Two new high-performance Audi models that were never earmarked for the stateside were that Audi RS5 and the Audi TT RS. That all changed with the recent announcement of the 2011 RS5 making its way to U.S. shores by 2012 – and Audi is now seriously considering bringing the TT RS as well. The German [...]
While the production of the Toyota Tacoma pickup began last month but was celebrated on Aug. 6 at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas. The $100 million investment boosts total investment to $1.4 billion. “The San Antonio plant has shown a great deal of resilience during the recession and is fully prepared to ramp-up Tacoma production,” said [...]
The upcoming Honda Fit Hybrid, which goes on sale in Japan in October of this year, will be the cheapest hybrid in the country with prices starting around 1.50 million yen ($18,600 USD). According to Tokyo Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun newspapers, the Honda Fit Hybrid will cost about 300,000 yen ($3,497 USD) less than the Honda [...]
Chrysler Group LLC announced today that it achieved a positive operation profit of $182 million in the second quarter of 2010 and a positive cash flow of $474 million. Overall, the Auburn Hills automaker posted a net loss of $172 million, down from $197 million in the first three months of the year. “The second [...]
After a 5-year pay freeze, FoMoCo’s Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. is getting paid again. The details were released in a Securities and Exchange Committee filing and stated that Bill will be paid $4 million in salary and in stock options with a current value of $11 million to $12 million. The total payout represents [...]
The Audi A1 can serve as both a stylish hatchback and as a sporty car, depending on the time and place. Abt, a German tuning car company, has taken notice of both of these traits and built a custom package that highlights and enhances both the sleekness and the speed of the machine. The external [...]
Land Rover has a lot in the works for its Range Rover lineup. We already know that the Range Rover Evoque coupe crossover is scheduled to hit United States in fall of 2011 and will be marketed as the smallest, lightest and most fuel-efficient Range Rover ever produced. But the British SUV brand isn’t going [...]
One of the 911″s most dividing characteristics is its signature, age-old design. Some laud the German brand for maintaining tradition, while others take a different viewpoint; Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear’s main host, once commented that “Porsche has the laziest design team in the world.” Well, to the (potential) delight of those in tune with Clarkson, Misha [...]
German SUVs have been growing in popularity among every type of car consumer, from stay at home moms to young urban professionals. The Audi Q7, a prime example of just such an SUV, therefore has a consumer base wide enough to draw the interest of any design firm willing to try their hand at developing [...]
Around a year ago General Motors held a big event where the Detroit automaker said that the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric-vehicle will get a city fuel-economy of at least 230 miles per gallon. Well, that’s not the case anymore – GM is now awaiting how the government will rate the fuel-economy on the Volt, which [...]
