Here is one of the weirdest recalls we’ve probably ever seen in history. Volkswagen is recalling about 20 new Beetles and replacing them with identical vehicles. What’s the reason? Apparently there is an issue when the cars were made and whether or not they complied with particular crash-test regulations. Starting Sept. 1, all vehicles sold [...]
It’s nice to see the Italians and Americans working together. Fiat and Chrysler Group LLC announced today that they will build a total of 280,000 compact SUVs a year for the Alfa Romeo and Jeep brands starting in 2012. The move is part of a new joint venture that will operate at Fiat’s Mirafiori plant [...]
FoMoCo has announced that it wants to match the fuel-economy figures set by Volkswagen and its BlueMotion variant vehicles. Global product boss Derek Kuzak said the key to frugality continues to be the main focus during the development of Ford vehicles. Kuzak and his team are tackling issues such as weight, low rolling resistance and [...]
With a BMW M3 Coupe and the BMW M3 sedan it is a bit of a mystery that there is BMW M3 station wagon. While we could care less about a station wagon M3, it would be a nice answer to the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon and for those looking to haul around their kids [...]
It seems like Fiat and Sergio Marchionne are doing their jobs. Just a year and half after coming out of a government-sponsored bankruptcy, Chrysler posted a fourth quarter operating profit of $198 million and $736 for the full year. “As Chrysler Group’s brand displays at the Detroit auto show confirmed, the Company has lived up [...]
Strategic Vision’s Totale Value study, now in its fourteenth year, is known as the industry’s most comprehensive ‘value study.’ The group has now announced the Total Vale Index leaders of 2010 with Volkswagen of America coming in as the corporate leader. FoMoCo also ranked ahead of American Honda for the first time and the 2011 [...]
One of the things we would have really enjoyed seeing at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show was Ford’s tear down of the 2011 F-150 EcoBoost ‘hero’ engine. Instead of disassembling the engine in front of press, Ford decided to take it apart in from of the public. Over the past three months, Ford’s EcoBoost engine [...]
Every rumor or speculation you hear on the internet should be taken with a grain of salt, which leads us to this picture of what looks like the BMW 1-Series Gran Turismo that popped up on the web earlier this week. According to reports, the 1-Series Gran Turismo is internally known as the Compact Activity [...]
Following the official preview and a video of the Ferrari FF undergoing winter testing, the Italian automaker has released a new video of the new all-wheel-drive model testing at the Balocco Proving Ground… at night. Click here for our original post on the Ferrari FF. Hit the jump for the video. Refresher: The Ferrari FF [...]
Tired of not having signal when traveling somewhere in the boondocks, mountain pass or a concrete canyon. General Motors is working on a solution that will give the on-the-go consumer nothing to worry about wireless signal strength. The first vehicle to get the technology will be the 2011 GMC Yukon Denali. The tech-savvy engineers at [...]
