The 2011 Volkswagen Jetta will officially make its debut on June 15 at 11:25 and if you’re a V-dub fan you can watch the whole thing right here. We recently saw a 2011 Jetta prototype driving around completely uncovered. Recent reports suggested that the popular 2011 Jetta TDI diesel may be delayed until early 2011. [...]
In the region where stretched long-wheelbase vehicles are popular, BMW is planning to expand its lineup with a long-wheelbase version of the BMW 3-Series. According to AutoCar BMW hopes that its stretched 3-Series will compete with the very successful Audi A4L. The car will be built with BMW’s Chinese partner Brilliance at a new factory [...]
If you’re probably wondering whether or not Tesla and Toyota will jointly produce electric-vehicles as a part of their partnership, here’s your answer. In a recent filling with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla said that it may never get to the point where it will jointly develop electric-vehicles with Toyota. The details of the [...]
General Motors’ recent decision to award a $53,000 Corvette Convertible to Detroit Tigers pitchers Armando Galarraga has been seen as very controversial by critics. However, according to a study by Joyce Julius & Associates Inc., the Corvette giveaway was worth $8.9 million in media exposure value for the Detroit automaker. The firm said that the [...]
Jay Leno is back and this time he’s test driving the new 2011 BMW M3. The 2011 BMW M3 comes standard with Auto Start / Stop function, which the company says will help reduce the average fuel consumption and CO2 levels of the BMW M3 by up to 8 percent – not that we really [...]
On Wednesday, Germany had denied GM’s request for aid from the federal government in order to keep its Opel unit going. The German government, which had recently announced a plan to cut public spending in order to shrink the deficit, had said that GM had enough funds to pull themselves through. Chancellor Angela Merkel however, [...]
Approximately 900 GM dealerships have received a stay of execution from the company, as North America President Mark Reuss has told the AP that the company expects to wind up with around 5,000 dealers in July, winding down the process of franchisee appeals. Originally, GM’s plan called for only 4,100 dealers across its network. The [...]
Chrysler Group LLC is set to invest $300 million to retool two of its Indian plants, which produce automatic transmissions; Indiana Transmission Plant I and the Kokomo casting plant. Moves such as these show much promise for the auto industry after manufacturers had tightened the purse straps to get them through the worst downturn in [...]
Under the guidance of General Motors’ new marketing chief, Joel Ewanick, the Detroit automaker will be returning to Super Bowl commercials in February 2011. Sources familiar with the plans say that GM will advertise during Super Bowl XLV. In 2009, GM pulled out of Super Bowl advertising as it was running under federal bail out [...]
We’re not even going to try liking what Mansory did here with the Porsche Panamera Turbo because it’s hurting our eyes. However, what we do respect is what Mansory did under the hood. Mansory engineers worked their magic on the 4.8L turbo V8 to make a total of 690-hp with a maximum torque of 590 [...]
