Bored at work on this rainy (if you live in the East Coast) Monday morning? Well, here’s something for you to kill time before you head off to lunch. Mattel has just launched their new interactive promotion called “Hot Wheels Custom Motors Cup Challenge,” a game you can play right on YouTube. Think of it [...]
It was briefly reported back in Oct. 2009 that the new Lexus LFA will be offered in a track-spec trim package. According to a Japanese weblog, Lexus is currently working on a track edition of the Lexus LFA that will be optimized for circuit driving and will be named the Nurburgring Edition. The model will [...]
Last Friday, Don Esmond, senior vice president of automotive operations for Toyota Motor Sales, said that he was “mystified” by James Sikes claims of his Toyota Prius’ gas pedal becoming stuck and causing the car to speed up to 94 mph on a San Diego freeway. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a [...]
After a small leak this past weekend, BMW has released all the details and images on the new 2011 BMW 5-Series Touring. Based on the new 2011 BMW 5-Series, the fourth-generation 5-Series Touring carries the same dynamic profile as the sedan but gets a steeply inclined roofline with a larger cargo area. In Europe, the [...]
At the end of last month, Kia released some renderings of the new 2011 Magentis sedan, known to us American folks as the Optima. Today, we get our first look at the new 2011 Kia Optima before its debut at the 2010 New York Auto Show. “The next generation Optima possesses the power to surprise,” [...]
FoMoCo’s latest internal employee survey shows that morale and employee confidence in the company’s future has hit an all-time high. The survey conducted in December shows that 89 percent of employees have a positive outlook, compared to less than 55 percent in the middle of 2008. “It’s a very positive reflection of employee confidence in [...]
Before BMW officially reveals the new 2011 5-Series Touring (known as 5-Series Sports Wagon in the U.S.), leaked images have popped up on the internet. It has been previously reported that BMW will not sell the 5-Series Sports Wagon in the North American market. It is reported that the model will be replaced by the [...]
In an effort to stay in touch with consumers experiencing sticky gas pedals or runaway hybrid vehicles, Toyota has created two videos that show how you should go about bringing your accelerating Toyota to a stop. The stopping procedure video for Toyota hybrid vehicles shows how James Sikes claim of a runaway Prius could be [...]
Honda Motor Co. said today that it has racked up 7,000 orders in Japan for its new CR-Z hybrid hatchback, which went on sale at its domestic dealers on Feb. 25. That’s good news for Honda because the Japanese automaker originally planned on selling 12,000 units of the CR-Z annually. The 2011 Honda CR-Z will [...]
Don Esmond, senior vice president of Toyota U.S. sales says that Toyota may extend its aggressive March incentives to stay competitive. The company’s March incentives sent its U.S. sales sharply higher when compared to February. Esmond said that Toyota’s U.S. sales jumped 40 percent in the first 10 days of March compared to the same [...]
