It’s been a while since we’ve asked you a Question of the Day so we thought what better day to do it than on hump-day. Today, we’re asking you which Japanese brand you think has the best model lineup. For this segment we’re staying away from luxury vehicles so you can pick from Nissan, Honda, [...]
General Motors’s CEO Ed Whitacre announced today that the Detroit automaker has made its final payment of $5.8 billion to the U.S. Treasury and Export Development Canada, paying back its government loans in full. The announcement went hand-in-hand with the company’s announcement of an investment of $257 million at its Fairfax Kansas and Detroit Hamtramck [...]
The History Channel and BBC Worldwide announced today that they have begun work on the new American version of TopGear. Former plans to bring on Adam Carolla and Eric Stromer have been dropped and the show will now be hosted by comedian Adam Ferrara, NASCAR racing analyst Rutledge Wood and stunt driver, X-Games rally gold [...]
Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne is in Turin, Italy today presenting his 5-year business and product plan. One of the exciting things Sergio announced was that Ferrari will introduce a “new special series Enzo” in 2012. He said that special-edition Ferrari Enzo will follow the upcoming 458 Italia Spyder in 2011. Also, [...]
As soon as we heard the General Motors’ CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. will be heading down to Washington this week, we started wondering whether he would take a plane or drive the Chevrolet Volt. Turns out, Whitacre will fly and will pay for his flight from Kansas City to Washington this afternoon out of his [...]
Fiat SpA, which now manages and runs Chrysler Group LLC, reported a $28 million loss in the first quarter of 2010 and warned that the year will be a tough one for the auto business in a continued tough economic climate and the end of Europe’s cash for clunker incentive program this year. Fiat said [...]
Chrysler Group LLC posted a $143 million operating profit and showed positive cash flow in its first quarter of 2010. The company released its first financial report today ever since it left Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2009. Chrysler, which lost $197 million on a net basis, said that the operating profit and positive cash [...]
Updated: High-res image gallery added after the jump. After a little teaser yesterday, Ken Block has finally released his custom-built 2011 Fiesta for the next chapter in his Gymkhana series that have become an Internet phenomenon with more than 30 million views combined. “The great thing about Gymkhana for me is that it is amazingly [...]
If BMW is trying to keep the M version of the 1-Series a secret, we have to say that they are doing a very bad job. This is the third time this month that spy photographers have caught what is known as the M1 hanging around the Nurburgring and hitting up the famous German track [...]
As the guys over at PickupTrucks.com point out, one of the reasons that sales of midsize and compact pickups are declining in the U.S. is that their starting price is only a few thousand dollars of entry-level full-size pickups, which offer buyers more utility. Volkswagen has just announced pricing on its new midsize Amarok pickup [...]
