Besides the onslaught of supercar/sports car concepts that Lotus debuted at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, it also showed a small mini electric car concept – known as the City Car Concept. According to Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, Lotus has approved the City Car Concept for production. Lotus will be building the City Car in [...]
As Ford did with the Fiesta, Nissan announced today that it has partnered up with Original Wraps to provide 2011 Nissan NV customers with vehicle graphics personalization. “We’re pleased to offer high quality, customized vehicle personalization with hundreds of different graphic designs created specially for the new Nissan NV,” said Joe Castelli, vice president, Nissan [...]
We’ve been hearing about a McLaren MP4-12C race car for quite some time now. Well, McLaren Automotive has confirmed that it plans to return to GT sports cars racing starting 2012. The company will team up with CRS Racing and will supply a limited number of its GT3 race cars, which are based on the [...]
Word on the street is that Lamborghini is getting ready to debut a three-tone color Gallardo LP560-4 at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show next month. For what reason exactly? To celebrate 150 years of Italian unification. According to rumors, the bullish brand will debut a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 with Callisto alloy wheels, redesigned interior and [...]
Detroit’s Big Three are dishing out cash to retirees and surviving spouses for inflation bonuses. GM paid out $200 million to 267,000 retirees and 72,000 surviving spouses, while Chrysler paid out $41 million, and Ford expects to do the same to the tune of $70 million. Active hourly employees at all three companies will forgo [...]
Chinese battery and car maker BYD Co. plans to finally begin test-marketing an all-electric battery car in the U.S. next year. The company is also in talks with officials in LA to supple e-buses to the city, which could in turn lead to a manufacturing plant in the city. The car was supposed to be [...]
The folks at TeamSpeed are playing the auto industry’s WikiLeaks. The site managed to get their hands on the ordering guide of the next generation Lamborghini Murcielago, which has also become known as the new Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. Click here for more news on the Lamborghini Murcielago. So what do we know so far that [...]
During 2010, most of the headlines seen coming out of Pakistan weren’t really something to be proud of for the country… until now. On Wednesday, a group of 19 school girls crammed themselves into a Smart ForTwo to set a Guinness World Record. The girl’s group was led by Aymen Saleem Yousuf. Their record breaks [...]
Honda said it is recalling 35,984 units of the Passport SUV from the 1998 to 2002 model year to inspect the front brackets of the rear suspension lower trailing links. “In areas where road salt is extensively used, the forward mounting bracket for the left or right rear suspension lower link may suffer excessive corrosion, [...]
Hyundai has announced pricing on the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, which is on sale now at your local dealer. The 2011 Sonata Hybrid comes in two trim levels including the base model starting at $25,795 and the Sonata Hybrid Premium starting at $30,795. 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Prices: Model MSRP Sonata Hybrid $25,795 Sonata Hybrid [...]
