BMW announced today that the New York Metro and Greater Los Angeles area will be included in the BMW ActiveE field trial when it begins in summer 2011. San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento and Boston will also be included in the project. BMW said that the field trial will build on the success and experience [...]
General Motors announced today that Chevrolet is partnering with Greg Heinrich, owner of Fairway Chevrolet in Las Vegas, to offer one of the first Camaro convertibles at the Barrett-Jackson Auction on Friday, Sept. 24 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The auction will give car collectors the chance to become one of the [...]
Like us, you’re probably just as confused about Lamborghini’s vehicle debuts at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. At first it was reported that Lamborghini will be showing a successor to the Murcielago in Paris, otherwise known as the Jota. Following that, we heard that Lamborghini has plans to show two models including the Jota along [...]
Nissan announced yesterday that it has created a new division that combines product planning, marketing, advertising and public relations under one umbrella. This will be seen in the shared DNA of Nissan North America’s next-generation passengers cars, an element that is missing from the current models. The Nissan Versa, Sentra and Altima coupe and sedan [...]
Opel and Vauxhall announced today that they will build an all-new small car below the Corsa that will compete with the likes of the Ford Ka. Production of the model will take place at Opel’s Eisenach plant in the east German state of Thuringia. “This is a further milestone in the growth strategy for our [...]
If the world was coming to an end (an ‘apocalypse’ or ‘armageddon’ if you want to be savvy) there is no other vehicle in the world that we would want to drive around in than Hennessey Armored Performance Vehicles’ new VelociRaptor 575 APV. Click here for our review on the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. [...]
At the 2010 National Distracted Driving Summit two days ago, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released interim data from its pilot enforcement programs currently underway in Hartford, Connecticut and Syracuse, New York. Carrying on with a catchy title – ‘Phone in One Hand, Ticket in the Other‘ – the year-long pilot campaigns were launched [...]
FoMoCo is learning that most of the customers buying the 2011 Fiesta subcompact are buying higher-end versions of the car, which is boosting the company’s profits on sales of a low-margin segment. Brand manager Sam De La Garza said that only about 7 percent of the Fiesta’s sales since hit dealers in June have been [...]
Earlier today Daimler AG released the official details on the Smart escooter. BMW Group will be revealing its competitor to the escooter with the new Mini Scooter E Concept. The concept, which studies the addition of an electric scooter to Mini’s range, also shows a new ways of attracting in particular a young audience to [...]
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has given her praise to a collaboration between Ford, Azure Dynamics, Johnson Controls-Saft, and AM General, as she has said it is key to the production of the Ford transit Connect Electric. Aimed primarily at fleet customers, the Transit Connect Electric will come to market this year and further establishes Michigan [...]
