The 2012 Ford Focus is scheduled to go on sale in the United States sometime in early 2011. FoMoCo has already confirmed that it plans on doing a high-performance version of the new-generation Focus and if sources are to be believed, an all-new Ford Focus ST is headed to the 2010 Paris Motor Show in [...]
General Motors engineers are hard at work preparing the 2011 Chevrolet Volt for launch in November 2011. The Detroit automaker has just released a shorty video showing what happens when the Volt’s braking system is put to the test at the Milford Proving Grounds. The 2011 Chevrolet Volt will go on sale in November in [...]
We recently learned that the upcoming upgrade for the Mercedes-Benz A-Class will be based on a front-wheel-drive platform with design cues taken from the F800 Concept. That had us dreaming of an AMG model and today it’s been reported that Mercedes-Benz’s AMG unit is working on a hot-hatch A-Class that will take on the likes [...]
The 2011 Ford Explorer, which will be unveiled Monday, is expected to boost Explorer sales, however, FoMoCo remains tight-lipped on its volume projections. “We expect to sell more than we do today or we wouldn’t have changed the product,” Jim Farley, global marketing chief, said at a Ford event Tuesday. Click here for more news [...]
Chrysler will be announcing its Q2 figures on August 9, when its CEO Sergio Marchionne says the company will report its second-consecutive quarterly operating profit. Chrysler posted a profit of $143 million in the first-quarter. Fiat SpA also reported profits today. Its Q2 net profit was $115.6 million, compared to a net loss of $215 [...]
The Senate Energy Committee has given its approval to a $3.6 billion bill in order to promote the deployment of plug-in electric vehicles. The bills fate before the entire Senate is in question however, as Senate Democrats are debating whether to include EV funding in another energy bill they hope to get through before Congress [...]
UPDATE: We were contacted by FoMoCo today (July 22, 2010) clarifying the report made on Ford’s SYNC voice system having trouble understanding females. This post, which is based on a report by Sharon Carty of USAToday, fails to mention that she was just talking about her personal experience testing the system. We were actually at [...]
You probably love arguing with your significant other just as much as we do (there is a lot of sarcasm in that sentence). As a car enthusiast and as (probably) a driver, you should be well aware that arguing with your significant other behind the wheel is very dangerous. In a survey of 2,200 people [...]
Starting next month, car shoppers will be able to use their Apple iPhone to get a brand new car paid, financed and insured. Currently, members of the USAA, the insurance company for military, veterans or their family, can research a new vehicle and get price quotes from up to three dealers in the area. Now [...]
Audi said yesterday that it sold its 2 millionth vehicle in the United States – an Audi A3 TDI sold by Jeyes Audi in Van Nuys, California. “The story of Audi in the U.S. is really a story written by the hundreds of thousands of people who”ve invited our brand into their lives,” said Johan [...]
