What you’re looking at here is Infiniti’s stroke sketch that hints at two new models that will debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d”Elegance event in August. We’ve recently heard rumors that Infiniti is considering a coupe and convertible variant of the 2011 Infiniti M; however, sources say that the two models shown here aren’t [...]
Representative Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said today that Toyota is more interested in defending itself from lawsuits than finding the source of problems with unintended acceleration of its vehicles. Waxman made the comments today at a follow-up hearing on Toyota’s recall of more than 8.1 million vehicles worldwide. Jim [...]
Having debuted in Japan in 1997 and introduced to the rest of the world in 2001, the Toyota Prius came to dominate the segment, even though it wasn”t the first hybrid to be mass-produced. Available for sale in 40 countries and regions with the largest markets being Japan and North America, total units moved stands [...]
Earlier this year, during a live chat on GM’s FastLane Blog, former Buick/GMC General Manager Brian Sweeney told us that General Motors has no plans on doing a coupe or sport wagon version of the new 2011 Buick Regal. However, Sweeney reaffirmed GM’s interest in bringing the high-performance Regal GS sedan to the market. Speaking [...]
About a month ago, General Motors said it will be breaking up with long-time ad agency Campbell-Ewald, a Detroit-based ad agency that has worked for the automaker since 1919. Chevrolet eventually moved its ad account to Publicis Worldwide, a Paris based agency. New reports say that GM’s new marketing chief, Joel Ewanick, plans to shift [...]
We recently heard reports on how FoMoCo is still dedicated to the Flex crossover even with the arrival of the next-generation three-row Ford Explorer on the way. Well, to show its dedication and commitment Ford has quality launched the new 2011 For Flex lineup, which now consists of a new trim-level called “Titanium.” The 2011 [...]
The Dodge Caliber and the Dodge Nitro don’t bring much in for Chrysler LLC on a monthly basis but things seem even worse in the United Kingdom – so much so that Chrysler has pulled both models off the UK market. The move to quietly drop both models from the lineup comes due to modest [...]
According to Audi’s sales and marketing boss, Peter Schwarzenbauer, future vehicles will have computer-style dashboards that will allow drivers to download iPhone-style software applications by 2020. Starting this year, a number of Audi models will have in-car Wi-Fi access. Schwarzenbauer said that any move to download software packages would be joined by a new concept [...]
General Motors’ Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre has finally spoken about the Detroit automaker’s first-quarter profit… at least to his employees. In an e-mail sent to employees Monday, Whitacre thanked employees for their contribution and said that there is still more work to do to rebuild confidence among consumers and growing the business. In the [...]
Toyota”s top U.S. sales execs are planning to tell Congress that it fully believes that faulty electronics are not to blame for the recent unintended acceleration issues in its vehicles. This conclusion comes as the result of 11,000 hours of testing and analysis by Toyota of its electronic throttle controls. Despite safety groups pointing their [...]
