We’re huge fans of the Honda Fit here at egmCarTech and always felt it looked a lot better than the Toyota Yaris or the Nissan Versa. However, we always wished Honda would do a high-performance of the subcompact Fit with aggressive body kit upgrades and a more powerful engine. Well, they did… kind of. Meet [...]
FoMoCo isn’t only working on making its products go green – the company is also committed to energy efficiency and saving money at the office. Under a new program called PC Power Management, Ford will start asking its users to shutdown their computer systems overnight and on the weekends to further reduce energy. “At the [...]
Motor Trend reported yesterday that the Cadillac XTS large luxury sedan has been given the thumbs up for production by GM executives and that the production model should arrive within two years. The folks at Inside Line decided to do some digging and contacted Cadillac spokesman David Caldwell to confirm the report by Motor Trend. [...]
General Motors of Europe is planning more extended-range electric-vehicles for the continent, including models that will be positioned above and below the new Opel/Vauxhall Ampera. According to Opel/Vauxhall boss Nick Reilly, each model will have its own distinct style with hints from the Flextreme GT/E Concept that was unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. [...]
Ford’s 3.5L V6 EcoBoost has been selling well for the Dearborn automaker helping boost its image of performance and fuel-efficiency. According GM Inside News General Motors is also joining the turbocharged V6 segment with a new twin-turbo 3.0L V6 in the works. GM’s engineering sources say that development on the engine is so far along [...]
1.5 million engines is a lot of engines – and that’s the number of engines that BMW wants to develop with a new family of modular gasoline and diesel units. “(That’s) a scale we never had at BMW before,” said BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer said. The 1.5 million figure is more than the 200,000 vehicles [...]
In the wake of its recent recall situation and subsequent suspension of sales, Toyota has lowered North American forecast this year by 60,000 vehicles. The decline will be offset however, by an upward revision of 100,000 units in other markets, lifting global production by approximately 1 percent to 7.57 million vehicles for 2010. Subsidy-led demand [...]
A little over a month ago the Porsche Museum in Germany sent its legendary Type 64 Berlin Rome Car to Atlanta where it was displayed at the High Museum of Art to celebrate the brand”s 60th anniversary in America. The Type 64″s streamlined aluminum body has influenced Porsche”s current sports cars including the Porsche 911 [...]
In order to resolve civil and criminal charges brought over accusations that the company paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes to the governments of at least 22 nations over a 10-year period, Daimler AG will pay a $185 million fine. The deal which is still awaiting final approval by a U.S. District Court [...]
Toyota may not be totally to blame for missing the electronic causes of sudden acceleration in their vehicles, say three British engineering consultants. The consultants, who are to meet with U.S. investigators say that evidence of the problems is difficult to detect, because the electronic throttle-control system employed by Toyota contains a number of parts [...]
