Following a report by Consumer Reports 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV has an increased risk of the vehicle rolling over during a turn, Toyota has decided to temporarily halt sales of the large luxury SUV. “For more than 20 years, Lexus has made customer safety and satisfaction our highest priorities,” Toyota said in a statement. [...]
After putting the 2011 Ford Mustang GT against the 2010 Camaro SS and the 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8, Motor Trend got its hands on the 2011 Ford Mustang V6 and decided to compare it against its competitors including the 2010 Hyundai Genesis 3.8, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro RS and the 2010 Dodge Challenger SE. Wondering who [...]
FoMoCo’s focus on quality is paying off as the automaker announced today that the resale value of its vehicles grew 23 percent in the past year alone, outpacing the industry average by 4 percentage points. Ford said that warranty repair rates on its vehicles have declined by an average of more than 40 percent globally [...]
BMW has announced that it is testing a new hydrogen fuel-cell hybrid powertrain that could be used by the next-generation Mini and the front-wheel-drive BMW vehicles planned for 2014. The system combines a front-wheel-drive architecture, a hydrogen fuel-cell system, an electric-motor and a small gasoline engine. Engineers say that the system is designed to allow [...]
Hennessey Performance Engineering has finally released a video of its Hennessey Venom GT in action. The video shows the Venom GT testing in Britain near Silverstone and it sounds amazing. Check out the video after the jump. Click here for our original post on the Hennessey Venom GT. Refresher: Weighing in less than 2,400 pounds, [...]
Bill Ford Jr., Chairman of FoMoCo, has no plans to return to the job of Chief Executive Officer in the future. In an interview with Reuters, Bill said that if he has his way, Alan Mulally will put off his own retirement until the middle of next decade. He said that when the job for [...]
If you were a big fan of the 1980s, then there is no way you don’t know the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The most famous scene from the movie was when Alan Ruck (known as Cameron Frye in the movie) beat the hell out of a Ferrari California Spyder, which hurt the feelings of [...]
Geely, the Chinese automaker that will be buying Volvo from FoMoCo, will launch a new modified version of its GE limousine sedan at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show next week. The original model, which made its debut at last year’s Shanghai Motor Show, was criticized for being startlingly similar to the Rolls-Royce Phantom.. The new [...]
About a month ago, Ford confirmed that sales of the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor have far outpaced the company’s original projections. The automaker said that it has received well over 5,500 orders for the new pickup and that number is expected to grow with the new 411-hp 6.2L V8, which recently hit dealerships. So [...]
BMW has repeatedly denied any plans of doing an M version of the 1-Series that would most likely be known as the M1 – however, teasers, rumors and spy shots of the car keep popping up on the web. The latest spy shots by Bridge to Gantry show a heavily modified 1-Series hitting up the [...]
