It was reported yesterday that the U.S. Department of Transportation was satisfied with Toyota’s plan to address their recall of 2.3 million vehicles facing unintended acceleration issues after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed the Japanese automaker’s plan. Well, you can scratch that. Late last night, federal investigators began looking into whether the problem [...]
When BMW unveiled the 2011 BMW M3 GTS in November 2009, it made it clear that the special-edition model will not make it to the United States. Wondering why? Well, the folks at BimmerFile sat down with M Brand Manager Larry Koch to ask him why. His response: When I first started discussing the GTS [...]
FoMoCo has confirmed that it will unveil a new all-electric version of the Ford Transit Connect van at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show next week. The battery-powered Transit Connect will be the first in a series of electric-vehicles from the Dearborn automaker and will be available to fleet customers later this year. “Ford Transit Connect [...]
As noted earlier this year, Alfa Romeo will show three concept vehicles at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show that will hint at a future model for the brand. Following Pininfarina’s Spider Concept seen last week, Stile Bertone this week released its teaser of their concept. The third concept will come Italdesign Giugiaro. We’ll have more [...]
United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today that the recent Toyota recalls come by way of an “˜enormous effort,’ and that federal regulators are not done with their investigations. “Since questions were first raised about possible safety defects, we have been pushing Toyota to take measures to protect consumers,” LaHood said in a statement. [...]
Let’s take a break from all the recall news and introduce you to the latest ride in egmCarTech’s garage – the 2010 Cadillac CTS-V sedan. That’s right we’re test-driving the fastest sedan to circle the famous Nurburgring in Germany and we’re loving every second of it. First Impressions: Forget first impressions, the 2010 Cadillac CTS-V [...]
Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple Computer and an owner of many Toyota Prius hybrid models said at a conference in San Francisco that Toyota’s unintended acceleration issues are related to a software glitch and not a bad accelerator pedal. “I have many models of Prius that got recalled, but I have a new model [...]
By now you’re probably getting annoyed with all the Toyota recall news, but we can’t help it – it’s just so fascinating. Continuing with the pedal recall fiasco, Toyota today found itself in a deeper hole after the Honda Accord dethroned the Toyota Camry as the best-selling mid-size sedan in January. Due to sales stoppage, [...]
Toyota’s massive recall of 2.3 million vehicles and a sales halt of its best-selling models will inevitably hurt the automakers expected increase in sales and the overall U.S. auto sale increase for January. Analysts say that Toyota is expected to report a sharp drop in sales after a halt in production and sales of its [...]
While Sylvester Stallone may not have good taste in movies, he certainly has a good taste in cars. The man showed up at a recent celebrity award dinner with his new supercharged Hendrick 25th Anniversary Chevrolet Camaro. Fellow car lover Jason Statham also seemed to be impressed by Stallone’s choice of wheels. – By: Kap [...]
