If there is any place that we’d love to visit as car enthusiasts (and hopefully we most probably will) it would have to be the Ferrari World Abu Dhabi theme park, which opens its doors to the public in 100 days (on Oct. 28, 2010). The park, the first of its kind, will features 20 [...]
The Volkswagen Golf has always been one of the automotive world”s most customized cars; everyone from amateurs working out of their garages to design teams have taken their crack at making the vehicle a car to race. Indeed, VW itself sported up the Golf by releasing the Golf R at the Frankfurt Auto show, and [...]
The United States and China are exhibiting massive appetites for German performance and luxury, prompting an increase in deliveries to the two markets. “The Chinese appetite for German nameplates is absolutely bottomless,” said Sascha Gommel, a Frankfurt-based analyst with Commerzbank AG. “There are more than 900,000 millionaires in China and many of them are bursting [...]
Lexus has announced MSRP changes to its 2011 model lineup, which will arrive at dealerships later this summer and early fall. The luxury Toyota brand announced that all 2011 Lexus gas models will receive a standard new brake override system. The braking system enhancement will automatically reduce engine power when the brake pedal and the [...]
Where would you expect to find a Dodge dealer that has sold more Vipers than any other dealer since 1999? Whatever your answer may be, we doubt it’s going to be Blair, Nebraska, a little town with a population of a little more than 7,500 people. Apparently, Woodhouse Dodge in Blair is the highest-volume Viper [...]
It seems like every week there is some new horsepower and torque war between Chrysler, General Motors and FoMoCo. As the guys at PickupTrucks point out, Dodge and Cummins broke the 600 lb-ft torque barrier with their diesel in 2005. Earlier this year, both FoMoCo and GM came out with more than 700 lb-ft of [...]
Update: New reports say that a fully-electric V-dub will be on sale in the United States by 2013 and that 3 percent of Volkswagen’s global sales will be EVs by 2018. Volkswagen AG Group will aggressively roll out gas-electric hybrid and electric-vehicles in the next couple of years. it plans to take a leading position [...]
Toyota and Paice LLC, a company founded in 1992 to develop hybrid technology, have entered an agreement to settle the patent disputes between them outside of court. All lawsuits between the companies will be dismissed, Paice said in a press release. “I am happy that Toyota and Paice came to an amicable resolution on the [...]
GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors announced today that it is set to launch the Baojun brand, the passenger cars of which are set to be built and sold in China. The car is being created to address the mounting demand for affordable passenger cars in the emerging Chinese markets. The [...]
Former number one import in the United States, Volkswagen AG is mounting a new attempt to reclaim that title from the Japanese automakers. Despite the failure of previous comeback attempts, the German company sounds fully confidant that it can post a comeback, with the weight of its two brands, Audi and VW behind it. Volkswagen [...]
