Wiesmann is getting ready to show its Roadster MF5, scheduled to be unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show next week. The German company has just released a teaser to keep us excited until it pulls off the covers in Frankfurt. Power for the Roadster MF5 will come from BMW’s M5/M6′s V10 engine producing 507-hp [...]
The U.S. Transportation Department said yesterday that it has paid more than a third of vouchers they gave consumers under the Cash for Clunkers program. As of yesterday morning, the U.S. government has paid a total of $1.22 billion for 289,000 vouchers. That totals 42.4 percent of the $2.88 billion applied for by dealers under [...]
Chrysler Group said yesterday that it will be ending its engine manufacturing alliance with Hyundai and Mitsubishi. Known as the Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA), the alliance was responsible for building fuel-efficient 4-cylinder engines since 2005. Chrysler said that Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Hyundai Motor Company, have sold their interests in the manufacturing alliance to [...]
General Motors Company said that it plans to cut 1,000 salaried jobs by the end of this month as a part of a previously announced plan to cut costs by reducing white-collar jobs. In June, GM announced that it would cut an additional 4,000 salaried jobs by the end of 2009. Spokesman Tom Wilkinson said [...]
Remember Garage419 with Matt Farah? Well, after the finale form the last season, the show closed its doors. Nonetheless, our friend Matt Farah didn’t give up and is now back with a new show called The Smoking Tire. In the latest episode of The Smoking Tire, Farah gets behind the Audi R8 Raptor, created by [...]
According sources familiar with the plans, Chrysler Group plans to return to consumer leasing just three months after coming out bankruptcy. The leases will start off with GMAC Financial Services and will be offered only on a select number of vehicles. Some of the vehicles may include Dodge Journey crossover, Dodge Nitro, Dodge Ram and Chrysler [...]
Pictures of the 2011 Infiniti QX have popped up on the Internet via VWVortex forums. This is the first major redesign of the QX since the model was introduced in 2004. The model will be built in Japan and will be based on the 7th generation JDM Nissan Safari. It is also known as the [...]
According to a report by AutoCar, Saab is already working on a hybrid version of the new 9-5 sedan. The hybrid version will use a small petrol engine backed up by an electric motor in an effort to increase fuel-economy and cut emissions. Saab is working on a new 120-hp turbocharged 1.4L gasoline engine that [...]
The new 2010 Lincoln MKT luxury crossover received a “Top Safety Pick” rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today. Ford said that the new Lincoln MKT offers a high level of crash protection ““ including state-of-the-art side air bags that are designed to deploy up to 30 percent earlier than traditional air bag systems [...]
FoMoCo is endorsing a new bill in Congress that will ban hand-held text messaging when operating a vehicle. A Senate version, brought forward by by Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., would withhold highway funding to states that don’t adopt the ban. Ford’s vice president for government relations Peter Lawson said that Ford was endorsing the bill that he [...]
