Maserati can definitely use some new products and upgrades to its current lineup. Sales of the luxury Fiat owned brand dropped 42 percent to 4,911 units and profits dropped 85 percent to 11 million euros ($13.8 million). Since that’s unacceptable no matter what industry you’re in, Maserati figures it’s time to change things up. The [...]
Hamann, a German performance and design firm, has released the first official body kit for the upcoming F10 BMW 5-Series. The package includes 5 spoilers and valences, including front bumpers, side skirts, roof-mounted spoilers, and trunk-mounted spoilers. Hamann can also lower the entire automobile, add daytime running lights, or even””for the 550i- add a new, four-tailpipe [...]
The Buick LaCrosse is off to a strong start in China with sales reaching 100,000 units in less than a year after its launch in the country. The new LaCrosse has become the fastest-growing member of China”s premium upper-medium sedan segment. “In the first six months of 2010, the LaCrosse 3.0-liter SIDI model accounted for [...]
The 2011 Ford Explorer just made its debut this morning and FoMoCo has already launched the online configurator detailing all the pricing for the new model. The new Explorer will start production later this year at FoMoCo”s Chicago plant and will hit dealerships just in time for winter. Price breakdown for the 2011 Ford Explorer [...]
Back in 2007, Top Gear’s James May, otherwise known as ‘Captain Slow’ by his colleagues Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson, surprised us when he took the original Bugatti Veyron all the way to its top speed of 253 mph. Well, James is now back with the new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, which now holds [...]
In a warm sentimental moment at an event honoring Lee Iacocca on Saturday night in Detroit, Ford CEO Alan Mulally grabbed Sergio Marchionne and reeled the Chrysler Group CEO in a for a giant bear hug; and of course this was all captured on camera. Iacocca was the first recipient of the Walter P. Chrysler [...]
After a 30 year North American absence, Fiat is getting ready to return. Starting in 2011, Fiats will be available purchase in about 200 U.S. Chrysler Group dealerships. The initial lineup will consist mainly of the 500 minicar, and four variants thereof. Fiat also plans to release a convertible version of the 500 in 2011, [...]
In a press event for its new ‘G’ subdivision, a part of the company which Toyota plans to use in a series of cars modified by Gazoo Racing, the media learned some new updates on the upcoming Toyota FT-86. According to Dr. Shigeyuki Hori, Project General Manager for the Sports Vehicle Management division and Kazuo [...]
Thanks to a solid sales run for April-June, ToMoCo is likely to post a group operating profit of about 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) for that period. Uncertainty over the European and U.S. markets have left the annual profit forecast unchanged. The same period one year previous saw a loss of 194.8 billion yen for [...]
Earlier this morning, FoMoCo throw out some dirt, rocks and created a hill to launch the new 2011 Ford Explorer in NYC in Herald Square in front Macy’s. Discovery Channel’s Dirty Job’s Michael Rowe joined FoMoCo CEO Alan Mulally to unveil the new Explorer, which received a pretty strong reception – even though many are [...]
