According to Scott Garberding, senior vice president for manufacturing for Chrysler Group, the company is considering a new assembly plant in North America to produce Fiat-based models. “There are a few options we’re digging into, including a new plant,” said Garberding, however, he declined to give any specifics or when Chrysler plans on making a [...]
Usually when you see spy shots of an upcoming model you’ll see a bunch of camouflage covering the true design of the vehicle. Keeping that theme going until the covers come off at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Mini has just dropped a teaser of its new Crossover wearing heavy camouflage traveling through a camouflaged [...]
Throughout last week, Audi gave us details on the upcoming A1 subcompact’s sales plans and its LED headlight design. Today the Ingolstadt automaker has released information about the exterior design. Audi says there are two details on the A1′s exterior body that clearly stand out. First, the shoulder line has been modestly designed so that for [...]
Word on the street is that the 2011 Ford Mustang GT will pace the field for the 2010 Daytona 500 on Feb. 14. The new 412-hp 5.0L V8 Mustang will be specially prepared for Daytona with a Race Red paint scheme and Blue/White Lemans stripes, Ford Racing suspension, strut tower brace, mufflers and a special [...]
We heard earlier last week that Infiniti is planning introduce an entry-level G25 to their G sedan lineup with the same turbocharged 2.5L V6 engine that Japanese-market Nissan Skyline 250 GT has. Well, that isn’t entirely true (don’t get too disappointed just yet). While there will be an entry level 2011 Infiniti G25 to compete [...]
Fisker Automotive announced Friday that it has secured an additional $115.3 million in private equity funding to produce plug-in hybrid vehicles. Fisker said that the funding was necessary for it to access a $528.7 million U.S. Department of Energy loan that will help it speed production of the Fisker Karma sedan, the automaker’s first plug-in hybrid. [...]
Suzuki Motor Corp has said that it will end its joint development project with General Motors to produce hybrid and fuel-cell technologies. The move comes as a part of an operational review following its new partnership with Volkswagen Group. “Suzuki is in a comprehensive alliance with Volkswagen. In every field including hybrid, diesel and electric [...]
There is no doubt that Mercedes-Benz is really proud of its new SLS AMG supercar – so much so that the Stuttgart automaker came up with a couple of outstanding TV spots for the vehicle in Germany. One spot, which has a lot of people talking (especially on YouTube) features the SLS AMG doing a [...]
Giving out no love for the sedan, BMW today announced upgrades to the 3-Series Coupe and Convertible for the 2011 model year. While both feature some redesign upgrades, the 335i is where the real story is with a new turbocharged engine. Beyond the basic shape of the 3-Series lineup, the Coupe and Convertible variants receive [...]
As part of a pact whereby Volkswagen became Suzuki”s biggest shareholder with a 20% stake, VW is looking to its own shareholders for individuals that may be willing to sell their shares to Suzuki, as agreed upon by the two companies as part of their comprehensive partnership plan. With the auto industry facing an extremely [...]
