The 2011 Ford Explorer is going to be all about being better at being green. Other than offering a 25 percent increase in fuel-economy over the current model, Ford announced today that the new 2011 Explorer will offer more eco-friendly features including soy foam in seat cushions and seatbacks. “Soy foam is just the tip [...]
GM plans to file as early as next week, a detailed statement which will outline its proposed initial public offering. The statement will also announce that Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase will be lead underwriters for the sale of part of the government’s stock in the company. The sale of the governments share could come [...]
Many of you motorsport fans may have heard by now that Ferrari’s racing team has signed 11-year-old Lance Stroll to its development program, the youngest driver to enter the Maranello program. “Although very young, Lance’s karting curriculum is already impressive enough to have attracted the attention of the Ferrari Driving Academy: already on his record [...]
Those awaiting a BMW 5-Series will have to wait, as the german automaker has sold out of the vehicle worldwide. “The 5-Series is at the core of the BMW brand and we knew it was going to be a very strong vehicle for us,” Ian Robertson, BMW”s sales chief, said today in an interview at [...]
Volkswagen AG is working hard on a complete overhaul of its U.S. lineup in a goal to turn around its North American operations and boost presence and sales in the region. The overhaul will be led by the new 2011 Volkswagen Jetta and a U.S. market new mid-size sedan, which will be built at its [...]
Toshiba Corp. announced yesterday that it will be supplying drive motors for FoMoCo hybrid vehicles as it hopes to cash in on the increasing demand for green vehicles. Toshiba, which already makes lithium-ion batteries for electric-vehicles, said it will start making the drive motors in the United States in 2012. This will be the first [...]
FoMoCo is very proud of its new 5.0L V8 that produces a total of 412-hp – and they should be. However, Korean automaker Hyundai has just ‘released’ details about their new 5.0L Tau V8 engine, which apparently makes 429-hp. The unofficial estimates was provided to media that was recently in South Korea to test drive [...]
Following the VelociRaptor 500, Hennessey Performance Engineering is going to offer a high-performance version of the the 6.2L Boss V8 powered F-150 SVT Raptor that recently hit dealers. The first package for the 6.2L F-150 SVT Raptor, known as the VelociRaptor 600, gives the off-roading pickup a total of 605 bhp at 5,100 rpm and [...]
Mazda’s Nagare design theme is soon to be put to rest. Peter Birtwhistle, Mazda of Europe’s British design boss has confirmed that the design language for the current Mazda look is set to be replaced very soon. “Nagare is done,” said Birtwhistle. “After the 5, it”s highly unlikely that there will be another Nagare car. [...]
Reports coming out of Germany say that Toyota’s chief test driver, 67 year old Hiromu Naruse, has died in a collision involving the Lexus LFA Nurburgring prototype. Reports state that Naruse, a Toyota employee since 1967, lost control of the LFA and swerved into the oncoming lane and collided with a BMW driven by two [...]
