Ben Collins has won a legal battle against BBC, which was threatening to sue him if he released an autobiography revealing himself as The Stig. Mr. Justice Morgan declined to give BBC a “temporary injunction preventing publication of the HarperCollins book on the second day of the hearing, after weighing up legal arguments from both [...]
General Motors is asking 3,000 Chevrolet dealers to prepare for the launch of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze by buying competitor vehicles and keeping them on their lots for test-drive comparisons. The 2011 Cruze will go on sale later this month. Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Cruze. Margaret Brooks, Chevrolet small-car marketing director, [...]
In a report over the weekend, Drive On speculated that Volvo vehicles made in China might find their way to the U.S. due to the fact that the company is now owned by Chinese automaker Geely. Volvo moved to nix the report, releasing a memo from Geely Chairman Li Shufu: Dear employees, We can guarantee [...]
Sources inside Tata Motors have confirmed that Jaguar will show a new dramatic sports car concept at the 2010 Paris Motor Show later this month. The concept, which will not be produced, will show a new design direction for the brand and will celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary. While details about the concept are being [...]
Recently, with all the development of electric vehicles that has been going on, the automotive lexicon has expanded greatly, and now GM seeks to trademark part of that expanded vocabulary; the company has filed for a trademark on the term “˜range anxiety”. The term refers to the concern that traveling a given distance will leave [...]
It’s been a while since Aston Martin has said anything about the relaunch of the Lagonda brand. According to latest reports, Aston Martin has killed plans to build the awkward looking all-wheel-drive Lagonda SUV that made its debut at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. What’s the reason? At first you might think it’s probably due [...]
After a handfull of Ferrari 458 Italia supercars caught on fire, the Italian automaker opened an investigation into what could be causing them to go up in flames. Well, the investigation is now complete and Ferrari said that it is recalling all 458 Italia units built so far. The recall will affect 1,248 units that [...]
It has been reported numerous times that Daimler AG’s Maybach brand will soon die after being starved of new products. That might not be the case anymore with some new leadership in town and some new products in the pipeline. Daimler board member, Joachim Schmidt, who was recently brought back to run Daimler’s sales and [...]
In what will be the first major overhaul of Subaru’s trademark boxer engine in 20 years, the automaker plans to introduce a next-generation, horizontally opposed engine by the end of the year. The model will first debut in the Forester crossover and then make its way into other Subaru models, according to a report by [...]
Originally, the Aston Martin Cygnet was only planned for the European market. Reports now suggest that the rebadged Toyota iQ minicar will be coming to the United States in 2012 – but that’s not all. Besides the regular 1.3L gasoline engine based Cygnet, an electric-version with a 60-mile range will arrive sometime in 2013. Same [...]
