With all the automakers pulling out of Tokyo this year, it doesn’t seem like much is going to happen at one of the largest auto shows when it opens its doors next month. Nonetheless, domestic automaker Honda is ready with an onslaught of new concepts… or shall we say, an onslaught of “environmentally responsible” concepts. [...]
By now, many of you should know that we are test-driving the new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid this week. To give the most realistic feedback on how the Fusion Hybrid performs in terms of fuel-economy, we will be driving the car as we would any other car – with the air condition on and stepping [...]
Supplies of the profitable Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra diesel pickups are being threatened by a 4 ½-month pause in production of the Duramax diesel engine. GM is going to stop building the current version of the Duramax in mid-December to retool for production of the re-engineered 2010 Duramax in late April. Analysts predict that sales [...]
German firm e-Wolf has unveiled a new electric sports car known as the e-1 (not the one pictured above). The e-Wolf e-1 is built on a ultra-light carbon fiber and aluminum chassis with a total weight of just 922 lbs. Power comes from a Li-Tec battery with cells that have a higher temperature tolerance and [...]
In a new article on Tesla’s blog, Diarmuid OConnell, Tesla’s Vice President of Business Development, is “clearing the air” on the company’s Department of Energy loan. The electric-vehicle company received a total of $465 million in low-interest loans from the DOE, $365 million of which it will use for the production and assembly for the Model [...]
Nissan North America said today that it will be taking orders for the new Nissan LEAF EV next spring and expects to have 20,000 units pre-sold by the time the electric-car reaches dealerships in the third-quarter, reports Automotive News. “We are confident we will have 20,000 reservations for the Leaf by the time it goes [...]
Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne will not stand for reelection on the board of the UBS AG Swiss bank next year. The bank said that Marchionne would like to “focus on his current demanding management position and had therefore decided not to seek any further mandates at UBS.” Marchionne was originally elected [...]
According to news coming out of Detroit, General Motors Company will announce Wednesday or Thursday that it has completed the sale of Saturn to Penske Automotive Group. GM has not confirmed the report. Roger Penske has previously said that Saturn dealers will sell GM made models for at least three years through their current lifecycle [...]
Earlier this month, General Motors decided to extend its partnership with eBay through September after selling just 50 vehicles through the http://gm.ebay.com site. Well, GM announced today that it will be ending its listing of cars online through eBay after not generating enough sales. The pilot program in California allowed GM dealers in the state to [...]
Following the more aggressive GT-R SpecV, Nissan is planning another limited edition of Godzilla known as the GT-R SpecM. We first heard about the Nissan GT-R SpecM earlier this year as a GT-R with a “softer, more refined setup” and one that will include “ripple control shock to absorb the bumps.” The Nissan GT-R SpecM [...]
