“A ‘radical expression of sport and utility,’ the FX offers exceptional levels of performance, refinement and driving exhilaration,”: that is how Infiniti describes its 2010 FX SUV/Crossover. The expression may be a bit misinterpreted however, with regard to utility; that is one area where the vehicle falls blatantly short. The FX isn”t the only vehicle [...]
The 2011 Ford Explorer is definitely on of the nicest SUV/Crossover offerings for the 2011 model year but it is also one that is testing the market by offering smaller engines at a premium. The 2011 Ford Explorer will go on sale later this winter with prices starting at $28,190 for the base model and [...]
If you’ve been checking out the gas prices at your local gas station, you’ve probably noticed a very steady increase. On a nationwide level, gasoline prices stood at $2.824 a gallon for regular yesterday, according to the Energy Information Administration. That’s up from almost 2 cents a gallon from the previous week and the highest [...]
What you see here is apparently the world’s fastest Ferrari, which is not officially built by the Italian automaker. Basically, it’s a 1985 288 GTO and its creators, known as P4 by Norwood, took out its’s original motor and dropped a 8.8L GM V8 that helps it produce 2,000-hp to 2,500-hp with the assistance of [...]
Motor Trend magazine just announced that the 2011 Porsche Cayenne has won its 2011 Sport/Utility of the Year Award. “It’s that breadth of performance capability, combined with the Cayenne’s roomy and comfortable interior and reasonably capacious cargo hold, that helped it nail our performance of intended function criteria,” Motor Trend said. “With strong showings in [...]
The Chinese government recently said that it wants 5 million electric cars on the nation’s road by 2020, up from the basically zero it has on the roads today. According to HSBC bank, that will equal to 35 percent of the global electric-vehicle market. Seems like China, which passed the United States last year as [...]
Overtaking Toyota as the world’s leading automaker by decade’s end is on the top of Volkswagen AG’s ‘to do list’ along with adding Porsche to its never-ending stable of brands – however, the latter may have to be delayed by a little. According to German news agency DAPD, Volkswagen AG CEO Martin Winterkorn said at [...]
If you’re into managing your own portfolio and love watching company stocks make you some extra green for your pockets, than FoMoCo most likely has kept you satisfied in the past couple of months. The Dearborn automaker has benefitted in recent weeks from an increase in industry sales and positive analysts’ reports. Ford’s stock increased [...]
Calling back workers that were previously laid off and hiring new workers is what makes good headlines for an automaker that was once going through bankruptcy and shutting down plants. General Motors announced yesterday that it will add a third shift at its Oshawa Assembly Plant in Ontario to increase production of the Chevrolet Equinox [...]
Mercedes-Benz tuner RENNtech has unveiled its latest tuning package for the Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG at the 2010 Festival of Speed in Orlando, Florida. Known as the C74, RENNtech gives the C 63 AMG a bunch of visual enhancement but the real story is under the hood. The 6.2L AMG V8 has been upgraded to [...]
