Ulrich Hackenberg, a board member in charge of product development at Volkswagen, says that the reason that the German automaker is working on an electric-car is the American market. At the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show last week, Volkswagen unveiled its E-Up! Concept, which hints at an electric-car scheduled to go on sale in Europe in 2013. [...]
According to General Motor Company’s vice chairman of global product development, Tom Stephens, the company has dropped plans to build a unibody pickup similar to the Honda Ridgeline, the only unibody pickup sold in the United States. Based on GM’s mid-sized, front-wheel-drive platform, a unibody pickup had been planned for buyers who did not need the [...]
Last week we got our first look at Jay Leno’s Ford Focus battery electric vehicle that will be used in his new shows Green Car Challenge. As mentioned before, Drew Barrymore would kick off the Green Car Challenge and we now have a video of her “racing” around the mini track. Check out the video [...]
Almost a month ago, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn said that Suzuki Motor Corp. would an interesting partner because of the Japanese automaker’s competency with small cars. According to a report by Automobilwoche, Volkswagen is now expected to take a stake in Suzuki by the end of 2009. “We expect that there will be a basic [...]
Last month during Pebble Beach, Nissan “virtually” took the wraps off of its 2011 Infiniti M. But the folks at Straightline some how manage to take a little spin in the 2011 M and have some real life pictures for us to see. The 2011 M37 will be powered by a 3.7L VVEL V6 making 328-hp. The [...]
It’s not that the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO doesn’t look superb when you look it – it’s just that it looks all the other Taurus variants. However, come 2012, the Taurus SHO will get a little more to SHOw off. While the current, 2010 Ford Taurus gets a little more for being the top-dog of [...]
Jim Press, who will retire as deputy CEO by the end of this year, owes almost $1 million in back taxes and is being sued by his credit union for defaulting on a $609,000 loan, according to records obtained by The Detroit News. The IRS has filed a tax lien for $947,409.63 on a house Press [...]
We absolutely love the new Ferrari 458 Italia. What we love better than the 458 Italia is two 458 Italias going crazy on the track. Check out this new promotional video from Ferrari after the jump. Make sure you turn up the volume on your speakers. Refresher: Power comes from a mid-rear mounted 4.5L V8 producing [...]
Imagine driving up to your £2m ($3 million) Cotswolds house and finding six bags of horse manure dumped on your driveway and front lawn? How would you react? Well, Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson was fairly amused by the actions of seven members of Climate Rush who dumped manure on his property and raised a [...]
It’s not as if the Ferrari California isn’t already one of the sexiest and most powerful cars on the road; however, Hamann felt it could do a little more with some modifications. The designers added some visual upgrades including a carbon fiber hood, a new front spoiler, new side skirts, a back spoiler, a three-part [...]
