Here is an interesting article we came across on CNNMoney about “Die-hard drivers” that have driven their vehicles more than 200,000 miles. Featured in the story is Marc Broza and his Plymouth Satellite that could have gone around the earth more than 18 times. Broza’s 1967 Plymouth has driven about 450,000 miles. The car was [...]
Ugur Sahin has brought us some wonderful concepts in the past including the Corvette Z03 and the GT-S Passionata Concept. Sahin has now released his latest creation called the Aston Martin Concept Design Study Gauntlet. As Sahin puts it: The main goal of the Aston Martin Gauntlet Concept was to design a car which is [...]
General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant, where the Chevrolet Volt is being built, may become a big tour stop for schools and industry leaders. GM officials said there has been a huge interest in wanting to visit the plant once the official production of the Volt kicks off in September. “I’m expecting that we will have [...]
Toyota announced today that it has established a new SMART business process using existing product engineers, field technical specialists and specially trained technicians to quickly and investigate customer reports of unintended acceleration in Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles in the United States. SMART, which stands for Swift Market Analysis Response Team, will attempt to contact [...]
Volkswagen’s merger with Porsche is facing some significant legal and tax risks, according to details from Volkswagen’s prospectus for last month’s capital increase. The risk contains of potential tax liabilities and hedge fund lawsuits alleging former Porsche executives manipulated markets during Porsche’s attempted takeover of Volkswagen last year. The risks could force both companies to [...]
Along with the 2011 TT, Audi has released details on a few upgrades for the new Q7 Crossover/SUV. For 2011, the Audi Q7 gets three new V6 engines and an 8-speed tiptronic transmission. Continuing with its downsizing strategy, Audi will offer the Q7 with two versions of the 3.0 TFSI supercharged V6 engine. The first [...]
Yesterday, we received an e-mail from Lotus saying “149 – Sorry, but we’re too busy celebrating to elaborate!” Well, today Lotus told us exactly what 149 means. “We are delighted to announce that the new 2011 Lotus Elise has just been certified with an outstandingly low emissions figure of 149g of CO2 / km which [...]
According to a report by Bloomberg, Toyota knew about its unintended acceleration flaws more than 3 1/2 years before it recalled vehicles to fix the problem. Documents dated March 24 that were submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that Toyota learned that floor mats could entrap accelerator pedals as early as Feb. [...]
In a little meeting with the press last week, President Obama said that contrary to his request, his presidential Cadillac limousine will not be going hybrid to save planet Earth. “I asked can we make these cars hybrids,” Obama said at a town hall in Charlotte, North Carolina. “Secret Service said no. Now, the reason [...]
Not a fan of the new BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo or the Acura ZDX? Well, neither are Lexus orInfiniti. The two Japanese brands aren’t ready or looking to venture into big luxury midsize hatchbacks since American buyers famously don’t favor hatchbacks, even in the lower market segments. Ben Poore, Nissan North America’s vice president of [...]
