Last year at the 2009 LA Auto Show, Fritz Henderson was supposed to give the keynote speech. However, the day before the LA Auto Show opened its doors to the press, Henderson was forced to resign and Bob Lutz took his place as keynote speaker. This year, the new president and chief executive officer of [...]
General Motors said today it is recalling 322,409 units of the Chevrolet Impala from the 2009 and 2010 model year to inspect for a small number of vehicles whose front seat belt webbing may not have been properly secured to the lap belt anchor pretensioner mounted to the side of the seat nearest the door. [...]
Oh no they didn’t… oh yes, they did. Check out the video after the jump. Refresher: Bentley Mulsanne: Power for the 2011 Bentley Mulsanne comes from a 6.75L twin-turbocharged V8 making 505-hp with a maximum torque of 752 lb-ft. Mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission, the Mulsanne can go from 0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds with [...]
Ford’s Fiesta will be taking over the 2010 SEMA Auto Show with a lineup of other FoMoCo models including the all-new 2011 Ford Explorer, Lincoln MKX, Ford Edge, 2010 Ford Taurus SHO and more. “It”s so new and reinvented, and the styling is standout from the inside out,” said Craig Patterson, Ford Explorer marketing manager. [...]
Conan O’Brien is back – and he’s back with some style and power. You might think that Conan is out, busy promoting his upcoming talk show on TBS – well, he’s not. The funny man is out driving a 1969 Dodge Dar filled with 80 pounds of explosives, drowned in 40 gallons of gasoline, packed [...]
When the Ford Start Concept made its debut at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show, many thought the model was hint at the future replacement for the Ka subcompact in the global market. According to reports coming out of Britain, the production version of the Start Concept could go on sale in 2014 with prices starting [...]
BMW’s CEO Norbert Reithofer said yesterday that the automaker has not had any discussion with General Motors on a possible collaboration. His comments came after a German newspaper, Handelsblatt, reported that BMW and GM had informal contact about closer cooperation. “Absolutely no discussions … not on our end,” Reithofer said. “I don’t know where it [...]
Toyota recently planned to audit suppliers in North America following its biggest recall crisis in history. The audit found that testing of components by its suppliers weren’t as detailed and rigorous as the company expected. Dino Triantafyllos, vice president of North American product quality, said that some suppliers that were believed to be testing products [...]
ECOtality, the same company that will be installing charging station at 12 Best Buy locations, announced today that it will team up with BP Products North America Inc. (which is a partner in The EV Project) to install ECOtality’s Blink electric vehicle DC Fast Charger station at 45 BP and ARCO locations. Blink DC Fast [...]
Just a week ago we learned some preliminary pricing details on the 2011 Mini Countryman, which will start at $21,650 ($22,350 when you add in the $700 destination charge). Today we get full pricing details for the Mini crossover. 2011 Mini Cooper Countryman MSRPs: Mini Cooper Countryman: $21,650 Mini Cooper S Countryman: $25,250 Mini Cooper [...]
