After hearing an earful from lawmakers, General Motors dumped its corporate jets last year while in bankruptcy after flying top executives to Washington to ask for a federal loan. Well, GM’s brand new CEO Ed Whitacre still flies private thanks to his former employer, AT&T. Whitacre, 68, negotiated a sweet lifelong deal with AT&T before [...]
Following the A1, Audi is planning another small car to be slotted between the A1 and the A3 – the car is said to be a reincarnation of the A2 small car. “There’s clearly room for another product and another concept between the A3 and A1,” Audi CEO Rupert Stadler said at the 2010 Geneva [...]
German tuner Geiger Cars’ boss Karl Geiger seems to be obsessed with American Cars – a rare combination indeed. Nonetheless, Geiger’s love for American performance cars has gave many of us something to be excited about. Following the 701-hp Ford GT, 592-hp Corvette Z06, 890-hp Corvette Z06 and the 568-hp Camaro SS – Geiger is [...]
Just before 2010 came around, Aston Martin was wrapping up some of its testing on the One-77 prototype. In one test, the new Aston Martin One-77 was able to hit a top speed of 220 mph in dry but windy conditions. Aston has now released a video of some driving footage from that day – [...]
Citroen has really stepped up its concept game and has brought us some of the sexiest and unrealistic looking vehicles we’ve ever seen in the past two years. At this year’s 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Citroen showed the new SURVOLT Concept and a year before that Citroen took the show by storm with the GTbyCitroen [...]
If you’re wondering why General Motors Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre keeps shuffling around management at the Detroit automaker, the answer is pretty simple: Whitacre wants more sales now. Apparently Whitacre doesn’t care about watching PowerPoint presentations on how sales will improve next year and will keep shuffling around sales and marketing teams until he [...]
While going through the process of purchasing Saab from General Motors, development of Spyker’s upcoming D12 Peking to Paris SUV was put on hold. According to CEO Victor Muller, the company’s Cayenne rival is now back on track. Launched four years ago at the Geneva Motor Show, Muller said at this year’s show that the [...]
Geely Auto has yet to sign an agreement in its deal to acquire Volvo from Ford Motors, but says that its plan to purchase is still on track. Geely had originally planned to complete the purchase by May. “We haven’t reached a final agreement so far,” said company chairman Li Shufiu. The Chinese automaker had [...]
The U.S. market is going to be playing host to India”s largest utility vehicle maker, Mahindra & Mahindra. Mahindra hopes to announce a timeframe for the launch in the next two to three weeks. So far their launch, originally slated for 2010 has been pushed back due to safety and emission certification issues. Mahindra aspires [...]
Maserati is likely to develop a hybrid powertrain option for its next-generation vehicles, in part of a bid to improve the brand’s fuel-consumption and CO2 emissions of its cars. Maserati will most likely take some advice from Ferrari in the process, which has plans to offer hybrid versions across its entire lineup within the next [...]
