Just last week the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had received complaints from 105 drivers complaining that their vehicles were still experiencing unintended acceleration issues after they took their vehicle in for a recall fix. Toyota has now told its dealers that it will provide a replacement accelerator pedal to owners who are [...]
Starting next month, Fiat SpA will start taking over sales and service for Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brand vehicles in 11 European countries in a process that will begin in Italy and take a total of two years to complete. Fiat will slowly replace Chrysler’s former partner, Daimler AG, in providing support services for Chrysler [...]
Mark Carson wanted a BMW M6 with Hawaiian Koawood in the interior. So he teamed up with BMW Individual and created his own M6 coupe that took at least a year to arrive. BMW says in the video that customers only order such a tailor made BMW once or twice a year. Guess if you [...]
At the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show last year, President and CEO of Nissan Motors Co. Ltd., announced that Infiniti plans to introduce an electric vehicle. He said that the new electric-car will be true to the Infiniti brand”s promise of “Inspired Performance.” According to recent reports, the Infiniti electric-vehicle will use the same platform as [...]
Mitsubishi plans on tripling annual production of its i-MiEV electric-car over the next years. Company spokesman Yuki Murata said that Mitsubishi will make some 9,000 units of i-MiEV in the upcoming fiscal year starting April 1, around 18,000 in the following year and 30,000 in the fiscal year starting April 2012. Mitsubishi started selling the [...]
Last week during a charity event where the first U.S.-bound Ferrari 458 Italia was auctioned off to benefit relief efforts in Haiti, director and Ferrari collector Michael Bay was acknowledged for his long-standing friendship with the company. We’re guessing that gave Bay an idea for the third-installment of his Transformers series. Writing at his blog [...]
About three years ago, Subaru introduced a new Impreza WRX leaving many unimpressed. For the next two years Subaru offered a couple of upgrades here and there. After taking 2010 off without any upgrades, Subaru has now unveiled the 2011 Impreza WRX with a new wide-body design and enhanced handling performance. The new 2011 Impreza [...]
Mercedes-Benz is planning on offering a high-performance AMG version of the new redesigned B-Class when the car comes to the United States in 2011. The model will be the first compact high-performance model from Mercedes-AMG GmbH and is an attempt to attract younger customers, says Volker Mornhinweg, CEO of Mercedes-AMG. While all current AMG vehicles [...]
It’s a bit mind-boggling to us how someone can buy a car and not know whether or not its front-wheel-drive or rear-wheel-drive. Well, according to BMW, 80 percent of BMW 1-Series owners believe that they are driving a front-wheel-drive car. Yes, we are not kidding and that means only 20 percent of BMW 1-Series owners [...]
Back in 1963, General Motors had originally planned to build 125 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport roadsters for competition in world championship racing. However, in early 1963, GM Chairman Frederic Donner canceled production after five units were built. However, an Ohio company by the name of Mongoose Motorsports LLC started producing replica versions that sell for [...]
