As a tribute to Alfa Romeo’s one hundred year anniversary, Bertone displayed the Alfa Romeo Pandion Concept, ‘an aggressive yet beautiful coupe,’ at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. The concept, at least according to us, is one of the most beautiful sports cars we’ve seen in our history of automotive obsession. Bertone [...]
The Ford F-150 EcoBoost prototype has gone through some extreme testing to make sure it’s a viable engine for the everyday customer. Ford powertrain engineers have racked up the equivalent of more than 160,000 miles and 10 years of rugged use. At the 2010 Detroit Auto Show next month, Ford engineers will disassemble examine it [...]
The automotive industry took the top two spots on the 16th Annual Top 10 PR Blunders List, compiled by San Francisco’s Fineman PR. Coming at No.1 was British Petroleum and its oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. Toyota came in at No.2 with the Los Angeles Times attributing over 100 deaths to crash-causing [...]
Audi expects a very strong 2011 and is planning to add 1,200 new jobs and the launch of the biggest investment program in the company’s history. Audi plans to invest around €11.6 billion ($15.2 billion USD) between 2011 and 2015, primarily in new products and technologies, as well as in upgrading its facilities. More than [...]
In order to meet new federal fuel economy standards for cars and trucks, GM is working to reduce the future weight of its full-size pickups by 10 to 20 percent over the next ten years. “It’s a tough task, but we’re facing it as grown-ups,” said Rick Spina, GM’s full-size truck vehicle line executive. “We’re [...]
There’s no doubt about it; Ford is going strong right now and the Fusion is one hot car. For the first time since 2004, a Ford model is about to hit the 200,000-unit milestone, and the Fusion is the one making the noise. In 2004, Ford sold 248,148 Taurus sedans and 208,339 Focus compacts. Both [...]
Saab has partnered with the Swedish government to start a joint-venture that will develop transmissions for the auto industry. The company will be staffed with about 50 engineers from Saab’s powertrain division, to develop transmissions and components for Saab and other manufacturers. “This step, together with other initiatives, will drive down our break-even point and [...]
For quite some time, Saudi Arabia has represented the next frontier in industrial and economic growth, and now we are one step closer to the front; with a capital investment of $500 million, the country plans to start its first auto manufacturing company, and have a prototype out within two years. A South Korean manufacturing [...]
Wall Street seems to be saying that all systems are go for GM stock, with several big banks initiating coverage of the stock this morning including J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, and Barclays Capital. The once bankrupt and delisted company returned to the markets this fall with a bang, recording the biggest IPO to date, raking in [...]
Following a somewhat disappointing 2009, sales of the Ford F-Series pickups rebounded by at least 21 percent in 2010. In 2009, Ford sold only 413,625 F-Series pickups and in 2008 it sold 515,513 units. In 2010 so far, Ford has sold more than 500,000 F-150 light-duty and F-250, F-350 and F-450 heavy-duty trucks, according to [...]
