Looking to get into the new 2011 Mini Countryman? Well, why don’t you spec one out over at MiniUSA’s website on the model’s configurator page before you head over to your local dealership. Click here to visit the 2011 Mini Countryman’s online configurator. Click here for complete 2011 Mini Countryman pricing details. Refresher: The base [...]
Daimler Financial Services has officially changed its name to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA as it moves to make the brand more popular in the United States. The name change is the final stage in the company’s “clean sheet of paper” approach to the U.S. market, the new company said in a statement. While the name [...]
Update: General Motors Company today announced an increase in the proposed size of the offering of its common stock to be sold by certain of its stockholders from 365 million shares to 478 million shares. Both of these share totals exclude the amount that the underwriters have the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if [...]
Just as headlines concerning Toyota’s quality and safety started dying down, a new accident involving a 2008 Toyota Camry may bring the company back into the negative spotlight. Police suspect that problems with a Toyota Camry’s accelerator or floor mat caused a Utah crash that killed two people and injured two others. Paul Vanalfen’s 2008 [...]
The 2012 Ford Focus, which hits dealerships early next year, is projected to get an estimated 40 mpg on the highway. If that holds to be true, Ford will have four vehicles in its lineup that produce 40 mpg or more in 2011. Besides the 2012 Focus, three 2011 vehicles – including the Fiesta, Fusion [...]
Using the buzz around the 2010 LA Auto Show, Chrysler today unveiled Motor Village of Los Angeles, the company”s newest dealership in the United States. The dealership, which will open for business in the first quarter of 2011, will be the automaker’s first store to sell Fiat-brand vehicles in the United States. “The Los Angeles Motor [...]
Aston Martin isn’t using the upcoming 2010 LA Auto Show to debut the new Cygnet concept – No no, the Cygnet is to luxurious for that. Instead, the luxury sports car manufacture chose to debut the Toyota iQ based Cygnet at the world’s most prestigious department store – Harrods in Knightsbridge. The Aston Martin Cygnet [...]
At the 2010 Paris Motor Show Fisker Automotive unveiled the first factory-built version of the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan with extended range capability. The unit will now make its North American debut at the 2010 LA Auto Show later this week. “The Fisker Karma represents our goal of bringing an eco-friendly vehicle founded on the [...]
Many North American Audi fans are feeling left out without the company’s new A1 hatchback – however, recent reports there is a high likeliness that the second-generation Audi A1 will make it to our side of the world… but that’s not all. According to recent reports, Audi is planning a big expansion in the United [...]
Fiat is looking at potentially selling its auto-parts division Magneti Marelli and a stake in supercar maker Ferrari before the planned consolidation with Chrysler Group LLC. “We left Turin with the clear message that Fiat and Chrysler will become one company,” Morgan Stanley analyst Stuart Pearson wrote in a note to clients Monday. A Ferrari [...]
