According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website, Hyundai is recalling 139,500 Sonata sedans from the 2011 model year. The recall includes those models manufactured from December 2009 to September 2010. The NHTSA said that “on some of these vehicles the steering column intermediate shaft universal joint connections may have been either improperly assembled [...]
Last month Kia dropped some pics and details of its new Pop concept, which will debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show next week. The model, which shows an all-new compact electric concept car, has not been confirmed to be built as of yet. We’re guessing this is a hint at a Nissan LEAF competitor. [...]
Last month Infiniti launched its new 2011 Infiniti IPL (Infiniti Performance Line) G Coupe, which is set to go on sale at retailers throughout the United States in December. The brand today released photos of its new IPL G Convertible Concept, which will debut next week at the Paris Auto Show. The IPL G Convertible [...]
Infiniti today dropped a sketch of its much talked about luxury electric vehicle, which is scheduled to launch in the United States and other global markets in 2013. “Befitting the brand”s promise of ‘Inspired Performance,’ the Infiniti EV will be a stylish, high performance five-seat luxury vehicle with zero emissions technology,” Infiniti said. “This future [...]
Kia has made some serious design changes to its Optima midsize sedan, in hopes that it will become one of the labels two best-selling models. The current Optima moves only about 25,000 units per year in the U.S., holding a tiny fraction of the segment, comprised of 1.7 million units moved per year. The Optima”s [...]
In what is most likely to be the final jobs bill before the interim elections, Congress gave final approval to a piece of legislation aimed at boosting lending to small businesses, which by and large includes auto dealers. tax cuts, loans, and stimulus provisions easing the flow of credit were all part of the bill [...]
After a less than stellar summer, U.S. auto dealerships have been seeing a turnaround in September, according to J.D. Power and Associates. The firm expects total car and truck sales to reach 961,500 for the month; 29% higher than last year. Last year”s sales however, were markedly low due to the recession and the Cash-for-Clunkers [...]
Following a short preview from Vauxhall earlier this month, Opel today released some more details and images of the two brand’s new GTC Paris concept. As stated before, the Paris GTC concept gives the “strongest hint yet to the Astra Sport Hatch”s successor.” Power for the Opel/Vauxhall GTC Paris concept comes from a 2.0L twin-scroll [...]
In a press release providing some 2011 model year pricing changes Toyota said that the 2011 Prius will see a price bump of $250. “The Prius, celebrating ten years of sales in the U.S., will have a MSRP range of $23,050 for the Prius Two model to $28,320 for the Prius Five model, an increase [...]
Hennessey Performance Engineering has released a video of the 2011 Cadillac CTS-V on the dyno. The sports coupe gets the tuner’s V700 tuning package that puts out 598 rear wheel horsepower and 631 rear-wheel lb-ft of torque. Interested? You can call Hennessey Performance at (979) 885-1300 for more information. Click here for more news on [...]
