Archive | August, 2010
Sergio Marchionne to speak at Chrysler dealer meeting in Sept.

Sergio Marchionne to speak at Chrysler dealer meeting in Sept.

Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne will address the company’s dealers for the first time since taking leadership control of the company after it came out of its bankruptcy filing in 2009. Sources say that Marchionne will appear at Chrysler’s dealer show scheduled for Sept. 13-15 in Orlando. Marchionne plans on putting together an enthusiastic speech [...]

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GM to return to Super Bowl advertising in Feb., Cadillac gets new tag line

GM to return to Super Bowl advertising in Feb., Cadillac gets new tag line

General Motors marketing is going through a big shakeup courtesy of their new vice president of marketing, Joel Ewanick. Ewanick, who was previously head of Hyundai’s marketing department, says that the Detroit automaker will return to Super Bowl advertising in 2011. He also said that GM will launch a new Chevrolet Camaro ad campaign next [...]

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Video: Cadillac CTS-V Coupe vs Audi RS5, BMW M3 and Shelby GT500

Video: Cadillac CTS-V Coupe vs Audi RS5, BMW M3 and Shelby GT500

The Cadillac CTS-V Coupe is ready to hit showrooms next month to take on two of its closes German rivals and one domestic rival. The folks at Motor Trend and Road&Track decided to run a test between all of the sports coupes for what turns out to be a very interesting rivalry. Among the CTS-V [...]

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Lexus allowing full purchase of LFA in US… but there’s a catch

Lexus allowing full purchase of LFA in US… but there’s a catch

Of the 500 units of the Lexus LFA to be made, Lexus will only bring 150 to the United States. At first, Lexus announced that the LFA will only be available to lease in the United States – a move made to drive speculators out of the market for the $375,000 supercar. Those who bought [...]

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3D Design gives the 2011 BMW 5-Series some extra styling

3D Design gives the 2011 BMW 5-Series some extra styling

Want to spice up your brand new 2011 BMW 5-Series? Japanese tuner 3D Design has unveiled an exterior modification for the new model, the second tuning treatment for the car following Hamann’s from last week. The 3D Design kit adds a number of aerodynamic enhancements for the 5-Series including a new front lip spoiler, a [...]

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Obama: U.S. couldn’t turn its back on auto jobs

Obama: U.S. couldn’t turn its back on auto jobs

President Barack Obama still stands firmly behind the government aid delivered to the American auto industry. “I refuse to walk away from this industry and American jobs,” Obama said after touring a factory where Ford, the only Big 3 U.S. automaker that didn”t take bailout money, will begin assembling the new 2011 Explorer later this [...]

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Porsche Cayenne II by Lumma Design, diesel version gets more power

Porsche Cayenne II by Lumma Design, diesel version gets more power

Porsche has recently announced a new version of the Cayenne, and with this announcement have come a flurry of tuning and design companies looking to give the SUV even more of the flair and sport that makes the Cayenne such a desireable machine. To add to the car”s unique design, Lumma has put out accessories [...]

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Minnesota man convicted in fatal Toyota crash set free after 2 1/2 years

Minnesota man convicted in fatal Toyota crash set free after 2 1/2 years

Despite the grief caused for many over the Toyota recalls, one man is jumping for joy. Koua Fong Lee of St. Paul, Minnesota was granted a new trial after having spent 2 1/2 years behind bars for a fatal crash back in 2006 that killed three people. The prosecutor however, said that there would not [...]

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Bugatti Veyron by Mansory LINEA Vincerò d’Oro is incredibly gaudy

Bugatti Veyron by Mansory LINEA Vincerò d’Oro is incredibly gaudy

Before even beginning to read this article, you might be asking yourself “is there even a market for people looking to modify their Bugatti Veyron?” At this point, we’d probably tell you visit the lavish desert that is Dubai and call it a day. However, it’s not only the Middle Easterners looking to show off [...]

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Hyundai Equus’ low-volume will allow company to pamper customers

Hyundai Equus’ low-volume will allow company to pamper customers

Hyundai Motor America supposedly gave much resistance to Hyundai management and its desires to export the luxury Equus sedan to North America, even before the rear-wheel-drive Genesis launched here. This time around however, the Korean automaker has a viable plan for selling the Equus, which could easily top the $60,000 mark, to American consumers. The [...]

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