At the 2010 Moscow Motor Show, Ford of Europe took the wraps off of the new 2011 Ford Mondeo – known as the most stylish and technologically advanced Mondeo model ever made. Besides the a subtle facelift that follows the company’s ‘kinetic’ design philosophy, the 2011 Mondeo gets a new 236-hp version of Ford’s EcoBoost [...]
UPDATE: According to the sheriff”s department in Greene County, NY, on Thursday afternoon Jack was on his tractor at his farm in Durham. As he was trying to pull a tree stump from the ground, the tractor flipped with him still on board. The sheriff”s department arrived at 12:40 PM and Jack was pronounced dead [...]
Earlier this week it was reported that Volkswagen Group AG was interested in buying Fiat Group’s Alfa Romeo brand. During a call with analysts yesterday, Marchionne made it clear that he has no plans to get rid of Alfa and is sticking to the turnaround plan he announced for the brand earlier this year. “I [...]
FoMoCo has plans to launch eight new vehicles in India over the next five years to increase its presence in one of the fastest-growing emerging regions. “We have big plans for India and for this region,” Joe Hinrichs, president of Ford Asia Pacific and Africa, said in a speech prepared for delivery today to an [...]
The Honda Jazz Hybrid, which will be known as the Honda Fit Hybrid in Japan, will not be coming to the United States. Why? According to American Honda executives, there are no plans to sell a hybrid Fit in the U.S. region,” because the Insight already fills that vehicle size and price point.” That’s a bit [...]
Are you a fan of Apple Computers? Do you own a Mercedes-Benz S 600? Do you have some extra cash to throw around? If you answered ‘Yes’ to all those questions, than you may want to contact tuner Brabus to convert your S 600 into the ultimate high-tech multimedia business mobile. Known as the ‘iBusiness’, [...]
As announced earlier this month, Lotus today confirmed (with details and images) that it will unveil the Evora S and the Evora IPS (previously stated as Evora Auto) at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The Lotus Evora S gets an upgraded 3.5L V6 Toyota-sourced engine making 345-hp and 295 lb-ft of torque. That allows 0-60 [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation today, kicked off its annual ‘Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest’ campaign to combat drunk driving. A new study released by the NHTSA shows that one in five U.S. drivers admit to drinking and driving. The agency also released new data indicating that as many as 17 million Americans [...]
After its world debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the new McLaren MP4-12C will go on a tour of its selected North American dealership locations. Those interested in purchasing one for their driveway will have the chance to talk to the McLaren Automotive team that is responsible for producing the new supercar. On September [...]
We keep hearing that the Volkswagen Amarok, four-wheel-drive crew-cab V-dub pickup built in Brazil, will come to the United States if the German company can end up at least 100,000 units in the region. Well, the latest report by the folks at InsideLine says that the Amarok pickup won’t be coming to the stateside. “Volkswagen [...]
