The new Volkswagen Amarok pickup has been named the official vehicle of the 2010 Dakar Rally. Twenty units of the Volkswagen pickup will provide race support for the Rally”s organizer and 15 will be used to drive the press along the route. “The Volkswagen Amarok is Volkswagen”s answer to the pickup and on the Dakar [...]
The launch of the next-generation BMW X3 SUV has been delayed to encourage buyers to custom order the crossover according to their specifications. According to the CEO of BMW North America, Jim O’Donnell, the move will allow BMW to offer up to four engine choices at launch, making a lower-priced version available from the beginning. [...]
Speaking at the NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at the Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday, Sen. John McCain said that he believes Chrysler Group LLC is unlikely to survive even after receiving nearly $15 billion in U.S. government loans. “No, I don’t think we ever should have bailed out Chrysler and General Motors,” McCain said. [...]
Don’t get your hopes up for a civilian version of the Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle. According to Bob Lutz, General Motors has no plans on dropping the Impala, which will be upgraded sometime later next year. He said that the next Chevrolet Impala will be a front-wheel-drive sedan and will be slightly larger with [...]
For those of you that admire Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, you probably knew that yesterday was the premiere of Top Gear Series 14. We’ve just found some YouTube videos cover a segment of the show where the Top Gear crew drives the Aston Martin DBS Volante, Ferrari California and the Lamborghini Gallardo [...]
Lotus has announced the pricing details on its new 2010 Lotus Evora for the U.S. market, which goes on sale during the first quarter of 2010. As a part of the launch, two Lotus Evoras have started a 44-dealer Open House Tour that began last week. Prices for the 2010 Lotus Evora in the U.S. [...]
Watching some of the world’s most exotic supercars falling into the hands of people that can’t drive them doesn’t even surprise us anymore. This week, check out two friends racing their Ferrari Californias in the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria. “They were speeding around corners when one of them lost control, clipped a car, and crashed [...]
General Motors Company announced today that it lost $1.2 billion in the third quarter after emerging from bankruptcy in July. The Detroit automaker posted revenue of $28 billion in the third quarter of 2009, which was up $4.9 billion compared to the “Old GM,” in the second quarter of 2009. General Motors also said that [...]
The Nissan Leaf has made it on to TIME Magazine’s list of 50 Best Innovations of 2009. TIME said: It’s not the world’s first electric car, but the Nissan Leaf, launched in August, is the first fully electric vehicle built for mass production for the global market. To help drivers shift their thinking from gas [...]
In August of this year, Nissan and Chrysler both released statements saying that they have mutually decided to end their plans to produce three vehicles for one another. Besides working on a new compact sedan and a small vehicle, Nissan and Chrysler ended a collaboration in which Chrysler provided Nissan with the full-sized Titan based on the [...]
