Big Ben, Westminster Abby, and the red double-decker bus; those are the sights to behold for a typical tourist experience in London. Well the former two are permanent fixtures of the landscape there and not set to change much; the same is not so for the double-decker. London mayor Boris Johnson, has unveiled a mock up [...]
Mini loves teaming up with artists and designers to create a one-off special edition of its Mini Cooper model. For Mini’s 50th Birthday extravaganza at Silverstone in 2009, Mini teamed up with Paul Weller to create a one-off Cooper. Weller is now back with another one-off model that will be sold in a live global [...]
Renault/Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said today that the two companies he runs plan on building 500,000 electric-vehicles a year by the end of 2013. During a discussion with reports, Ghosn also said that due to strong consumer demand, Nissan will be “capacity constrained” for the LEAF electric car for the next three years. Nissan plans [...]
We’re not sure how/why but Aston Martin thinks that the Rapide wasn’t luxurious enough so they revealed this new Luxe addition. On the outside, the Aston Martin Rapide Luxe edition is available in a range of exterior colors, a bright finish grille and 20-inch alloy wheels wrapped in Bridgestone Potenza tires. On the inside, the [...]
At the 2010 LA Auto Show later this week, General Motors will unveil the 2012 Buick LaCrosse with eAssist. At first you might think eAssist means that we’re talking about an electric powered LaCrosse. Well, we’re really not. Think of it more as a hybrid. eAssist, which GM says means “light electrification,” helps the 2012 [...]
Ford’s Focus Electric is ready to make its way to the market in late 2011 and today the Dearborn automaker announced the first U.S. markets scheduled to receive the company’s new electric-car. “There is a great deal of excitement for the Focus Electric across America and Ford wants to build on this enthusiasm by making [...]
Destined to power the replacement to the Murcielago, Lamborghini unveiled its all-new 6.5L V12 engine today along with a new transmission. The 6.5L V12 engine produces a total of 700-hp and 509 lb-ft of torque. “The result is a synthesis of breathtaking performance, high-revving exhilaration, low weight and moderate gas emissions,” Lamborghini said in a [...]
The 2011 Hyundai Elantra, which will make its world debut in LA later this week, is ready to take on the likes of the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruze. Hyundai has now dropped a bunch of images and details on the North American version of the Elantra, which we’ve seen so [...]
A year after a very unpopular $50 billion bailout that left the United States Treasury Department with a 61 percent stake, General Motors has filed to sell about $10 billion worth of common stock and $3 billion of preferred shares. The offerings would make it the second-biggest U.S. IPO after Visa Inc. and one of [...]
We’ve been hearing a lot about Dodge’s new compact vehicle for the past couple of weeks now. So far, we know that the model will be a sedan, will be based on the same platform as the Alfa Romeo Giuletta, will go into production in early 2012 at Belvidere, Ill (14 months from now). Today [...]
