According to Millward Brown’s annual BrandZ Top 100 survey, BMW has overtaken Toyota as the world’s most valuable automotive brand. Peter Walshe, Millward Brown global brand director, said he thinks Toyota will bounce back after the automaker’s massive recall campaign kicked off toward the end of 2009. BMW brand’s brand value declined 9 percent compared [...]
Hurst Performance Vehicle has once again unveiled a special-edition Mustang built to serve as the official pace car for the 2010 Racing Mustang Challenger Series. The 2010 Hurst Mustang pace car will debut during the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge race event in Virginia International Raceway on April 25, 2010. “Hurst has a history of creating [...]
Guess who got caught filming in Los Angeles? Top Gear America, which will make its debut this fall on The History Channel. Along with Tanner Foust, the American Top Gear crew had a Porsche 911, Ford Mustang, Hyundai Genesis Coupe and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Top Gear America will debut this fall on The History [...]
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., announced today, legislation to close the “˜revolving door” between the NHTSA and automakers. The bill would bar NHTSA employees from accepting offers to work for automakers for at least three years after their employment with the NHTSA ends. “I am deeply concerned about the all-too-cozy relationship between former NHTSA officials and [...]
The folks at CARandDRIVER recently caught up with the Jeep crew and asked them the question we’ve all been waiting an answer for. Will there be a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8? While they didn’t officially confirm anything (or deny anything), they did say that when Chrysler does do an SRT8 version of the new 2011 [...]
Toyota Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc., announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 50,000 early-2003 Toyota Sequoia SUV to upgrade program logic in its Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system. “The VSC system can help control a loss of traction in turns as a result of front or rear tire slippage during cornering,” Toyota [...]
Volkswagen announced that it is inviting a group of designers, programmers, developers and interested users to develop applications for the Volkswagen Infotainment system of the future. Known as the “App My Ride” contest, users will be able to jointly develop new Infotainment applications with Volkswagen. “A quiet revolution is taking place right now,” explains Dr [...]
Chrysler Group LLC is ready take a bigger piece of the police fleet market with the next-generation Dodge Charger that will arrive in November 2010. “We will go after that market hard,” Peter Grady, Chrysler’s head of network development and fleet said. The announcement comes after General Motors and Ford have unveiled their attractive police [...]
The new Bentley Mulsanne is set to replace the current Arnage as the brand’s flagship sedan. According to Inside Line a replacement for the Azure convertible will also be based on the new giant sedan with big-eyed headlights. Bentley has made a huge chunk of investment in its Crewe plant to build the Mulsanne, and [...]
In the current market, getting bidders to visit a exclusive resident spot in Malibu, California has become very difficult for listing agents. One agent has recognized this and is offering an incentive that may be difficult for a wealthy enthusiast to turn down. If you drop $4,399,333 for his client’s 6,000 sq-ft home, he will [...]
