General Motors announced today that it managed an increase in sales in April from the same period an year ago even though month-to-month (April compared to March) sales were down. GM said sales were up 6.4 percent from last April but fell 2 percent compared to March. “Clearly, our launch vehicles are hitting the mark [...]
The U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation to review a possible sticky accelerator pedal problem in the 2007 Dodge Caliber. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it has had five complaints that the accelerator becomes stuck and will not return to idle position when released. Indiana based supplier CTS Corp. made the [...]
Hertz rental car-company announced last week that it has agreed to buy Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. for about $1.2 billion in cash and stock. Now if someone offered to buy our company, we’d at least shop around to see how much others will offer, seeing what is the most we can get out from [...]
Chris Harris is back and this time he has brought two really fast toys – the Ferrari 458 Italia and the Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Check out Chris’s video comparison after the jump. Click through for the two part video review. Refresher: Ferrari 458 Italia: Power for the Ferrari 458 Italia comes from a mid-rear mounted 4.5L [...]
FoMoCo announced today that it’s new Mustang TV ad campaign will feature the DUB Edition 2011 Ford Mustang V6, which is available later this fall. “We”re introducing a whole new breed of Mustang with the V6 ““ one that adds technology and fuel economy to the “˜fast, fun and affordable” heritage that has made Mustang [...]
Nissan said Thursday that its is on track to get 25,000 firm U.S. order for its new LEAF electric-car by the end of 2010 and that it will make money on the green car. The Japanese automaker said that it has taken 8,000 U.S. reservation since it started taking orders on April 20th. “We are [...]
For a while we’ve been hearing rumors about a hardcore version of the Audi R8 – well, here it is. Known as the Audi R8 GT, the limited production R8 variant loses 220.45 lbs and is powered by a modified version of the 5.2L V10 making 560-hp (an increase of 35-hp) and a peak torque [...]
BMWUSA.com has officially launched the new 2011 5-Series sedan on their site. You can now go over and build your very on 2011 BMW 535i or 550i sedans. Click here to visit the 2011 BMW 5-Series onling configurator. Refresher: The 2011 BMW 5-Series is currently available in the U.S. with just two variants including the [...]
GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz officially spent his last day at General Motors yesterday looking forward to his first official day as a retired auto executive (May 1). Writing over at GM’s FastLane Blog, Lutz said: As I mark my last day at General Motors today, I want to say a special thank you and [...]
