According to an analysis by Maritz Research, an automotive market research company, Cash for Clunkers was far more successful than previously estimated. Government records indicate a total of 677,000 vehicles moved under the program, and Maritz says that 542,000 of those sales were to consumers who would not have purchased but not for the program. [...]
China’s auto-industry is certainly not feeling the same hurt that other markets’ auto-industries are feeling; February’s passenger car sales were 55 percent greater than a year previous. The Chinese car market has been booming, as China has overtaken the U.S. as the world’s largest. Aggressive consumer spending, and policy incentives have helped fuel the surge. [...]
Infiniti announced today that it will offer four new G Anniversary Editions to celebrate 20 years of selling vehicles in the United States. “These unique and very limited editions represent what Infiniti is all about ““ Inspired Performance,” said Ben Poore, vice president, Infiniti Business Unit. “Building on the popularity of the Monaco Red Leather [...]
Toyota has confirmed that it will expand its November recall to fix all U.S. Tundra pickups for the 2000 to 2003 model year. The recall addresses a risk that part of the truck’s frame could corrode, causing the spare tire or the gas tank to drop on the road. Originally, Toyota had recalled 110,000 Tundras [...]
Getting the road-only Corvettes closest to their Corvette track-only siblings seems to be Chevrolet’s main goal. In 2006, the Corvette Z06 was introduced as the closest connection to the Corvette race cars ever. Of course, then came along the Corvette ZR1 and closed that gap even further. Today, Corvette continues its track-to-street transformation with the [...]
The biggest hit of the 2010 Geneva Motor Show had to be the new Porsche 918 Spyder Concept – so that should have most of you wondering when Porsche is going to drop the word “Concept” at the end of the name and just produce the well received plug-in hybrid supercar. Porsche’s boss Michael Macht told [...]
Joining the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado Heavy Duty pickups is the new, redesigned 2011 GMC Sierra Heavy Duty – and for the first time ever GMC will be offering its high-end exclusive Denali line on a heavy-duty GMC pickup so you can go to work in style with some bling on your truck. Besides the new [...]
Last month when General Motors unveiled the new 2011 Chevrolet Silverado Heavy-Duty pickup we learned that the lineup will consist of two engine options including a Vortec 6.0L gas V8 mated to a strengthened version of the Hydra-Matic 6L90 6-speed automatic transmission and the new 6.6L Duramax diesel mated to a new Allison 1000 6-speed [...]
If the incident of James Sikes’ runaway Prius in San Diego wasn’t already giving Toyota a headache, another Prius sped out of control in New York causing minor injuries to the driver. Harrison Police said a woman smashed into a stone wall this morning because of a stuck accelerator in a Toyota Prius. The car [...]
Josiah LaColla is an industrial designer from Detroit and has had vehicles displayed at the SEMA show for the past two years. After checking out his resume here, you can tell that LaColla is very talented and very imaginative. While his imagination was out for a jog, it came back with an idea of the [...]
