FoMoCo is hoping to make some big changes to its Lincoln brand to make it more competitive against rivals like BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz. Today, the automaker announced that the Lincoln Complimentary Maintenance Program has become permanent for all new Lincoln customers beginning with the 2011 model year. The program was originally announced as a [...]
General Motors announced today that it is recalling 14,245 Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne models with V8 engines from the 2010 and 2011 model years. The recall is being conducted because the vehicles can have a starter or alternator cable that comes in contact with the power steering return line. “Such contact could cause the [...]
General Electric announced today that it will purchase 25,000 electric-vehicles by 2015 for its own fleet through its Capital Fleet Services business. GE said that it plans to convert half of its 30,000 global fleet and will partner with fleet customers to deploy a total of 25,000 electric-vehicles by 2015. Click here for more news [...]
Just when you thought that the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 couldn’t get any more impressive, Ford has just announced that the special-edition Mustang will come with two keys – one has a Black Boss logo, the other is red. What’s the second key for? While either key will start your Mustang Boss 302, the [...]
The Audi Q5 is one strong competitor in the luxury compact SUV market. The German automaker is now expanding the reach of the Q5 with a hybrid model known as the Audi Q5 hybrid quattro, which will hit dealerships starting next year. Power for the 2012 Audi Q5 Hybrid quattro comes from a 2.0L 4-cylinder [...]
As reported earlier this month, the Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet will be making a return after disappearing in 2002. As confirmed by Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn, the Golf Cabriolet will return in 2011 and will share some components with the Audi A3 Cabriolet, since both cars are built on the Golf platform. Since we have no [...]
Following the debut of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, the German automaker will unveil the 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG at the 2010 LA Auto Show. Click here for more news on the Mercedes-Benz CLS. Power for the 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG will come from the same twin-turbo, direct-injected [...]
Subaru and Travis Pastrana are parting ways… it’s true. The company announced today that it is bidding farewell to its lead driver. We’re not really sure why Pastrana is leaving but by the sound of the press release this seems like a pretty smooth breakup. “Travis brought Rally to a whole new audience through the [...]
For all those tech geeks that really car, FoMoCo has announced that the 2012 Ford Focus has become the official car for the 2011 International CES show that will be held in Las Vegas on Jan 6-9, 2011. Why? Because the 2012 Focus will demo high-end tech features such as Ford SYNC, MyFord Touch, HD [...]
Toyota today (re)confirmed that it will show the RAV4EV during the 2010 LA Auto Show next month. We learned last month that Toyota will pay its new partner Tesla around $60 million to develop the parts for the new RAV4 EV. Toyota owns a $50 million stake in Tesla earlier this year with a goal [...]
