Volvo’s new CEO Stefan Jacoby has prioritized development on a new entry-level SUV as a part of a broader future model strategy, reports AutoCar. The model will fit below the XC60 and is aimed at significantly increasing sales in Europe. The new Volvo XC30 is expected to hit showrooms sometime at the end of 2013 [...]
Toyota executives have told analysts that they expect U.S. industry sales to come in at 12.5 million cars and trucks in 2011 – about a million more than last year. Toyota also believes it will do better than the industry average because of the new models it plans on introducing during the year. “The first [...]
The recent snowstorm that hit New York City inspired a lot of creativity and some crazy situations. Besides the NYC sanitation team destroying a parked Ford Expedition, we had a man by the name of Chris Branca who decided to go skiing down Park Avenue between 34th and 26th Street. According to residents that saw [...]
Subaru and Toyota are both working on a rear-wheel-drive sports coupe known as the FT-86 in Toyota’s world and 086A in Subaru’s. Toyota is now also considering sharing the platform for the next-generation Highlander crossover with the Tribeca. According to a source, the two crossovers have similar dimensions. However, as with every Subaru, the problem [...]
Who drives safer in your family? Your mom or your dad? According to a recent poll, kids say that moms are safer drivers than their dads. While we’re not sure how aware kids are of near-misses, excessive speed or road rage, 70 percent believe that moms are better than their dads. Only 30 percent said [...]
Laurence Fishburne is no stranger to Cadillacs after being in a couple of of them during the filming of The Matrix series, Fishburne was recently chosen to do the voiceover on TV ad spots for Cadillac. During the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day, Cadillac debuted two commercials, “Red Blooded Luxury” and “Arrows,” featuring Fishburne’s [...]
As if there wasn’t already a bunch of buzz surrounding the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, which goes on sale earlier this year, Wayne Gerdes recently drove the car cross country on two tanks of gas while averaging 60 mpg. Gerdes is best known for his fuel-economy challenges and inventing the term hypermilling. Click here for [...]
Ferrari may not have any plans to do a four-door to compete with the likes of the Porsche Panamera, Aston Rapide and the yet-to-be confirmed Lamborghini Estoque, but come 2011 Geneva Motor Show in March, the Italian supercar maker has plans to show a shooting brake concept based on the 612 Scaglietti. Design development on [...]
The 2011 Detroit Auto Show is just a couple of days away and we’re really looking forward to the first auto show of 2011. While we’ve already seen a bunch of Detroit Auto Show previews, reports today suggest that Volkswagen will finally show its much anticipated new mid-sized sedan for the American market at the [...]
Ford hasn’t kept any secrets from us about its big green push – in fact, it’s already confirmed that the Focus Electric will be one of five new electric vehicles the Dearborn automaker will deliver over the next three years in North America and Europe. Ford today released a teaser of the Focus Electric (seen [...]
