Building on the success of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, the German automaker is planning a smaller version of the four-door-coupe. The new model is expected to be inspired by the new Mercedes-Benz CLS and the F800 Concept, seen at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Based on Mercedes’ new front-wheel-drive MFA platform, which will also be used [...]
Toyota Motor Corporation today unveiled its ‘Toyota Global Vision’ corporate outline for the future, which will serve as the direction to Toyota employees around the world and will also to convey such direction to customers and to the public at large. “Toyota will lead the way to the future of mobility, enriching lives around the [...]
General Motors announced today that it is recalling 10,179 units of the 2011 Buick LaCrosse sedans and Cadillac SRX crossovers in the United States to address a software glitch in the climate control system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the glitch could prevent the defroster from clearing the windshield, which would decrease the driver’s [...]
Come April 29, 2011, a lot of car enthusiasts will be headed to the theaters to watch Fast Five, the fifth installment in the Fast and Furious collection. Universal Pictures has just released a new trailer to keep us excited. Hit the jump for the trailer.
Coda Automotive said that it hopes to sell 50,000 vehicles by 2015 with most of the sales coming from the United States, according to the company’s CEO Phil Murtaugh. Earlier last year, Coda delayed the launch date of its battery powered sedan until the second half of 2011. Coda will be producing the Coda EV [...]
With all the safety issues currently being pursued or examined by the NHTSA, it may come as a bit of a surprise that the agency announced on Monday that it wouldn’t pursue a recent proposal requiring automakers to install an auto-reverse function on cars with express power-up windows. At least 2,000 ER visits each year [...]
Nobody likes a downtrodden economy, but there is one perk; less people going to work has meant less cars on the road, and thus less traffic and congestion. That is going to be changing soon however, as the economy picks up and people return to work. “There’s a real chance that congestion is going to [...]
Old GM has reached a settlement with the government to the tune of $51 million to resolve environmental liabilities at 34 locations. The settlement represents number 8 for Motors Liquidation Co., of which more than $800 million has been recovered for cleanup. As part of the latest settlement, the US EPA will receive stock and [...]
Spurred by strong demand of its Prius model, Toyota has topped 3 million hybrid sales. The world’s leading auto manufacturer has sold over 3.03 million gas-electric hybrid vehicles since the Prius first rolled out in Japan back in ’97. The flagship model accounts for over 70% of the company’s global hybrid sales. Of the 7.53 [...]
Transformer fans pay attention here for a second. You think your probably the No. 1 fan of the robot alien franchise but we believe this Chinese designed, who goes by the name of Steel Legend, may have one up on you. Inspired by the Megatron tank from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Steel Legend [...]
