Buick Regal engine brainpower is the industry’s quickest… that’s the headline of GM’s recent press release but don’t think for a second they are saying that the Buick’s 4-banger lineup is the the industry’s quickest. GM says that a 32-bit embedded processor with three megabytes of integrated flash memory gives the Regal’s 2.0L Ecotec engine [...]
Daimler AG’s CEO Dieter Zetsche is pushing for the governments to offer consumers invectives to purchase electric-vehicles to help offset the extra cost for manufacturers to build expensive EVs. “Even in the best case, the cost of electric autos might run several thousand euros more than conventional vehicles for the foreseeable future,” Zetsche said. “In [...]
InsWeb Corp, a Sacramento, CA based online insurance comparison provider, has released its 2010 list of the least and most expensive vehicles to insure. To produce the list, InsWeb compared all car insurance rate quotes requested by its customers between January and September of this year for 2010 model year vehicles. InsWeb compared over 400 models for [...]
It costs $132,000 in coupe form and $145,000 as a roadster. The Aston Martin V8 Vantage N420 is based on the standard V8 Vantage but adds a Sport Pack suspension, a new sport exhaust system and cute weight by 59 pounds. The special-edition model is also available in Aston Martin “˜Race Collection” paint schemes (optional). [...]
General Motors said that it will cash out $51 million to buy an additional 10 percent stake in the Chinese joint venture it owns with SAIC Motor Corp. and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co. Ltd. GM currently owns 34 percent of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automotive Co. and will acquire the stake from Wuling, which will end up keeping 6 [...]
What a wonderful way to kick of Friday morning… if this is true that is. According to French automotive website AutoMotos, Lamborghini has given the Sesto Elemento the thumbs up for a limited series production. The report says that production will be a very limited series with only 7 to 10 examples of the car [...]
The 2011 Opel Ampera, the better-looking European version of the Chevrolet Volt, is available for reservations now with prices starting at 42,900 euros ($58,430 USD). The 2011 Chevrolet Volt in the United States carries a price tag of $41,000 but with a full federal income tax credit (which range from $0 to $7,500), the Volt [...]
Tata Motors has announced that it is offering owners of the subcompact Nano, the world’s cheapest car, the option to install safety protection in the car after a couple of them went up in flames last year. Tata will reach out to 70,000 owners of the Nano to offer them the option of installing “additional [...]
While many automotive industry executives will be jumping on airplanes to fly over to the 2010 LA Auto Show next week, General Motors U.S. Marketing Vice President Joel Ewanick has decided to drive the Chevrolet Volt to Los Angeles. “We done a number of these kind of drives and I have missed every one of [...]
Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Piech has openly said that he would like to acquire Alfa Romeo from Fiat SpA. However, Fiat’s CEO Sergio Marchionne has sternly replied saying that he has no plans of selling the brand and is focused on turning it around and making it profitable. According to reports coming out of Germany, Piech [...]
