Italian design house I.DE.A unveiled its new SOFIA concept at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The concept shows a 4-seater sedan designed to be powered by a hybrid powertrain. “SOFIA is a concentration of sportiness and elegance, I.DE.A said in a statement. “The curves are graceful, the lines smooth and supple, the shape and profile [...]
Toyota execs are giving more leeway to its U.S. and Canadian divisions with regard as to when to issue a recall. Under new plans to improve quality control, Toyota’s North American operations “will have more autonomy and decision-making power with regard to recall and other safety issues,” Yoshimi Inaba, president and chief operating officer of [...]
Mitsubishi confirmed today that its new entry-level crossover, unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show as the ASX, will be launched this fall in North America as the 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. The North American version of the ASX, known as the RVR in Japan, will debut at the 2010 New York Auto Show on [...]
The Department of Transportation is hearing back from some Toyota owners who say they are still having unintended acceleration problems after their recalled vehicles were repaired. The NHTSA is now contacting these customers to find out what’s happening and to make sure Toyota is doing everything possible to make its vehicle safe, said David Strickland [...]
General Motors has just announced that Vice Chairman Bob Lutz will retire effective May 1, 2010. Lutz, 78, will end his 47-year career in the global auto industry after holding senior leadership positions at four of the world’s leading automakers. “The influence Bob Lutz has had on GM”s commitment to design, build and sell the [...]
Cadillac will forever indebted to two individuals by the names of Wayne Cherry and Kip Wasenko; those are the individuals who designed the CTS, and in turn put Cadillac back on the map, making GM”s luxury brand one to be taken seriously in the segment once again. The duo”s stealth aircraft-inspired “Art and Science” design [...]
Mazda is in the hot seat of recalls today after recalling 12,300 CX-9 crossovers due to a potential problem with the heated seats. In some CX-9 models, the seat heater control circuit can overheated and fail due to a glitch in the electrical grounding. That could case burn damage to the seat and in the [...]
Looking to make a million bucks? Well, all you have to do is figure out the root cause for unintended acceleration in vehicles. Edmunds.com said that it is going to offer $1 million to whoever (or a group of people) can figure out once and for all what’s causing the unintended acceleration issues in Toyota [...]
The Obama administration may consider requiring automakers to install a brake override system; a feature intended to prevent sudden and unintended acceleration – a situation that has caused the recall of millions of Toyota vehicles. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood made the comments at a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Energy and Transportation. [...]
Sometime in 2008, an avid passionate collector with a special taste for coach building was sitting in his Bentley Continental Flying Spur and wished it was a two-door hatchback/station wagon instead of a sedan. So he contacted the folks at Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera and this is what they came up with to show at the [...]
