Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne said that restructuring at the U.S. automaker is showing “positive results.” Marchionne has been working hard in order to turn around Chrysler after it came out of bankruptcy. “In terms of the market share numbers coming out of the U.S., it’s a slow, gradual process, a [...]
While we wait on the arrival of that hotter Audi R8 (which will remain AWD) we heard about yesterday, tuner MTM is offering some rear-wheel-drive, 560-hp fun for current Audi R8 owners. Known as the MTM R8 GT3-2, this Audi R8 gets rear-wheel-drive with differential lock and new adjustments. MTM also supercharged the 4.2 FSI [...]
So you own a Ford Focus RS and are pretty upset that Ford just released a hotter version of the RS with the new 345-hp Focus RS500. Worry not – Ford has just announced a new Ford-approved performance upgrade MP350 package that boosts the output of the standard Focus RS to 345-hp with a maximum [...]
Well, that didn’t take long. Apple’s latest phenomenon, the iPad, has already made it into a car. The technicians at SoundMan Car Audio in Santa Clarita, California, installed the iPad into the dashboard of a Toyota. Check out the video of the process after the jump but don’t try this at home. Visit SoundMan Car [...]
According to a letter given to hourly workers at the company’s Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti Township, FoMoCo will build battery packs for its new generation of electrified vehicles there. The move is a part of a $450 million investment that will bring new jobs to the area and protect hundreds of current jobs. Details [...]
Toyota may now be fined a second time for failing to alert the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that its gas pedals may get stuck and cause unintended acceleration. The NHTSA originally announced a record $16.4 million civil penalty against Toyota earlier this week for failing to disclose information on the issue. That same letter [...]
General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre told employees in a letter that his overhaul of senior management at the automaker is now complete. “I want to reassure you that the major leadership changes are behind us,” Whitacre wrote in a letter that was obtained by Bloomberg. “The team we have in place today is the team [...]
About a year ago, the faith of the Nissan Titan pickup looked really hazy. Sales of the full-size truck were down and plans to team up with Chrysler to use the Dodge Ram basis fell through. After all that Nissan remained a bit quiet about what it has in the works for the full-size pickup [...]
Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry, announced today that it has teamed up with Harman International to acquire QNX Software Systems to gain technology for wireless connections in cars. The move is expected to help RIM into new markets as sales growth slows due to falling prices and competition from Apple’s iPhone. “RIM is [...]
We’ve been hearing about Audi working on a hotter R8 supercar for some time now and today we’re hearing those rumors once again. According to a little post by Straightline, Audi will soon launch a hotter R8 – now we’re not sure if that means more power or less weight or a combination of both. [...]
