Archive | February, 2011
All you need to know about the Alfa Romeo 4C GTA, just no pictures

All you need to know about the Alfa Romeo 4C GTA, just no pictures

Alfa Romeo has already confirmed that it will debut a concept version of the 4C GTA at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show in March. The Alfa Romeo 4C GTA is expected to be the brand’s new rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive halo coupe and will help attract more customers to the brand. The Alfa Romeo 4C GTA will [...]

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2011 Chicago: 2011 Toyota Matrix gets some upgrades

2011 Chicago: 2011 Toyota Matrix gets some upgrades

While Toyota will not be having an official press conference at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show tomorrow, it will indeed debut the 2011 Toyota Matrix in windy city. The 2011 Toyota Matrix will features new standard wheels, upgraded interior, Toyota Car complimentary maintenance plan and standard Smart/Stop technology. The 2011 Toyota Matrix is available in [...]

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2012 Subaru Impreza to debut at 2011 New York Auto Show

2012 Subaru Impreza to debut at 2011 New York Auto Show

Word on the street is that the 2012 Subaru Impreza will make its world debut at the 2011 New York Auto Show in April. The production 2012 Subaru Impreza is expected to carry many of the design cues seen in the Subaru Impreza Design Concept at the 2010 LA Auto Show. “Built to express possible [...]

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2011 Ford Territory unveiled for the land down under

2011 Ford Territory unveiled for the land down under

FoMoCo has revealed the new highly-anticipated 2011 Ford Territory for the folks that reside in the land down under. Designed and developed in Australia, the new 2011 Ford Territory is huge improvement over the outgoing model and features Ford’s kinetic design language with a TDCi engine for the top level Titanium model. The interior has [...]

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2012 Acura TL teased before Chicago debut

2012 Acura TL teased before Chicago debut

Tomorrow at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show, Acura will take the covers off of the 2012 Acura TL. For now the covers are staying on and Acura is teasing us with this image. Doesn’t really do much for us at all but Acura says that the 2012 TL will be ‘newly refined’ and all that [...]

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Marchionne apologizes for calling $12 billion bailout ‘shyster loans’

Marchionne apologizes for calling $12 billion bailout ‘shyster loans’

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne issued an apology over the weekend for describing the $12 billion his company received from the government in the form of a bailout, as ‘shyster loans’. Marchionne has been outspoken about the fact that his company has paid more than $1.2 billion in interest last year on its bailout funds, and [...]

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JD Power: 60 new or refreshed models to debut in 2011, will spur sales

JD Power: 60 new or refreshed models to debut in 2011, will spur sales

With companies getting increasingly aggressive on the design front as all manufacturers are trying to appeal to a wider audience, there will be 60 new, or substantially refreshed models hitting US roads this year, compared with just 36 in 2010. It may just be what is needed however, as one director from JD Power & [...]

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Toyota launching aggressive ad campaign with incentives

Toyota launching aggressive ad campaign with incentives

Riding the wake of improved January sales, Toyota is launching an aggressive ad campaign full of incentives similar to those of Toyotathon, through March. The company will offer 0% financing for 60 months with $500 cash back from Toyota Financial Services for the Camry. An additional $500 will be available for loyal Camry owners. US [...]

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2011 Chicago: 2012 Buick Regal eAssist gets lightly electrified fuel-economy

2011 Chicago: 2012 Buick Regal eAssist gets lightly electrified fuel-economy

On the eve of the 2011 Chicago Auto Show press days, General Motors has released information on the new 2012 Buick Regal eAssist. ‘Light electrification’ is the name of the game and that helps improve overall fuel-economy by 25 percent over the 2011 4-cylinder 6-speed automatic powertrain. Power for the 2012 Buick Regal eAssist sedan [...]

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Report: Tesla Model X SUV will be small, but will offer minivan space

Report: Tesla Model X SUV will be small, but will offer minivan space

Earlier last month, Tesla Motor CEO Elon Musk was pretty vocal about the upcoming Tesla Model X SUV, a prototype of which is expected to debut later this year. According to Edmunds’ Green Car Advisor, the Tesla Model X SUV will be the size of typical compact SUV but will have the interior space of [...]

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