Nissan announced yesterday that pre-orders of its 2011 Nissan Leaf have reached 3,754 units in three weeks in its domestic market after launching the pre-order process in Japan on April 1. “This exceeds half of its sales target for FY2010, which is 6,000 units, thanks to the highly positive feedback from customers for its “remarkable [...]
This past September, we were fortunate enough to spend a week with the 2010 Mazda3 and were very pleased to say the least. The Japanese carmaker”s compact offering is practical, fuel-efficient, modestly priced, and drives much better than most of its competition. With this in mind, it was with great excitement that we got behind [...]
Spyker Cars announced yesterday that Saab production is on track, two months after the supercar manufacturer bought the loss-making Swedish brand from General Motors. Saab CEO told Spyker shareholders that Saab would meet its target of 50,000 cars sold and nearly 54,000 produced this year and is on track to meet those numbers. Spyker’s CEO [...]
About a month ago, a bunch of BMW trademark filings hit the web and something called “Gran Coupe” was one of them – well, here it is. Think of this as a closer to production version of the 2007 Concept CS ready to take on the Mercedes-Benz CLS, Porsche Panamera and A7. BMW calls this [...]
The Ferrari 599XX, which provides the basis for the new Ferrari 599 GTO, became the first ever production-derived sports car to break the 7-minute barrier on the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit, lapping the famous track in 6:58.16. Make the jump for the video and the high-res image gallery. Refresher: Power for the Ferrari 599XX comes from [...]
Pumping out 430-hp, the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport runs a 0-60 mph time in less than 4 seconds – and that may be very impressive to most out there but tuner GeigerCars thinks it can do better. Meet the 2010 GeigerCars Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport. Power has been increased from 430-hp to a total of [...]
Hyundai today unveiled the new 2011 Verna at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show. The subcompact model, known as the Accent in other places of the world, gets a Sonata influenced design with a sloping roofline that gives it a more dynamic and sportier look – heck, it looks a lot better than the current model. [...]
Many luxury automakers are catering to the Chinese market at this year’s 2010 Beijing Motor Show with special-edition models made just for China. Following Bentley’s move yesterday, Lamborghini announced today that it will show the Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce China Limited Edition. “Automobili Lamborghini’s strong performance at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show and its launch [...]
Earlier this year, Tesla Motors and Panasonic announced today that they will collaborate to develop next-generation battery cells for use in electric-vehicles. Today Tesla officials visited the Japanese electronic giant in Suminoe, Japan and toured the company’s new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facility. Panasonic Energy Company President Naoto Noguchi presented Tesla Chief Technology Officer JB [...]
A Republican senator said that General Motors’ payment of federal loans this week was nothing more than a “money shuffle” and said that the company paid federal loans with other U.S. funds. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, a senior Republican on the Finance Committee, cited an auditor’s report that GM payment was coming from U.S. [...]
