MG Motor UK, a Chinese-owned company that makes the British TF sports car, will halt production for six months and won’t resume until March of 2010. The move comes as sales of the low-volume sports car start to slow down. The MG TF is the only vehicle currently assembled at the huge Longbridge factory in [...]
During General Motors’ 90-day progress report yesterday, CEO Fritz Henderson said that GM has about 10,500 more U.S. workers than called for by year’s end under its previously stated turnaround plan. Since it came out of bankruptcy three months ago, GM has cut its U.S. hourly workforce by 21 percent and salaried ranks by 18.2 [...]
During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany today, Volkswagen confirmed that it will sell a version of the Golf R in the United States. The Golf R, which will be known as the GTI-R in the U.S., will replace the R32. Along with Volkswagen’s 4Motion all-wheel-drive system, the GTI-R will get 2.0L TSI 4-cylinder engine [...]
Volvo’s BMW 3-Series rival, the next-generation S60, will debut in spring 2010. Take off all the chrome and other bells and whistles on the S60 Concept and you have yourself the production model that will hit roads later next year. The design was signed off under former head of design Steve Mattin. Mattin was replaced [...]
During Fritz Henderson’s announcement on General Motors’ progress in the first 90 days out of bankruptcy, the CEO announced that the company’s head of U.S. sales, Mark LaNeve, has resigned. It was just confirmed that the Susan Docherty will replace LaNeve as the new vice president of U.S. sales. “She brings a fresh perspective to [...]
Yesterday we welcomed the new 2009 Infiniti G37 S Convertible into our press fleet. Even in 61 degree weather we are driving with the top down; which Infiniti says goes down in 30 seconds. We clocked it in at 28 seconds. Here are some pics of our G37 S Convertible with the top up and [...]
Italian company Zagato helped a Russian student from Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts revive Italian brand Iso Rivolta. Known as the Iso Rivolta Marella, the Italian supercar is based on the underpinnings of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 – meaning that under the hood is a 6.2L V8 LS9 supercharged engine making 638-hp [...]
At the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show Nissan will show its new Nissan Leaf – it’s 367 mpg (estimated using Department of Energy”s formula) electric-car. According to Automotive News, Nissan will be touting much more than just the Leaf’s zero-emissions. Nissan will show consumers that the Leaf is not just any ordinary car and will have the [...]
We have just received a bunch of new images of the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle. Check out our updated high-res gallery after the jump. Click here to see our original post on the Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle. Refresher: Power comes from a 6.0L V8 engine that produces 355-hp with a peak torque of [...]
As American taxpayers, everyone of us holds a stake in the new GM. Not to worry though, because according to CEO Fritz Henderson, GM is on track to meet all targets set forth in their government-sponsored bankruptcy. He said that GM is in a position to cut costs and reduce debt enough to be a [...]
