We have finally arrived in Detroit for the 2010 North American International Auto Show. Welcoming us to Motor City is the new 2012 Ford Focus, which will enter production in Europe and North America in late 2010 with sales to begin in early 2011. Africa and South America production will follow. The new Focus is [...]
On the eve of the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, GMC introduced its new Granite Concept, a study that hints at what’s next for the “professional grade” brand. A full 2 feet smaller than the GMC Terrain, General Motors says that the Granite would be the smallest GMC ever – if it’s ever produced. Sitting on [...]
Originally, when we planned our trip to Michigan for the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, we figured we’d take a flight out to DTT the night before. Well, all that changed when I called GM and asked them to provide us with a vehicle to take a road-trip to Detroit for the major North American auto [...]
Tomorrow morning, two of the egmCarTech editors will be driving a 2010 GMC Acadia (we’ll tell you more about that during our drive tomorrow) to Michigan for the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. We’ll be kicking off live coverage on Monday, rolling into Tuesday. Besides Transportation secretary Ray LaHood, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, we’ll [...]
Completing its modification of Detroit’s Big 3 muscle cars (following the SMS 460/460X Mustang and the SMS 570x Challenger), SMS Supercars will show the first official images of the 2010 SMS 620 Camaro and the SMS 620X Camaro at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show next week. “The SMS 620 Camaro will be the only Camaro [...]
So you’re pretty disappointed that BMW won’t be doing an M7 (we’re not too keen on the idea but some people are eagerly awaiting for one) and it hurts your feelings even further that you won’t see the BMW Alpina B7 on the stateside at all. Well, think again. BMW announced today that it will [...]
The base 2011 Ford Mustang and Mustang GT have both been upgraded to produce more power and performance than their 2010 predecessor. Next in line to see the upgrade is Ford’s Shelby GT500. Early rumors suggested that the next Ford Shelby GT500 would get a twin-turbo charged version of the 5.0L V8 Coyote that makes [...]
China is officially the world’s largest auto market. With an estimated 13.6 million vehicles sold in 2009, the Chinese market grew by about 45 percent between ’08 and ’09. American sales of cars and light trucks however, plunged by about 21% in 2009 to around 10.4 million units. The growth exhibited by the Chinese market [...]
Mitsubishi Motors North America is currently inviting agencies to pitch its $200 million advertising account as their current agency is expected to surrender the business without resistance. Select Resources International of Santa Monica, Calif is heading the search. In 2008, Mitsubishi surprised the advertising industry when it dropped Omnicom Group’s BBDO West for El Segundo’s [...]
Chrysler dealers seem by and large to be in pretty good financial shape, as GMAC financial has approved 93% of Chrysler Group dealers who have applied for wholesale credit lines. GMAC has taken over as the captive finance arm for Chrysler by order of the government, and Chrysler dealers seem pleased to date with the [...]
