So you take your first look at the 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera and you feel that it’s not that much different from the 2008, or even the 2007 model. Whereas other automakers like to completely redesign their vehicles every couple of years, Porsche is one automaker that follows the philosophy “If it ain’t broken – [...]
GM joined forced with the world’s best auction site, eBay, in hopes that Californians would buy GM vehicles online. As of August 21, GM had listed a total of 16,228 cars on eBay, with 45 selling on the site. Well, it is now September and GM has only sold a total of 50 vehicles through [...]
Lotus has delivered its first Evora to Matthew Melling of Twickenham, UK. Melling took the keys to his new Storm Titanium Evora from Luke Bennett, Director of Lotus Cars Limited at the Lotus Headquarters. “I was determined to be the first in the world to get my hands on an Evora so with Stratton Motor Company’s [...]
Lexus is headed for a fate like that of Buick. The median age of a Lexus owner is 56 according to AutoPacific. While still much younger than the same measure for Buick owners, it is significantly older than the same criterion for BMW, Infiniti, and Audi. Toyota’s luxury brand is in danger of becoming an [...]
According to a report by AutoWeek, BMW is aiming to sell 1,000 units of its new ActiveHybrid 7 and the ActiveHybrid X6 in their first year in the United States. Both models will make their world debuts at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show later this month. The 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid 7 is powered by a 4.4L [...]
The Chevrolet Camaro has done it again – for the third consecutive month, the 2010 Camaro has outsold the 2010 Ford Mustang in an all out muscle car war. For the month of August, General Motors’ Camaro outsold Ford’s Mustang by 2,391 units. General Motors reported a total of 8,680 Camaros sold in August while [...]
FoMoCo is the American auto industry’s knight in shining armor today as it reported that its U.S. sales in August rose 17.2 percent over last year. Ford said that it sold a total of 181,826 cars and light trucks, compared with 155,117 in August 2008. The gain followed Ford’s 2.4 percent increase in July, which was [...]
As you already know, I will be driving the 2010 Mazda3 this whole week. Today, I want to take you around the interior of the new 3 from Mazda. Sit inside and right away you notice superb build quality, especially for a car competing in the compact segment. Overall build quality and feel seems to [...]
Chrysler today released a press release titled “What’s New for ’10: Product Information Guide” and after doing some digging we found out that the company’s heavy-duty Dodge Ram 3500 Laramie Mega Cab 4×4 full-size pickup is the only new thing for 2010. In fact, there are a few things even missing from 2010. Chrysler, which is [...]
Continuing the already very confusing issue of General Motors’ sale of Opel (or it trying to keep it), Belgian finance investor RHJ International said today that it is raising the stakes in its ongoing bidding war with Magna for GM’s German brand. According to a report in German daily Rheinische Post, RHJ said that it is [...]
