Here is some quick boring recall news: Toyota is recalling 1,489 units of the FJ Cruiser and Tundra vehicles because the tire pressure monitoring system may not be properly calibrated. The recall covers 2011 FJ Cruisers 2009-2011 model year Tundras sold with accessory light-truck tires where the tire pressure warning lamp may not light-up if the pressure in [...]
The California New Car Dealers Association says Chrysler’s factory-owned dealership in Los Angeles is illegal. The association filed a petition on March 21 with California New Motor Vehicle Board calling for an investigation and asking the board to punish Chrysler, which could possibly lead to a suspension of the store’s business license. The petition says [...]
As reported earlier this month, Porsche Automobil Holding SE was looking for a new strategy to attract investors as a stand-alone company since a merger with Volkswagen AG is starting too become unlikely – well, they’ve figured it out. Porsche SE said that it will start a 5 billion euro ($7 billion) share sale on [...]
Chrysler has just dropped a bunch of new images of the 2011 Dodge Charger. We’ve updated our high-res gallery for you, which you can check out after the jump. Click here for more news on the Dodge Charger. Hit the jump for the updated high-res gallery. Refresher: Power for the entry level 2011 Dodge Charger SE and [...]
A Los Angeles Jaguar dealership is pulling in interesting publicity stunt. Galpin Jaguar is offering a $1,000 American Express Gift Card to anyone who test drives a new Jaguar and ends up buying a competing model. “If a customer buys or leases an eligible comparably equipped Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lexus or Porsche within 10-days after [...]
General Motors has been receiving a bunch of positive press as of late. Just over a year since the Detroit automaker came out of bankruptcy, it has become a leaner and meaner auto-making machine and has relisted its shares on major world stock exchanges with one of the world’s largest IPOs of all time. However, [...]
While another British magazine ended up damaging a Ferrari FF during a test-drive, our friends over at AutoCar managed to finish their test-drive without any hassles. Check out AutoCar’s 2012 Ferrari FF review right here after the jump. Click here for more news on the Ferrari FF. Refresher: Power for the Ferrari FF comes from a 6.3L [...]
It’s time for another Aston Martin high-res gallery update. The automaker has just dropped a bunch of new high-res photos of the 2011 Aston Martin V8 Vantage S and the V8 Vantage S Roadster for your viewing pleasure. Hit the jump for the updated high res gallery. Click here for our original post on the [...]
FoMoCo’s Brazilian unit has filed a criminal lawsuit against the local management of Nissan for airing a TV commercial that says that the United States automaker charges customers too much for hatchback models. The commercial shows two wrappers dressed has Ford engineers flaunting money that they apparently pocketed by overpricing the hatchback Focus. A silver [...]
Following Ford’s announcement of restricting the colors black and red due to supplier restrictions as a result of the quake in Japan, Chrysler asked its dealers to restrict orders of 10 colors. The move is being made due to a potential shortage of a paint pigment from a supplier in Japan. In a letter to [...]
