Jeremy Clarkson has a tendency to be very straightforward and honest; and we respect that. Speaking on the 2010 Porsche Panamera, Clarkson says that the sedan seems to have no purpose at all. “I understand, of course, why Porsche chose to build a four-door saloon, Clarkson wrote over at TimesOnline. “It”s the same reason Lamborghini [...]
As the yen rises significantly against the dollar, Honda Motor Co. may move production of the popular Fit small car to the United States. Honda’s President Takanobu Ito called the shift a “highly likely possibility.” Ito told Automotive News that “considering the foreign exchange, such a structural reform might be called for.” All Honda Fit models [...]
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is one of our favorite high-performance cars here at egmCarTech. It’s always mind-boggling to wonder how Mitsubishi engineers managed to squeeze out almost 300-hp from a small 2.0L 4-cylinder engine. Well, if AutoCar is to be believed, the Mitsubishi engineers will be taking the Lacer Evo a step further. Sources have [...]
The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is the best pickup we’ve seen this year and Texas Auto Writers Association seems to agree with us. TAWA awarded the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor the 2009 Truck of Texas award this year, the seventh consecutive time a Ford truck has won the award. “Winning the Truck of Texas [...]
Last Friday, Jaguar and Neiman Marcus started taking orders for the special 2010 Jaguar XJL Supercharged Neiman Marcus Edition, of which just 50 units will be built. The two announced today that it took them just four hours and four minutes to sell all of units that were offered exclusively through the retailer’s Christmas Book. The [...]
According to Stefan Jacoby, Volkswagen Group of America CEO, the automaker will most likely drop the Passat sedan and wagon in 2011 when its new U.S. built mid-size sedan goes on sale. “We are looking at it in detail,” Jacoby said at a press event earlier this month. The U.S. built mid-size four-door car will [...]
Thanks to technological developments, vehicle theft has fallen to a 20-year low, even as the number of vehicles on the roads have doubles. According to estimates by the FBI, 956,846 vehicles were stolen in 2008 – that comes out 315 cars for every 100,000 people. That’s less than half the rate in 1991 when a [...]
Kia today released the first official picture of the production version of its KND-5 concept car. The sedan will be known as the ‘Cadenza’ in markets outside Korea and will make its debut at the Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Dubai International auto shows towards the end of 2009. The Cadenza will eventually come to the [...]
Detroit mayor Dave Bing is drawing criticism for being driven around in a $59,205 GMC Yukon XL Denali that was delivered to the city on Wednesday. The new Yukon XL Denali, which carries a one-year $1,053 a month lease, has heated leather seats, a Bose stereo system and a satellite radio. Bing’s staffers say that [...]
It was reported last month that General Motors CFO Ray Young is expected to leave the company in the coming weeks. While GM hasn’t confirmed anything yet, Reuters reports that sources told the publication that GM directors in September backed a plan for CFO Ray Young to leave the company. However, The Wall Street Journal [...]
