiar with the matter, Fiat and Chrysler have contacted many Chinese automakers about a partnership that would involve manufacturing a vehicle for the Chinese market. [...]
Along with unveiling the Roadster MF5 next month at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, Wiesmann will finish building a GT MF4 live at the show. “During the building-process of the GT MF4 with a 4.8L 367-hp engine, two members of the staff will finish the work on the car,” Wiesmann said in a statement. “Sports-car-fans [...]
