The Scion tC someday could be available in more variants beyond a coupe. According to Scion’s vice president Jack Hollis, the “tC platform has plenty of flexibility to do more with.” The Scion tC is based on Toyota’s MC platform. The platform also underpins the Lexus HS 250h and the Toyota Avensis in Europe. The [...]
General Motors’ high-performance group is considering venturing into powerful small cars. Jim Campbell, who was moved last week to a new position of vice president of GM’s performance vehicles and motorsports said that GM has “tremendous opportunity in the small and compact car market.” Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Cruze. It is [...]
Nissan is ready to unveil a convertible version of the Nissan Murano at the 2010 LA Auto Show in November. Like the Nissan Cube, the Murano convertible will face a love it/hate it debate when it hits markets next year. Company insiders have confirmed that the Murano convertible crossover will be offered as two-door with [...]
While many electric-cars face various challenges to be accepted by the mass market, one major issue that must be addressed is an owner’s laziness to ‘fuel’ or recharge their vehicle. As Lindsay Chappell of Automotive News points out, “It”s a habit developed over decades of comfort and luck.” “The yellow low-fuel light came on yesterday,” [...]
We’re not sure how many times Mahindra’s small diesel pickups for the United States were delayed, but last we heard, things had gotten pretty bad when Global Vehicles USA, the Atlanta, GA. based company that holds the rights to sell Mahindra”s pickups in the U.S., decided to sue Mahindra. We guess Global Vehicles USA can [...]
After all the wait, spy shots, leaked images and details, Mercedes-Benz has finally taken the covers off of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS prior to its debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. “Customers all over the world benefited from our bold move to launch a completely new vehicle concept onto the market”, explains a [...]
FoMoCo’s Executive Chairman Bill Ford, who just got paid after a 5-year pay freeze, said that he expects some investors may reduce their holdings in his company to buy shares of General Motors as the company files for an initial public offering. Bill said that investors may make the move to spread their risk across [...]
When you’re as big a car enthusiast as Jay Leno, you have access to a lot of vehicles that others don’t – of course having his Jay Leno’s Garage online show helps as well. Hanging out at Pebble Beach, Jay Leno took some time out to get a personal tour of the Porsche 918 Spyder [...]
We were pretty upset to learn earlier this summer that GM’s new Dept. 180 YouTube series would be taking a break for a couple of months. The show really caught our attention with its unique method of videography to highlight the extreme and unconventional methods that Chevrolet engineers use to test the quality of their [...]
Henry Ford’s original vision was to open up the highways to all mankind. With a starting price tag of $13,320, the 2011 Ford Fiesta is doing just that with best-in-class fuel-economy figures, technology features that you’d expect from a car priced above $25,000 and outstanding engineering and design in one subcompact package. Ford had originally [...]
