Remember the Lightning GT EV? Yeah you probably don’t since we haven’t covered it since July, 2009. Since the unveiling of the Lightning GT in 2007, the company has appointed a new CEO (Tim Martin) and under his guidance, the company has been strongly re-engineered. According to investor Iain Sanderson, the Aston Martin DB9-sized all-electric GT [...]
Building one million of anything is a huge milestone – building one million SUVs is a whole different ballgame. Land Rover has announced that it has built the one millionth Range Rover and is donating the vehicle to Help for Heroes. The one millionth Range is a Range Rover Autobiography in ultimate black and was [...]
Audi has released a new picture with a caption reading: “2010 is the year of production starts for the Neckarsulm site: In addition to the Audi R8 Spyder, A8, A8 L and A7 Sportback, production of the new Audi A6 is also scheduled to start this year.” That’s right – the car you’re seeing under [...]
Acura has no V8 engine, no halo sports car and is no where close becoming a top tier luxury brand – and it looks like things are going to stay that way. In an interview with Automotive News, Honda Motor CEO Takanobu Ito said that there are a lot of discussions going on inside the [...]
Here is a story about disgruntled employee making our Monday news just a little more exciting. According to the Associated Press, police have taken into custody an armed employee of BMW France who allegedly took hostages at the company’s offices in Paris. The 50-year old man entered the headquarters of BMW Group France Montigny-le-Bretonneux and [...]
The Dodge Challenger is one of the most successful muscle cars of all time and for the 2011 model year, it has become even more impressive with a 392-cubic inch HEMI V8 making 470-hp engine. However, Chrysler fans are still eager to see the return of the Plymouth Barracuda, a muscle car that roamed planet [...]
There is no doubt that the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee has been a huge success for Chrysler Group LLC. The model is doing so well for the Auburn Hills automaker that CEO Sergio Marchionne said that the Cherokee may become the base for new SUVs for partner Fiat SpA. Speaking today on call with investors [...]
Rumor has it that the next Mission Impossible movie will feature Tom Cruise and the all new BMW 6-Series Convertible. The fourth installment of the series is currently filming in Dubai and the UK. According to an insider, Mission Impossible: The Ghost Protocol, will feature a car-chase scene with the new BMW 6-Series Convertible and [...]
Earlier this year, A123 Systems pulled out of a deal with Chrysler to supply battery packs for the electric version of the Fiat 500 hatchback. Chrysler has now confirmed that SB LiMotive, a joint venture between Samsung SDI and Bosch, will supply battery packs for the electric compact, which will be launched in the United [...]
Just last week, BMW took the automotive world by surprise saying that it will build the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept for series production. While the automaker didn’t confirm how much the production Vision EfficientDynamics would cost or how many it would make – we’re still pretty excited for such desirable concept to enter production. Here [...]
