In what has been a dismal year for auto sales, December 2009 shows some promise as it is expected to realize the industry’s largest year-over-year sales increase this year. With gradual improvements leading into December, this month has seen a 15% spike in new-vehicle sales, reports J.D. Power and Associates. An advancement over the 895,152 [...]
With each new year comes new generations of cars being introduced throughout the industry. The 2010 model year has certainly given us some exciting and inventive cars from revivals chock-full of retro styling, to redesigned and new models. As the car industry is always a year a head of the rest of the not-as-interesting world, [...]
Pursuant to a bill recently passed by Congress, Chrysler Group has sent letters to 789 dealerships who had their franchise agreements pulled, notifying them of the new arbitration process that could potentially restore many of the dealerships. Dealers have until the 25th of January to notify Chrysler if they do in fact intend to seek [...]
At the 2010 Dubai International Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz showed a one-off 2011 SLS AMG in a gold paint finish known as “AMG Desert Gold.” Mercedes-benz said that the color could be offered as an individual optional extra from the AMG PERFORMANCE STUDIO, given sufficient demand. We now have a video of the 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG [...]
One of the most serious types of accidents are the ones that include a sharp object slicing through a vehicle. That is what happened to this Audi R8 in Athens Greece. According to WreckedExotics.com: Details are sketchy, but the driver may have fallen asleep when the car veered off the road into the guardrail. It punctured [...]
Andrew Farah, vehicle chief engineer for the Chevrolet Volt, took GM’s electric plug-in hybrid car for a lap around the parking lot in Dodger Stadium and burned rubber without burning fuel. We’re pretty sure Farah had to plug-in the car right after his run. Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Volt. Hit the [...]
Taking a step away from asking you what car you would purchase if you had a certain budget, we’re focusing our Question of the Day today around pickups (influenced by Editor Anna Tarasova). Out of the best pickups from the Big 3, which would you buy if you were shopping in the segment – the [...]
We are currently finishing up our test-drive of the 2010 Audi S4 and figured its time to give you guys a little update. Today we’ll give you a peak around the inside of the 2010 S4. There is no doubt that Audi has one of the best interiors in the industry in terms of quality, [...]
At the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, BMW will show its new Concept ActiveE alongside the BMW Z4 sDrive35is, as well as the North American unveiling of the twin-turbocharged inline-6 engine version of the 2011 BMW 740i and 740Li sedans. The German automaker just announced that it will also debut the 6-cylinder turbocharged version of the [...]
Mercedes-Benz officially announced today that Michael Schumacher will return to Formula One in 2010 with the Silver Arrows team. Schumacher, 40, has signed a three-year deal with Mercedes GP and will reunite with Ross Brawn, with whom he won all 7 of his World Championships. The winner of 91 F1 races will partner up with [...]
