About two months ago, we heard reports that Mercedes-Benz is considering another stand-alone supercar like the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The model, a competitor to the Porsche 911, would be a smaller sports car based on the SLS AMG with V8 power. According to a company insider that spoke with Drive, the sports car would sit on [...]
While all eyes will be on the 2010 Detroit Auto Show starting Monday, Nissan is reminding us today that the next major show will be held in Geneva in March. The Japanese automaker announced today that it will debut the new Nissan Juke at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show with sales to begin shortly after. [...]
Sitting at the helm of a company that has lost money consistently every year since 2005, GM CEO Ed Whitacre has expressed his optimism that GM will actually show a profit in 2010. GM lost $1.2 billion in the last quarter of 2009, while Toyota and Ford both showed a profit. Whitacre, who assumed the [...]
It looks as if the fate of Saab may soon be complete; barring an agreement between GM and Spyker, or an out-of-the-dark bidder in the next few days. Unlike other GM brands that have gone by the wayside, Saab’s potential demise brought out of the woodwork approximately 30 enthusiasts who braved snow flurries and the [...]
In response to last month’s legislation whereby Congress ordered GM and Chrysler to give independent arbitration hearings to those terminated dealers who so request them, General Motors’ CEO Ed Whitacre has announced that he expects hundreds of GM dealers to be reinstated. He cautioned however, that the number could be as low as 100, and [...]
Ranking Senate Finance Committee member and Republican Senator from Iowa Charles Grassley, has asked the DOT for an accounting of the administrative costs for the ‘cash for clunkers’ program. The program was risked out in a very ad-hoc manner, and this causes concern for Grassley. The Dept. has thus far spent $77 million and expects [...]
Ever since the Opel Insignia based Regal sedan made its debut at the 2009 LA Auto Show, we’ve been crossing our fingers for an Insignia OPC based Regal GS. Well, here it is – in concept form at least. Ready to make its debut at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show next week, the Regal GS [...]
At the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show later today, Ford will unveil its new MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch, a new safer and simpler way for drivers to connect with in-car technologies. First and foremost, the MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch gets rid of the traditional bulky vehicle buttons, knobs and gauges. Those are replaced [...]
GM has teased its new GMC Urban Utility Concept (mentioned previously as the GMC Granite) prior to its debut at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show on Monday. The concept hints at a new segment GMC may venture into to compete with the likes of Kia’s Soul and Nissan’s Cube. “We”ve designed a new breed of [...]
Riversimple’s Hybran project, an open-source design for a fuel-cell car that anyone can access and build, has taken one step closer to reality with the publishing of the first engineering drawings now online. Riversimple says that all of its designs will be posted online starting with the car’s rear suspension layout. Riversimple hopes to speed [...]
