Archive | October, 2010
Video: PickupTrucks.com pegs 3.7L F150 against EcoBoost V6 in 1/4 Mile

Video: PickupTrucks.com pegs 3.7L F150 against EcoBoost V6 in 1/4 Mile

If you ever had thoughts about marrying your cousin, not to worry! The Ford F150 is the ideal choice to go hand-in-hand with your marriage. It also has been the most popular selling vehicle in America since”¦well, Jimmy Carter was in office. But truth be told, the pickup is the most versatile vehicle in the [...]

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Chevrolet to build 6.2L supercharged ZR1 engine at 2010 SEMA

Chevrolet to build 6.2L supercharged ZR1 engine at 2010 SEMA

Over the summer, Chevrolet announced the “Corvette Engine Build Experience” – a program exclusively open to Corvette buyers that want to built their own engine. The program allows customers who order a 2011 Corvette Z06 or ZR1 to pay an additional $5,800 to assemble their car”s LS7 or LS9 engines at the Performance Build Center [...]

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2012 Ford Focus configurator comes online

2012 Ford Focus configurator comes online

Oh of course we love building cars online that we’ll probably never buy – it’s that happy feeling you get when you see that you just maxed out the price on a vehicle that you’re probably never going to end up buying. However, with the affordable price tag of the 2012 Ford Focus, you might [...]

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Chrysler to invest $600 million in Illinois to build Fiat-based compact Dodge

Chrysler to invest $600 million in Illinois to build Fiat-based compact Dodge

Chrysler Group LLC confirmed today that it will be pumping $600 million in its Belvidere (Ill.) Assembly Plant to support the production of future models in 2012, increasing its investments in U.S. facilities to $2.1 billion since the formation of the new company in June 2009 (nicer way of saying “since it came out of [...]

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GM to buy back U.S. preferred stock, will bring down leverage by $11 billon

GM to buy back U.S. preferred stock, will bring down leverage by $11 billon

General Motors is releasing all kinds of good news today (more to come later). The Detroit automaker announced that it is buying back all of the Treasury Department’s $2.1 billion in preferred stock – a part of a series of actions to reduce financial leverage. “These actions will bring down our leverage by $11 billion [...]

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2011 Dodge Grand Caravan unveiled, will get R/T trim level

2011 Dodge Grand Caravan unveiled, will get R/T trim level

Along with the 2011 Dodge Avenger, Chrysler Group LLC today continued its product onslaught with the reveal of the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan minivan. Besides the minor exterior redesign and a completely redesigned interior, the 2011 Grand Caravan features a major suspension overall and a new powertrain lineup. The 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan gets Chrysler’s [...]

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GM confirms $190 investment in Lansing for production of new Cadillac model

GM confirms $190 investment in Lansing for production of new Cadillac model

As reported yesterday, General Motors confirmed today that it will invest $190 million in its Lansing Grand River assembly plant for the production of a new compact Cadillac model. The investment will create a total of 600 jobs as a result in the addition of a second shift. “America”s fastest-growing luxury brand this year is [...]

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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi gets opening day launch (w/ video)

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi gets opening day launch (w/ video)

Before it opens to the public, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the first ever theme park dedicated to the Italian stallion, hosted a preview exclusively to the international press yesterday. The planned soft opening to the public has been pushed back to a future date (yet to be announced) in respect of mourning for the passing [...]

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Two Audi A3 TDI models complete 1,000 mile trip on RenDiesel fuel

Two Audi A3 TDI models complete 1,000 mile trip on RenDiesel fuel

On Oct. 18, while you were going about your normal day-to-day life, two Audi A3 TDI models running on Rentech synthetic RenDiesel fuel embarked on a 1,000 mile ‘Eureka! Diesel Drives the Future” trip spanning the length of California. The drive was a part of the 2010 Green Car of the Year Tour and intended [...]

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2011 Subaru Forester revealed with details and pictures

2011 Subaru Forester revealed with details and pictures

Subaru has unveiled the new 2011 Subaru Forester for the U.S. market, which will feature an all-new 2.5L 4-cylinder horizontally opposed “˜boxer” engine making 170-hp and 174 lb-ft of torque. Available with a manual or automatic transmission the 2011 Forester averages 21/27 mpg (city/highway) when mated to a manual. The 2011 Subaru Forester 2.5X Touring [...]

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