Starting tomorrow, most of the automotive industry will focus most of its attention on the 2010 New York Auto Show. However, next week the attention will shift to AMI Leipzig. At the show, Audi will showcase the new Audi A1, A8, RS5 Coupe and the Audi e-tron. Joining the lineup will be the upgraded version [...]
Porsche is working on pursuing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to allow low volume sports-car makers to get a partial exemption from the forthcoming U.S. emissions and economy standards. The Stuttgart automaker has submitted a few documents to the EPA and DOT in hopes to win an exemption on the [...]
Ever since Honda unveiled its HSV-10 Super GT race car, a model which is based on the NSX that Honda says will never be, we’ve been left craving a road-going version. According to a report (rumor) by AutoBild, Honda is now working on a road-legal version of the HSV-10 Super GT. Of course we’re a bit [...]
Speaking today at his keynote speech to the Automotive Forum 2010 in New York, Chrysler/Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said that he will delay the launch of Chrysler’s redesigned 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee if he doesn’t think the vehicle’s quality is flawless. The 2011 Jeep Gran Cherokee is scheduled to go on sale in June or [...]
According to a report by AutoCar, BMW’s flagship M6 sports car will be replaced when the next-generation 6-Series hits markets. Instead, the M6 will be replaced by a V8 sports car that draws design cues from the Vision EfficientDynamics concept. The new sports car will give BMW a direct competitor to the Audi R8 and [...]
In an amended Securities and Exchange Commission filing posted on Monday, Tesla Motors said that it has extended its agreement with Lotus to help bridge a gap in production of the electric Roadster. Tesla, which filed for an initial public offering worth $100 million in January, has been facing up to an year of shutdown [...]
Daimler AG denied reports that it will sell Maybach, after Chinese media reported that BYD Co. Ltd. was considering buying the uber-luxury brand. The Guangzhou Daily and many other local media said that BYD was weighing the possibility of taking over Maybach from Daimler. “Maybach is an important part of Daimler’s product portfolio. There is [...]
Nissan today announced pricing for its 2011 Nissan LEAF electric-car, which will be available for purchase or lease at Nissan dealers in select markets in December and nationwide in early 2011. Prices for the 2011 Nissan LEAF will start at $32,780 but with a federal tax-credit you can get the LEAF for as low as [...]
Li Shufu, founder of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group who is purchasing Volvo from FoMoCo, said Sunday that the Swedish brand is a tiger that needs be freed. “A tiger belongs to the forest. It belongs to the wild world and not confined in a zoo. We need to liberate this tiger,” Li said at the [...]
Remember earlier this month there was this outrageous report about how the design of Toyota”s microprocessor memory chips could make them vulnerable when exposed to cosmic rays causing them to accelerate out of control? Well, it seems like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is taking that very seriously. U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced [...]
