Suzuki will launch a new ad blitz on Christmas Day in a campaign that will pit the performance of its 2011 Kizashi Sport sedan against the Audi A4, Mercedes-Benz C300 and the Acura TSX. Known as Kizashi Kicks, the 15-second and 30-second TV ads will show performance tests between the Kizashi and other vehicles. According to [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced today that a total of 66 vehicles earned the Top Safety Pick award for 2011 including 40 cars, 25 SUVs and a minivan. “Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes based on good ratings in [...]
In tough times, even the richest people need to tighten the purse straps. In order to retain the feel of a luxury car without dishing out the cash, many are turning to cars like the Buick LaCrosse and Hyundai Genesis, as they offer amenities without flamboyance. Analysts are able to see what vehicles are traded [...]
A number of factors could lead to a sharp drop in US gas consumption, experts say. Decline in demand and more fuel-efficient vehicles, will help U.S. gas consumption drop at least 20%. Gasoline consumption peak din 2006, since which there has been an 8% drop. Industry heavyweights are also conceding that gas consumption has hit [...]
Ford is poised to overthrow Toyota, and regain the number 2 sales spot in the U.S., after its biggest one-year gain in market share since the 1980′s. Ford’s US sales rate has been nearly double that of the industry. 2010 also marks the first time since 1993 that Ford has posted back-to-back gains over a [...]
In its bid to surpass Toyota as the number one auto manufacturer in the world, Volkswagen will begin local production in Malaysia toward the end of 2011 when it starts to produce the Passat there, later adding production of the Polo and Jetta models at the end of 2012. Christian Klingler, VW sales and marketing [...]
Something’s going on at the Nurburgring Norschleife and they need your help. Apparently some financing was promised to make some much-needed repairs at the famous German track “but this soon turned out to be fake.” The Minister of Finance had to resign as a consequence. Either way, Sabine Schmitz, the queen of the ‘Ring, and [...]
Earlier this year, General Motors’ CEO Dan Akerson said that he is looking for ways to triple the production of the new 2011 Chevrolet Volt. Well, there’s a reason behind all that. Akerson wants triple GM’s target for electric-car sales by expanding the market for the Chevrolet Volt and adding models that would share similar technology, [...]
Will Acura add any additional members to its product lineup? The Acura RL and the ZDX crossover were just upgraded for the 2011 model year (not a significant upgrade at all) but according to executives there might be another model around the horizon. Along with a new revamped RL flagship sedan, which is scheduled to [...]
Honda’s Chinese division, Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., has released a new compact sedan for the Chinese market. Known as the Li Nian S1 the compact Honda sedan comes with a choice of a 1.3L or a 1.5L engine. Honda said it is “targeting the younger generation in China, it adopts a powerful, energetic and outstanding [...]
