General Motors said that it is recalling all Hummer H3 units produced since the 2006 model year to fix a portion of the hood that can detach during driving. The voluntary recall affects 164,190 H3 and H3Ts in the United States and 198,404 worldwide. Spokesman Nick Richards said that a device on the hood called [...]
We’re not sure exactly how many potential customers Rolls-Royce thinks it has but the company thinks that there are enough wealthy folks out there looking to get into the new Ghost – so much so, they have decided to offer an app for the iPhone and iPod touch that allows customers and enthusiasts to configure [...]
Ferrari’s CEO Amedeo Felisa has confirmed that the Italian automaker will “never” do a four-door sports sedan to compete with rivals such as the Aston Martin Rapide and the Porsche Panamera. “As Enzo [Ferrari, company founder] would say, we will never do four doors,” said Felisa. “And we will keep this tradition.” When Felisa was [...]
Sources have revealed that Volkswagen’s new R GmbH department, which will be responsible for sporty exclusive models from V-dubs in the future, is working on an R version of the Polo hatchback for 2012. Insiders say that the Volkswagen Polo R is expected to be powered by a 1.6L turbocharged engine making around 210-hp. However, [...]
FoMoCo today gave a sneak peek at the next-generation Ford Explorer to a group of dealers, which may now arrive as a 2012 model year. So far, we’ve been referring to the next-generation Explorer as a 2011 model year vehicle, but dealers who attended the meeting today said that Ford told them that it was [...]
About two weeks ago, Volvo and Polestar released details on their new concept called the Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype. The concept’s main goal was to explore the idea on what happens when racing engineers and designers get free hands to build a street car without any limitations set by a specific racing regulations. [...]
During a conference call with journalists earlier today, Larry Nitz, General Motors’ director of hybrid electric power engineering, said that the 2011 Chevrolet Volt will have a “mountain mode” as a standard feature. The new feature will come in addition to the normal and sport mode. Nitz said that the new mode will allow Volt [...]
The Ford Fiesta, which is Europe’s top-selling car in the first-quarter of 2010, set another record today at the company’s Niehl Assembly Plant in Cologne, Germany. The 6 millionth German-built Fiesta, a 3-door Vision Blue Sport Edition with a 118-hp 1.6L Ti-VCT engine, rolled of the production line today, 31 years after the first one [...]
Honda has been seeing a strong demand for its light trucks including the CR-V, Odyssey, Pilot, and Ridgeline. “That seems to be growing for us and the industry. Demand seems to be stronger than the car side.” said Honda’s Executive VP John Mendel. Honda and Acura combined, posted a 33% gain in April when compared to [...]
There is a movement in the United States Senate right now that seeks to institute a nationwide graduated driver licensing law (GDL) to replace the varying state systems. Forty-nine states have currently have a three-phase GDL system on the books; North Dakota is the lone exception. Studies show that such systems have drastic effects on [...]
