After all the waiting, all the spy shots and all the leaked shots, Lexus has finally taken the wraps of its new exclusive supercar – the 2011 Lexus LFA. However, to Lexus this isn’t just any supercar – it’s a true “clean-sheet” design created by a small team of passionate and dedicated engineers who pushed [...]
Mainstream automakers have long said that the cause for delays in getting electric-vehicles to the market in large numbers has to due with getting large volumes of reliable and affordable batteries. According to a battery producers that spoke at “The Business of Plugging In” conference, all that is about to change. Battery producers said that [...]
Last week Bob Lutz told us that only one customer returned a car during GM’s 60-day money-back guarantee program. The return was more of an exchange where one man returned a Chevrolet Corvette with a manual transmission for one with an automatic transmission. Today, almost a week later, General Motors said that it has had [...]
We have three more days with the 2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS as we come close to completing our week long test-drive. Today we’re going to give you a little tour of the exterior of the new LaCrosse sedan. At the 2008 Beijing Auto Show, GM unveiled its Invicta concept, which the 2010 LaCrosse draws its [...]
Depending on how well the new 2010 Kizashi sells in the U.S., Suzuki will decided whether or not to offer the next-generation Swift subcompact to us on the stateside. Performance of the Kizashi will also help officials determine whether or not to offer a V6 variant of its new mid-size sedan. Speaking to the media [...]
GM is on the offensive. After years of a mediocre presence, GM is on a mission to capture market share, and they have an aggressive strategy based around the addition of 7 to 10 new vehicles to its current lineup. CEO Fritz Henderson has been championing for aggressive development of new cars so that GM [...]
Police arrested a man who allegedly kidnapped a dealer during a test-drive of a Honda and drove the car more than 1,000 miles from Massachusetts to Wisconsin. Officials said that a Wisconsin State Patrol trooper pulled over the 32-year-old man on Friday for speeding, reckless driving and operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent. The man [...]
The 2009 Tokyo Motor Show will open its doors to the press in a couple of hours (given the time difference) and the Lexus LF-A will make its official debut in less than six hours. However, thanks to the Internet we get our first look way ahead of the scheduled released thanks to NAGTROC. Power [...]
Volkswagen AG announced today that it will take a 49.9 percent stake in Porsche AG in a first step towards a merger with the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer. “This was agreed between Volkswagen and Porsche SE during negotiations on the contracts of implementation relating to the merger of the two companies,” Volkswagen said in a [...]
Maserati welcomed the brand new 2010 GranCabrio – which in the United States is called GranTurismo Convertible – to a packed room at its Corporate Showroom on Park Avenue, New York. The premiere took place after a week on display in famed Grand Central Station in New York City. The 2010 Maserati GranCabrio made its [...]
