Staying with tradition, its time to say goodbye to our week-long affair with the 2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS with some fun facts about the new GM sedan. Starting MSRP comes in at $27,835 for the base model: Our 2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS had a starting price tag of $33,015 with a final price tag of [...]
General Motors Company’s CEO Fritz Henderson will see his annual salary cut by 25 percent as a part of Obama’s pay reduction for the top 175 executives at seven companies that received significant federal bailout money. Fritz’s annual salary will fall to $950,000 a year. The U.S. Treasury did not identify the top earners at [...]
Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn told Automotive News today that he has ruled out a stand-alone hybrid like the Toyota Prius. “We don”t have this in our plans,” Ghosn said. “We are not intending to play a leadership role in hybrids. “One company already assumed leadership in the technology. We want leadership on EVs.” Ghosn said [...]
Lexus announced today that the new 2011 Lexus LFA Supercar will make its North American debut at the 2009 SEMA trade show in November and at the 2009 LA Auto Show in December. Following that, the Lexus supercar will make stops at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, 2010 Chicago Auto Show, the 2010 Dallas Auto [...]
Just because you missed out on Cash-for-Clunkers, that doesn’t mean that you can’t get any government cash of your car. tax credits and deductions can still be claimed on new cars purchased before December 31 according to the Associated Press. Though the cash reward is hardly comparable to that of the ‘Clunkers” program, but it [...]
Nissan North America announced today that it will be going on a nationwide tour with its new 2010 Nissan Leaf electric-car. The car will make its North American debut in Los Angeles on Nov 13, the first time U.S. citizens will be able to see the five-passenger electric-car. “The Nissan LEAF Zero Emission Tour will [...]
Honda’s new Skydeck Concept, which is being shown at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, hints at the Japanese automaker’s successor to the Honda FR-V in Europe. Production of the FR-V ended in August and at the time Honda said that it had no replacement planned. The Honda Skydeck Concept is a 6-seater hybrid MPV with [...]
Sources familiar with FoMoCo’s plans say that the Dearborn automaker is looking to move production of its Kuga compact SUV/Crossover to the United States to take advantage of lower labor costs and the weaker dollar, reports Bloomberg. Sources in Germany said that Ford will move production of the Kuga to Louisville, Kentucky in October 2011. [...]
A new General Motors’ video on YouTube shows a rendering of a Chevrolet Silverado Baja Off-Road Version behind Adam Barry, Lead Creative Designer at GM’s Accessory Studio. The rendering hints that GM could be considering a competitor to the successful 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor high-performance off-road pickup. PickupTrucks.com points out that the rendering shows [...]
The folks over at AutoCar have learned that Toyota’s new rear-wheel-drive sports coupe could be called the Toyota Celica. The production version of the FT-86 Concept, which is co-developed by Toyota and Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru), is scheduled to go on sale in 2012. Toyota’s responsibility is to take care of the car’s main concept [...]
