Fiat sources said yesterday at the company’s 5-year business plan presentation that Fiat Group will assemble two Chrysler brand models in Italy. The two models include the next-generation Sebring sedan. Under the plan, Fiat and Chrysler will produce more vehicles for each other to take advantage of purchasing and other operations for maximum efficiencies of [...]
Hyundai Motor Co., announced today that its quarterly profits jumped fivefold after a steady economic recovery and new models spurring demand. Hyundai said that net income rose 1.13 trillion won ($1 billion USD) in three months that ended March 31, up from 225 billion won a year earlier. Hyundai said that the new redesigned Sonata [...]
It was reported earlier this month that Audi’s global quarterly new-car sales passed that of Mercedes-Benz for the first time ever. Audi outsold Mercedes-Benz 264,100 to 248,500 during the first three months of 2010 and reported that quarterly sales hit a new record of 25.9 percent above the same period last year. Audi, which has [...]
BMW will unveil an electric 5-Series at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show. Known as the Echo, the electric 5-Series is a joint project between BMW and Tongji University. While technical details of the car are being kept under the wraps until its unveiled at the show, we do know that the concept has an all-electric [...]
Thank God that we don’t live in the UK because if we did, we’d have to move after learning this. The Home Office of UK is testing a new type of speed camera that uses satellites to catch cars that are breaking the speed limit. Known as ‘SpeedSpike,’ the system calculates the average speed between [...]
According to recent reports, Audi has finally decided to bring the new 2011 RS5 over to the stateside; however, it will take them more than a year. That means we won’t get to drive or review one for more than a year. Until the 2011 RS5 makes its way over to the U.S., we’ll have [...]
Previewed by patent drawings this past weekend, General Motors today unveiled its new Chevrolet Volt MPV5 Electric Concept, a 5-passenger electric extended-range vehicle that demonstrates the potential of GM’s Voltec propulsion system by using the same powertrain as the Volt. “The Volt MPV5 concept takes the efficient design of the Chevrolet Volt and adapts it [...]
At the 2010 Beijing Motor Show, Daimler unveiled the new facelift for the 2011 Maybach. This may be the last ever Maybach coming out of Daimler because it seems like the executives refuse to sign off development on new models. The Maybach 57 and 62 are still powered by a V12 542-hp engine with better [...]
Just as we jumped out of the 2010 Cadillac Escalade ESV Platinum, we were ready to get right behind the wheel of another GM full-size SUV, the 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe. However, instead of burning gas and averaging something like 2 mpg, we were given the chance to be a bit greener, albeit a very light [...]
Meet the 2011 Volkswagen Phaeton – but wait, it doesn’t look so much like a redesign – well, that’s because it’s not. For 2011, Volkswagen focused its attention on giving the Phaeton a much needed facelift and with that in mind, the German automaker won’t bring this model to the United States. Volkswagen probably won’t [...]
