In further response to its recent recall issues,Toyota said that it will be slowing the pace with which it develops new vehicles. The extra time will be devoted to safety assurance. Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada said the company has learned a lot since the recalls, especially the need to sloe the pace of development, [...]
Tata Motors Ltd., the Indian company that has aquired Land Rover and Jaguar, is planning to raise as much as 47 billion rupees ($1 billion) the epansions of operations and handling of debt accumulated during the purchase of the luxury brands. According to Bloomberg data, Tata holds debt of 185.3 billion rupees in debt; the [...]
Ford is ready to launch a sweepstakes where they will give away an all new 2011 Ford Explorer… but only if they can get 30,000 people to “Like” their Facebook Ford Explorer page. “We just launched the All Access tab on the Ford Explorer page,” Ford said on a status updated on the 2011 Ford [...]
The Mini Coutnryman has paved the way for a larger more useful version of the brand’s compact vehicles. So what’s next for the BMW owned brand? According to a report by Straightline, you can expect Mini to do something along the lines of the minivan. The Mini minivan is expected to use the same chassis [...]
It’s been almost one year since we heard that Citroen will be making a limited 6 units of its GTbyCitroen supercar concept. According to recent reports, the GTbyCitroen will not be going into production (I know, we’re pretty upset to). It is said that Citroen decided that the limited 6 units of the GTbyCitroen won’t [...]
McLaren Automotive has plans to launch a successor to the F1 supercar in 2012, according to a report by AutoCar. That means the F1 is now expected to arrive two years ahead than originally planned – which was later this decade. Insiders say that the company is working on a new F1 and say that [...]
Early next year, Chrysler will start selling a diesel-powered 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee in Europe. However, it has no plans to bring the diesel powered Cherokee to the United States. According to Phil Jansen, the Grand Cherokee’s chief engineer, a diesel version is “an open question because the business case has to make sense.” One [...]
Chrysler Group LLC announced today that it will launch a special-edition Mopar version of the 2010 Dodge Challenger. “Our Mopar ’10 Challenger is a collaboration of two iconic brands with tremendous heritage,” said Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO of Mopar, Chrysler Group LLC. “Dodge put the heart into this Challenger and Mopar added the soul. [...]
The fifth-generation BMW M5 ended its production with a new record high after being on the market for five successful years. BMW M GmbH said that it produced a total of 20,548 units of the 507-hp V10 powered M5 with 19,523 of those being the sedan and 1,025 being the M5 Touring (station wagon). To [...]
On the eve of the 2010 New York Auto Show, Nissan dropped a teaser of the upcoming 2011 Nissan Quest minivan. The Japanese automaker today continuing teasing the minivan at the model’s microsite at www.nissanusa.com/microsite/quest. The 2011 Nissan Quest will make its debut at the 2010 LA Auto Show in November and will go on [...]
