Since all of the geeks around the world are focused on the 2010 CES show going on right now in Las Vegas, General Motors decided to catch some attention from the smartphone market with a new app that will allow Chevrolet Volt owners to connect and control their vehicle functions and OnStar features remotely. Using [...]
Thanks to a good December, the 2010 Ford Mustang topped the new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro in sales in 2009. Ford sold a total of 66,623 Mustangs while Chevrolet sold 61,618 Camaros. Even though Camaro sales topped the Mustang month by month towards the end of the year, a strong boost in December helped Mustang take the [...]
A deal between Nissan and Chrysler where the two automakers were to collaborate on a full-size pickup, fell through earlier this year after Chrysler filed for Chapter 11. Nissan, though, determined to stay in the pickup game, has decided to go at the project alone. They will continue to produce the Nissan Titan while they [...]
Auto-lending is loosening up and rates are dropping thanks to a trillion-dollar government program which guarantees auto-loans sold to investors. Interest rates are at their lowest point since December of ’08, and December 2009′s sales figures for cars and light trucks is expected to be the highest since cash-for-clunkers ended in August. While the financial [...]
After just three days with the company, former Saturn executive Jill Lajdziak has been named president of Smart USA, in the wake of former president David Schembri’s relocation to another post with Smart distributor Penske Automotive. “As we look to enhance the position of the Smart brand, Jill’s background and experience will help us reinvigorate [...]
Opel today unveiled the new Meriva prior to its debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March. Totally redesigned for 2011, the new Opel Meriva features a significant amount of space engineered to be packed in a compact and contemporary design. The 2011 Opel Meriva features FlexSpace rear-seating, high seating position and roomy cabin. It [...]
In August of last year, a company by the name of Devon Motorworks brought us a supercar based on the Dodge Viper called the GTX. Well, if sources are to be believed, Devon has canceled production of the GTX, which was scheduled to start during the first-quarter of 2010. Sources say that production has been [...]
According to General Motors’ sales executive, Susan Docherty, a total of 1,712 Saturn and Pontiac vehicles remain in the company’s inventory. Docherty told reporters and analysts that only 796 Pontiacs and 916 Saturn units remain, as compared to 32,000 Saturns and more than 70,000 Pontiacs the company had in May as it filed for Chapter [...]
Joining the Honda New Small Concept and the Toyota Etios, Maruti Suzuki showed its new R3 MPV concept at the Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi. Suzuki says that the six-seater concept hints at a new multi-purpose vehicle that is being considered for the Indian market, which is changing rapidly with consumer lifestyles evolving fast. [...]
At the 2010 International CES show today in Las Vegas, Kia unveiled its new in-car communications and entertainment system developed in partnership with Microsoft. Known as UVO, the system will be available in select Kia vehicles starting this summer. UVO is very similar to Ford and Microsoft’s SYNC system in that it provides a simple [...]
