There is new evidence, introduced by a key lawmaker on Friday, that levels accusations that Toyota hid evidence pertaining to vehicle rollover cases. The evidence has come to light via the subpoena of former Toyota attorney Dimitrios Biller”s collection of documents pertaining to Toyota”s hiding of evidence regarding other safety issues. “We have reviewed these [...]
Koenigsegg is ready to celebrate 15 years of producing supercars with the launch of the new Koenigsegg Agera – a new supercar aimed to take the company’s performance to the next level. “The development of the Koenigsegg Agera has been evolutionary, following the Koenigsegg tradition of continuous improvements, by honing and perfecting the end result, [...]
Toyota is shipping hundreds of data-decoding machines to the U.S. to make them commercially available in the wake of complaints that the event data recorders on their vehicles are encoded in such a way as to only be readable by machines owned by Toyota. Up until now, there was only one such decoder in the [...]
Usually when we hear about a tuner working on a Ferrari, it gets us wondering who out there actually feels that their Italian stallion isn’t powerful enough for the roads. However, when a well-known tuner like Novitec Rosso works on a Ferrari, we somehow understand that there is a reasoning behind their modifications. Meet the [...]
When the F1 season gets back underway in Manama/Bahrain next month, Mercedes-Benz will hold the debut of the most powerful Official F1 Safety Car of all time – the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG F1 Safety Car. “Together with the entire AMG Team, I am very proud that the new SLS AMG is the official F1 safety [...]
BMW will have a pretty huge presence at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show next month – adding to its already extensive lineup, which will feature the Concept 5-Series ActiveHybrid, BMW will show the new M Sports package on the X5. Some of the features you can see with the addition of the M Sports package [...]
Yoshimi Inaba, CEO of ToMoCo North America has admitted to the company”s being deficient in communicating news of known defects outside the geographic regions in which they are discovered. Particularly, it had taken years for ToMoCo officials to let American regulators know about major instances of unintended acceleration that had taken place in Europe. “We [...]
In the wake of the collapsed bidding process by Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery to acquire Hummer, GM is examining prior bids with a fresh look. In a situation reminiscent of that with Saab, the company however will begin the winding down process while examining bids. Hummer’s chances of resurrection however, are significantly lower than [...]
A recent study by Edmunds shows that in the past five years, no automaker has been the focus of more unintended acceleration complaints than Toyota Motor Corp. With 532 relevant complaints involving “05 model year vehicles and later, Toyota came in with 57% more than the second place manufacturer, which was Ford Motor Co. with [...]
Before the new Pagani C9 makes its debut later this year, the Italian supercar maker will send off the current Zonda with a one-off special-edition model called the Zonda Tricolore. While the regular Zonda looks like a jet fighter, the Zonda Tricolore is built in honor of Italy’s equivalent of Blue Angels and carries a [...]
