General Motors in the midst of selling its Hummer brand to a Chinese company and Michigan really wants to keep the brand local. Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., plans to invest up to $9.4 million into a new HQ located in either Detroit or Auburn Hills in light of the Michigan Economic Authority’s approval [...]
A recent cars.com survey of 1,056 recent or soon-to-be car buyers shows that the majority would like to see cash-for-clunkers extended. Of the surveyed group, 42% indicated that they thought the program was a successful one despite the fact that only 10% of those surveyed actually participated. Of those participants, 37% said they were originally [...]
“The Stuttgarter Zeitung said some C-class production could be transferred to the carmaker’s plant in Vance, Alabama, from Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, as part of a wider production shake-up planned by Daimler to reduce costs.”, reports Automotive News. By moving a portion of their C-class production to the United States, Daimler AG could save approximately $95 [...]
Avus Performance has unveiled their take on the Batmobile – the new matte-black Nissan GT-R. There is just something about matte-black that makes every car look better than it does in metallic paint (some of you may not agree). Avus said that a new modified ECU and a special exhaust pipe (2 cats and the [...]
Acura announced today that it is taking performance to the next level with the addition of a manual transmission on the TL lineup for the 2010 model year. The new 6-speed manual transmission will be available exclusively on the 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD model. Acura says that the 6-speed manual transmission is approximately 110 lbs [...]
According to a report by Reuters, Goldman Sachs will invest $334 million in Geely Automobile Holdings of China that will boost the Chinese automakers global ambitions along with a potential bid to buy Ford’s Volvo brand. “It’s a wise move for Geely as it can use the money to build up capacity and free up [...]
About 2 months ago, Top Gear host James May set out to build a two-story house made entirely out of Legos. Well, the house is now being broken down after no-one showed any interest in purchasing it. Originally, May planned on moving the house to Legoland for their theme park; however, plans fell through since [...]
Ford is making headlines today with the launch of the new Ford Figo for the India car market. Before you guys jump to any conclusions, CEO Alan Mulally has made it clear that the Figo is not a competitor to the $2,000 Tata Nano. “Right now we are going to focus on the larger portion [...]
Earlier last month GM launched a new site called “The Lab,” which features future projects by GM”s Advanced Design team. Today, the team has announced their latest creation called the Small Premium Buick Concept, a study that hints at a future small premium car for the Buick brand. “We agreed that a small premium vehicle shouldn”t be [...]
Nissan has announced pricing details for the 2010 Infiniti EX35, which is now on sale at Infiniti dealers nationwide. For 2010, the Infiniti EX35 gets some additions to the standard and optional equipment. Pricing details for the e 2010 Infiniti EX35: EX35 RWD: $33,800 EX35 Journey RWD: $36,000 EX35 AWD: $35,200 EX35 Journey AWD: $37,400 [...]
