Kudos to those that have been following the saga of Mahindra’s U.S. market diesel pickups since it’s one of the most boring and crazy topics in the pickup segment right now. Last we heard anything about Mahindra’s U.S. plans it was said that the Indian automaker received EPA certification to sell its pickups in the [...]
In Sunday”s Detroit Free Press, Mark Phelan, an auto critic, observes that the time is right, and the production is spooling up, on America”s once-loved family car: the minivan. In the Baby Boomer era, every major automaker had an entry in the market: Ford”s Winstar and Nissan”s Quest represent some once widespread minivans that simply [...]
It’s called the MR 600 GT, it’s a lime green and it has Lamborghini style scissor doors. Meet the latest creation by CLP Automotive, which takes the BMW 645i Convertible and turns it into something totally outrageous. In terms of styling, CLP Automotive adds an aerodynamics kit which consists of two front wings, a wide [...]
If you haven’t heard of Terry Jones by now, you’re probably living under a rock. While Florida pastor Jones was debating the burning of the Quran, Brad Benson, a New Jersey Hyundai dealers, offered him a brand new 2011 Hyundai Accent if he didn’t carry out the act. Benson was surprised when he finally received [...]
General Motors confirmed today that the 2011 Chevrolet Aveo will go into production in Seoul, Korea next year followed by a U.S.-assembled version of the car in 2012. U.S. production of the vehicle at the Orion Township plant was reconfirmed last week when along with a $145 million investment that will include production of the [...]
The quirky engineers at Dept. 180 are back to show you how durable the exterior paint job on the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze is. Paint engineers spent more than five years developing each of the exterior colors used on the Chevrolet Cruze – yes, it really takes that long. To ensure a beautiful, long-lasting finish, engineers [...]
I personally have always been against hybrid cars because I felt like they were the economical solutions for the feeble-minded. In other words, they were nothing more than a collaborative marketing ploy involving the failing Big Three, oil companies, and the US government that was created to boost the economy in wake of the discredited [...]
BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroen announced today that they plan to expand their already successful cooperation by including hybrid components for front-wheel-drive vehicles. “The components are to be used in front-wheel-drive vehicles with electrified drive trains,” BMW said in a statement. “Joint development and production of components as well as joint purchasing will leverage [...]
Over the summer, BMW unveiled a special-edition M3 Coupe known as the BMW Frozen Gray M3 Coupe. With only 30 limited units to be produced priced at $77,600 each, the special-edition model sold out in just 12 minutes… or did it? According to BMWBlog, there is still one of those limited edition Frozen Gray M3 [...]
We hate CO2 emissions and fuel-economy regulations as much as Porsche does. However, to stay alive and profitable, Porsche will have to do all it can to reduce C02 and please the governments. According to Porsche development chief Wolfgang Duerheimer, the company is planning to have hybrid drive in every model line in the future. [...]
