Jaguar will be stepping in on BMW’s armored vehicles territory with the new XJ Sentinel, which will make its debut at the 2010 Moscow Motor Show. “The XJ Sentinel is the ultimate armored luxury limousine. It offers governments, security organizations and private individuals, the highest level of security, with advanced design, refined performance and a [...]
The Porsche Boxster will be getting bigger in the 2012 model year – at least that’s what insiders have told UK publication AutoCar. If the reports are true, the 2012 Boxster will grow in size to make room for a smaller and cheaper entry-level Porsche based on the Volkswagen BlueSport Concept. The next Boxster, which [...]
During his first press conference as CEO of Volvo, Stefan Jacoby, said that the Swedish brand will focus on building emotional vehicles in the future and may look to partner-up with rivals to gain economies of scale. Jacoby, former CEO of Volkswagen North America, was recently appointed CEO of Volvo after Zhejiang Geely Holding Group [...]
Kia has been showing up to auto shows with some impressive concepts in the past couple of years and it will continue its streak at the 2010 Paris Motor Show with the new Kia Pop Concept. The model will shows an all-new compact electric concept car. “Called the ‘POP’, Kia’s latest concept car boasts zero-emissions [...]
General Motors and SAIC Motor Corp, the largest listed vehicle company in the Chinese A-share stock market, announced today that they are expanding their partnership to develop a new small-displacement gasoline engine family and an advanced transmission. “The co-development of these new engines and transmissions builds on a strong history of innovation and collaboration between [...]
Bugatti has received a lot of press coverage ever since the new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport set the landspeed world record for the fastest production car after hitting a top speed of 267.81 mph. The fastest production car recently made its North American debut at the 60th Pebble Beach Concours d”Elegance and Bugatti in [...]
Earlier this month we learned that FoMoCo was selling its 5.0L 4-valve Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) V8 engine to enthusiasts and tuners that wanted to drop the Mustang GT engine in another vehicle. FoMoCo has now added the 2011 Mustang GT500 Supercharged 5.4L V8 engine to the list as well. The engine is [...]
Here is something you probably wouldn’t expect to hear about American automakers. According to a study by the American Customer Satisfaction Index released Tuesday, FoMoCo’s Lincoln, Mercury (which is now dead) brands and General Motor’s Buick brand received the highest customer satisfaction rankings among all automakers over the past 18 months. Overall, vehicle satisfaction dipped [...]
A five-door version of the Range Rover Evoque has been caught testing on the Nurburgring and has started rumors that a larger version of the Evoque will be offered sometime in 2012. Sources say that the model will be based on the same platform as the Evoque but will have two extra doors. Click here [...]
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will be making a trip to Toledo on Monday to Chrysler’s Toledo Supplier Park. While the White House declined to discuss Biden’s plans for the visit, it is reported that the VP will be talking about the importance of the supplier industry, which employs nearly twice as many workers as [...]
