FoMoCo announced yesterday that it is opening 66 new dealerships in China by the end of 2010 bringing its grand total of new dealerships to 100 in China in 2010. The Dearborn automaker has a total of 340 stores in China. The new dealerships are being opening due to surging demand in the country and [...]
Aston Martin today announced the new Vantage GT4 for 2011, which now features enhanced aerodynamics and increased downforce. The 2011 model year Aston Martin Vantage GT4 also gets a remapped 4.7L engine with more horsepower and torque. The 2011 Aston Martin Vantage GT4′s new splitter increases downforce at the front and at the rear the [...]
Everyone has their favorite car chase scene and some have many. Tonight on Thanksgiving, SPEED TV enters the conversation with a two-hour special called, Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chases. It all starts at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. “New York City’s Pangolin Pictures looks at the last 40 years of cinematic car chases, re-living many great [...]
Pininfarina recently handed over the one-off Lancia Stratos to one lucky Germany millionaire by the name of Michael Stoschek. Stoschek commissioned Pininfarina to build him a one-off, modern-day version of the Stratos and took delivery of the car earlier this month. What’s cooler than having a one-off supercar made just for you? Having the boss [...]
With sales of the Cayenne SUV more than doubling the recently introduced Panamera almost doubling in sales, Porsche Automobil Holding SE saw its operating profit surge. Earnings before interest and tax were 395 million euros between August and October, up from 52 million euros the year previous. Click here for more news on the Porsche [...]
The government is certainly the main catalyst keeping the hybrid car market alive, but not in the way you may think. Since President Obama took office, the government has purchased 1/4 of the hybrid cars purchased in this country. The General Services Administration, the government agency responsible for fleet management, bought at least 14,584 hybrid [...]
The NHTSA has released results from the first batch of pickup trick crash testig using the agency’s recently overhauled five-star New Car Assessment Program. The trucks tested were the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2011 GMC Sierra 1500, 2011 Ram 1500, and 2011 Toyota Tacoma. Platform siblings, the Silverado and Sierra scored the highest ratings. There [...]
There is a lot for us to be thankful for this Holiday season. First and foremost, we are thankful for still having an automotive industry to provide coverage on – especially when you take a look at and realize how far the American auto industry has come from its huge downturn last year. Second, we [...]
The very first 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition sold for $297,000 at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Beach earlier this year. While the winner also won the unique opportunity to watch the car going down the assembly line at the famed Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, KY, he could have waited and saved [...]
At the 2010 LA Auto Show, Mercedes-AMG and Ducati announced that they have entered into an agreement by which the two will work closely together in the future. According to sources, the partnership could end up in AMG taking over Ducati. AMG is unlikely to make any move for a couple of years, while the [...]
