Toyota announced yesterday that it will be recalling 17,000 Lexus HS 250 h units after a testing conducted by the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration showed that fuel can spill during a rear end crash. The testing found that fuel leaked during a rear impact crash at 50 miles per hour on a 2010 Lexus [...]
GM’s new marketing chief Joel Ewanick has switched ad agencies for Cadillac from Bartle Bogle Hegarty, to Publicis Groupe’s Fallon. Apparently, Bartle Bogle Hegarty CEO Greg Anderson learned about the decision the same as everyone else; via the press. “We were extremely surprised to learn via the press yesterday that Cadillac has decided to move [...]
President Barack Obama is serious about reforming Wall Street. A White House spokesman has said that the president plans to sign whatever bill emerges from Congress regarding the issue, even if it contains an exemption for auto dealers from oversight by a new consumer finance agency. In the past, Obama has vehemently opposed this exemption. [...]
While the new 2011 Audi A8 will be going on sale later this year, the Audi S8 isn’t scheduled to arrive until 2013. However, if you’re impatient and ABT Sportsline has your back with their new AS8 – at least for you European diesel fans. ABT points out that it has “not changed the elegant [...]
Ferrari has opened its 37th Ferrari Store in New York City. “The 200 square metres space is dedicated to the Ferrari Store, sitting next to the Ferrari Showroom,” Ferrari said in a statement.: “It is situated on the corner of Park Avenue and 55th street, with windows on Park Avenue: a prime Midtown Manhattan location [...]
Today is National Drive Your Corvette to Work Day – so if you’re one of those folks that keeps an extra commuter car, make sure you take your ‘Vette out for a spin today. Also, the Ford Thunderbird is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year, and owners from across the country are coming together to [...]
Based on the BMW X6 xDrive50i, German tuner Lumma Design has revised their powerful and aggressive looking CLR X 650 M. The upgraded model gets increase power and now produces 670-hp with a maximum torque of 627 lb-ft. That is a 20 percent increase in horsepower and a 25 percent increase in torque when compared [...]
While Toyota works hard with Subaru on getting the production Toyota FT-86 rear-wheel-drive sports coupe on the road, the Japanese automaker is also working on a successor to the MR2 and a replacement for the Supra. Both models are expected to hit markets within the next four years. The Toyota MR2 replacement is due in [...]
Joining the 2011 Honda CR-Z this mid-August in dealerships will be the revised and restyled 2011 Honda Accord sedan and coupe. “For 2011, the Accord evolves again with sharpened styling inside and out, fuel economy gains and a broader application of popular features,” said Erik Berkman, vice president of Corporate Planning and Logistics for American [...]
President Obama is standing in strong support of new legislation to funnel billions in additional aid to promote electric cars during a time of surmounting concern on Capitol Hill over American petroleum consumption and the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. The Senate bill proposes that the fed spend up to $10 billion to encourage [...]
