Daimler and Chrysler’s divorce back in day is one that made headlines in the automotive industry. Chrysler, which was originally sold by Daimler to investment company Cerberus Capital Management, is now under the management control of Fiat SpA after undergoing a government-scripted Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Comparing its new alliance with Renault-Nissan, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche [...]
BMW and SGL Group will invest $100 million to produce a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Washington that will build parts for a new BMW electric-vehicle under its MegaCity vehicle project. The plant will begin ultra-lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastics and will kick off production in the third-quarter of 2011. The plant will employ about [...]
Around 6 million General Motors light pickup trucks and SUVs are under federal investigation for possible brake-line failure that can be caused by corrosion. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its first stage of formal investigation covers Chevrolet Silverados, Avalanches, Suburbans and GMC Sierras, Tahoes and Yukons from the 1999 to 2003 model years. [...]
Audi has taken the covers off of the 2011 TT Coupe and Roadster, which are now apparently a little more attractive than the current models. Audi says that the design of the lightweight bodies are now made primarily of aluminum and the interior has also been revised with new technologies. New for 2011 is the [...]
FoMoCo announced today that the F-150 SVT Raptor with the new 411-hp 6.2L engine is now available at dealers. The first 6.2L F-150 SVT Raptor was purchased by NASCAR driver and truck enthusiast Greg Biffle. “Enthusiasts looking for some extra power from their F-150 SVT Raptor won”t have to wait any longer ““ 6.2L Raptors [...]
While FoMoCo engineers were celebrating their 1-hp gain over the 304-hp 2010 Chevrolet Camaro with the 2011 305-hp Ford Mustang, General Motors engineers were hard at work on the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro. The base 2011 Chevrolet Camaro is powered by a 3.6L V6 that now produces a total of 312-hp (an increase of 8-hp) with [...]
If there is anything we miss about our childhood it has to be the remote controlled cars. Having the most powerful one in the neighborhood gave you a lot of street cred and now we’re all grown up and reality has hit us in the face (well besides the wonderful vehicles we get to review [...]
Last week McLaren brought us there online configurator for the new MP4-12C – today, Koenigsegg has released their configurator for the new Agera supercar. Check it out and have some fun. Check out our original post on the Koenigsegg Agera here. Hit the jump for the video. Refresher: Power for the Koenigsegg Agera comes from [...]
In an effort to make its new Ford Transit Connect more appealing to small business owners, FoMoCo will launch a new Web site next week for owners to design and order wraps for their work vans. The cost for the wraps will start as little as $100 for something simple to $3,500 for a complete [...]
Just days before Toyota announced its massive U.S. recall, a public relations executive at the company warned colleagues in an e-mail that the company needs to come clean about its accelerator problems. In documents obtained by The Associated Press, Irv Miller, group vice president for environment and public affairs for Toyota said: “We need to [...]
