Earlier this week, Toyota’s CEO Akio Toyoda said that North American sales could recover in March – well, he wasn’t lying. According to reports coming out today, new incentives are boosting Toyota’s U.S. sales for the current month and analysts forecast a 30 percent jump for the month of March. Toyota’s sales in February fell [...]
FoMoCo plans on unveiling a new Ford Police Interceptor on Friday, according to an internal Ford communication obtained by The News. The car will make its debut to an audience of law enforcement officials at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The new Police Interceptor will replace the Crown Victoria that has been a part of [...]
According to top execs at Chevrolet, the brand is in the midst of a major marketing revamp. The new campaign will feature the carmakers line of vehicles and the phrase ‘excellence for everyone’, though that will no be the company’s new tagline. “You will really like it,”, said Mark Reuss, president of GM North America, [...]
Despite what many might think, Toyota is not off to the most crippling start in 2010; Chrysler is. Although their overall sales are only down 3%, over half of their total sales are to fleet customers. The fact that Chrysler Group LLC’s consumer sale shave dropped a staggering 44% shows that many consumers may have [...]
California is known for their green-orientation when it comes to cars, but the California Air Resources Board is facing new resistance to its ‘cool cars’ measure that requires a solar energy reducing glazing on windows in order to keep cars cooler. The resistance isn’t from manufacturers and dealers however, but from the law enforcement community, [...]
What you’re looking at hear are said to be the first “official” patent drawings of the upcoming Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster. The SLS AMG Roadsters is expected to make its debut alter this year at the 2010 Paris Motor Show – so stay tuned for the first batch of official high-res images. Check out a [...]
Look at what we found in our mailbox to make our cloudy Thursday morning a little brighter – our friend Chris Harris from EVO Magazine has just dropped us a two part video of his latest segment where he tests the new Bentley Continental Supersports against the Aston Martin DBS and the Ferrari 599 HGTE. [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that the number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the lowest level since 1954, declining for the 15th consecutive quarter. “This is exciting news, but there are still far too many people dying in traffic accidents,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “Drivers [...]
An electric-car company by the name of Aurica Motors LLC is proposing a plan to keep the California plant New United Motor Manufacturing Inc open, a plant that was a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota. Aurica said that it will build zero-emission vehicles there, according to General Manager Matt Pitagora. “We want to keep [...]
If you’ve been watching the news recently, you’ve probably heard James Sikes frantic 911 call that he made while his Toyota Prius was stuck going 94 mph on a San Diego highway. While watching a segment about the whole incident on the FoxNewsChannel, we noticed that Sikes was wearing a Corvette Owners Club jacket, meaning [...]
