The Volkswagen Up! (otherwise known as the NSF – New Small Family car), has yet to be officially confirmed for the United States. According to Automobile, the executives at V-dub are indeed considering a Volkswagen E-Up! for select U.S. cities for 2013. The Volkswagen E-Up! is powered by a 80-hp electric motor with 155 lb-ft [...]
BMW has officially unveiled the new M Sport Package for the new 2011 BMW 5-Series sedan and the new BMW 5-Series Touring. Both were put together by BMW M GmbH and will hit markets in September 2010. Both 2011 BMW 5-Series models with a M Sport package get a M sports suspension, M aerodynamics package, [...]
BMW today released the first official teaser of the upcoming Megacity, the company’s first series-production electric-drive model that will hit market in 2013. BMW says that the zero-emission Megacity will be made for the world’s metropolitan areas and will be available under a sub-brand of BMW. During the development process, a great deal of attention [...]
Russian tuning firm Status Design has come up with a modification package for the Ferrari 430 that offers more style and more power – two things that we can never get enough. Known as the Ferrari 430 SD SU35, Status Design added a number of carbon fiber body parts including a new hood, side sills, [...]
We keep getting tidbits of the 2011 Ford Explorer. FoMoCo has just released a video featuring Ford Explorer Program Manager, Julie Levin, describing how the new 2011 Explorer is being put to the test in a series of different on and off-road tests designed to drive quality and fuel economy improvements. The 2012 Ford Explorer will [...]
We’ve been providing you updates on Toyota’s announcement of 270,000 vehicles worldwide having faulty engines. Lexus has just released a statement saying “approximately 137,000 vehicles are potentially affected in the U.S., including the IS 350, GS 350, GS 460, GS 450h, LS 460, LS 600h L.” Lexus said that it has discovered faulty valve springs [...]
President Obama was scheduled for a luncheon today in the White House with business leaders from around the country; the group was said to have included Alan Mulally, president and CEO for FoMoCo. Throughout his tenure in office, Obama has held seven such luncheons, but Mullally’s attendance marke the first by an auto exec. The [...]
To celebrate the addition of Texas, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to the launch markets for the Chevrolet Volt, GM is launching something called the “Freedom Drive.” The event will be a 4-day, 1,776 mile journey where the Chevrolet Volt will drive from Austin to New York City. Click here for more news on [...]
The final unit of the current-generation Dodge Viper rolled of the assemble line today at the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit. Dodge Brand President and CEO Ralph Gilles and plant manager Shelly Brown Gordon welcomed more than 400 hundred loyal Viper owners to present the ultimate factory customized 2010 Dodge Viper coupe to proud [...]
Consumers can expect a significant number of new and refreshed models from GM in the next four years. Many of those models however, will most likely be launched outside of the United States. GM spoke about the vehicles mainly in the context of boosting the company’s bottom line, hence the emphasis of new models in [...]
