As with the Porsche Cayenne, when the Porsche Panamera made its debut last year it was met with great skepticism due to its somewhat oddly shaped body. Well, just like the Cayenne, the Panamera has proven skeptics wrong. The Panamera sedan was launched in the U.S. market in October 2009, and has been received positively [...]
The top ten World Car and World Performance Car finalists have been announced announced. The winners will be announced on April 1, 2010 at the 2010 New York Auto Show. A jury of 59 international automotive journalists selected the following top ten finalists in both categories by secret ballot The 2010 World Car of the Year [...]
It seems like the Fast and Furious franchise still has some gas in its tank. According to IGN Movies, Universal has confirmed a fifth installment of the series with the title being “Fast Five.” Vin Diesel and Paul Walker will be back for part five along with director Justin Lin and producer Neal Moritz. Variety [...]
After being harsh on Toyota for the past two days, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood changed his tone late yesterday afternoon, praising Toyota’s previous record. LaHood posted a statement on a government blog saying “it’s also important to remember that, fundamentally, Toyota has a strong safety record and is a good corporate citizen.” He said that Toyota [...]
FoMoCo announced today that it will ask those who own a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and a Mercury Milan Hybrid to bring their cars into dealers to replace software that works in conjunction with the braking system. Ford said that while both models maintain full braking ability, drivers may occasionally experience a strange feeling in [...]
Earlier this morning we saw Jay Leno hop into a Morgan Aero Supersports – now Jay is giving his take on the new Bentley Continental Supersports Coupe, the fastest, most powerful Bentley in the company’s 90-year history. Oh and we hear there is a convertible version in the works as well. Refresher: Power for the Bentley [...]
Toyota is well-known to be a family affair, still controlled by members of the founding family; Akio Toyoda sits as president while his father, Dr, Shoichiro Toyoda serves as honorary chairman and remains deeply involved in operations. Such being the case, one would have expected to see and hear from at least one of the [...]
Toyota and the NHTSA have been aware of unintended-acceleration incidents with regard to the Lexus ES 350 since at least 2007. Regulators concluded that it was due to a floor mat defect, a recall of about 55,000 floor mats was declared, and the case was closed. Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., told [...]
Norwegian based electric-vehicle maker Think has released its first U.S. EV-Ready Cities Index, which measures markets that are most likely to begin and benefit from the transition to electric-vehicles. The Think EV-Ready Cities Index takes into account purchase and usage incentives including things such as HOV lane access, hybrid sales, traffic congestion, EPA non-attainment zone status [...]
Audi will air a humorous commercial during Super Bowl XLIV to promote its diesel technology that features environmental-crusading “Green Police.” “We decided the usual Audi style of subtle and understated would not be appropriate here,” said Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen. “We knew that it needed to be a bit bolder and that humor [...]
