Archive | November, 2010
2011 Mini Countryman configurator now online

2011 Mini Countryman configurator now online

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 [...]

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Daimler Financial Services changes name to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA

Daimler Financial Services changes name to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA

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 [...]

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GM may increase IPO prices by 14% as demand for stock grows

GM may increase IPO prices by 14% as demand for stock grows

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 [...]

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Police suspect accelerator or floor mat fault in 2008 Toyota Camry killed two in Utah accident

Police suspect accelerator or floor mat fault in 2008 Toyota Camry killed two in Utah accident

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 [...]

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Ford to offer 4 vehicles that earn 40 mpg next year

Ford to offer 4 vehicles that earn 40 mpg next year

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 [...]

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Chrysler opens new dealership in LA, will be first to sell Fiat brand

Chrysler opens new dealership in LA, will be first to sell Fiat brand

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 [...]

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Aston Martin Cygnet makes global debut at… the world’s most prestigious department store

Aston Martin Cygnet makes global debut at… the world’s most prestigious department store

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 [...]

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2010 LA Preview: First factory-built Fisker Karma to make North American debut

2010 LA Preview: First factory-built Fisker Karma to make North American debut

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 [...]

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Along with A1, Audi considering more compact cars including A3 sedan, Q3 crossover

Along with A1, Audi considering more compact cars including A3 sedan, Q3 crossover

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 [...]

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Marchionne: Fiat may sell Ferrari stake before Chrysler merger

Marchionne: Fiat may sell Ferrari stake before Chrysler merger

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 [...]

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