General Motors announced today that it will provide a 8-year/100,000 mile warranty on its lithium-ion battery that powers the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended range electric-vehicle. Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Volt. “The Chevrolet Volt”s batteries have exceeded our performance targets and are ready to hit the road,” said Micky Bly, GM executive [...]
We could make our job here extremely easy by saying that the 2010 Lexus HS 250h is a merely a dressed up Toyota Prius; but that would not do the car or our readers any justice. In all actuality, there is a considerable amount of similarity between the Prius and HS 250h, but there is [...]
Jim Press was once known as a reputable executive in the auto industry. However, his experience at Chrysler was not something to be proud of. After joining Chrysler, the Auburn Hills company went into bankruptcy and Press was unable to work out a deal with Fiat SpA. Word leaked yesterday that Press, 63, has been [...]
A couple of days ago, Top Gear released an article saying that it was somehow involved in the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport‘s new landspeed world record for a production car hitting a top speed of 267.81 mph. Well, the new Top Gear Magazine is out and it shows that James May, who is usually referred to [...]
General Motors has released a new commercial for the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette that should grab your attention. What’s the basis of the commercial? According to GM: Once upon a time, a bunch of guys got together with a crazy idea – build rockets that go farther and faster than mankind had ever gone before. It’s [...]
BMW doesn’t have a competitor to the Range Rover Evoque and it probably has no plans to release a rival anytime soon. However, if you’re completely against owning a Range Rover and are a BMW fan, tuner ArmorTech is offering a conversion to turn the X6 into a coupe. The Russian tuner pushed back the [...]
BMW has revised its earnings outlook in light of a recovering auto market. Shares in BMW and Daimler jumped today as it was announced that demand for high-performance models continues to rebound strongly from last year”s extremely low performance. BMW”s volume is set to increase by 10% this year, after an earlier, more modest forecast [...]
The Land Rover Range Rover was rated as the top overall vehicle in AutoPacific”s 2010 survey of the most ideal vehicles, as surveyed by new owners. The California based research firm releases the results today and issued the most ideal premium brand award to Porsche, and Ford the most ideal volume brand. 42,000 new car [...]
Toyota shares jumped more than 1% after a report suggested that some of the recall issues the company faced may have been due to driver error. The company”s stock rose 83 cents to $71.89 per share this afternoon for a 1.1% increase. The stock reached as high as $72.14 during trading today. The U.S. DOT [...]
Over the July 4th weekend, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt decided to go on a 4-day, 1,776 mile journey where it travelled from Austin to New York City. Here is a video showing the Volt’s long journey. Click through for the video. Click here to read our first drive impressions of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. Refresher: [...]
