Earlier this year, GM said that it will discontinue sales of the 2.8L V6 turbocharged Cadillac SRX due to sluggish sales, since most of the sales came from the 3.0 L V6 model. Now that was sad new for some since the 2.8L V6 turbo made 300-hp and the 3.0L V6 made 265-hp. Well, GM [...]
At the 2011 New York Auto Show next week, BMW’s Joe Wierda, Product Manager, will debut and provide a in-depth look at the company’s new TwinPower Turbo 4-cylinder engine. Wierda will discuss the technical highlights which enables this all new engine to combine the performance of a normally-aspirated 6 cylinder with the efficiency of a [...]
Nothing shows off a new vehicle better than putting it in front of thousands of people in Washington, D.C. during the annual Cherry Blossom Parade. That’s what Dodge ended up doing this past Saturday but things didn’t really turn out as they’d hoped. To show off the new 2011 Dodge Durango’s towing capability, the SUV [...]
It was reported earlier this month that Fiat is looking to increase its stake in Chrysler within a few weeks. Well, a ‘few weeks’ have apparently come and gone within one week because Fiat announced today that it has increased its stake in Chrysler from 25 percent to 30 percent. The move comes as result [...]
According to CNW Research, automakers and dealers are seeing the highest transaction prices in 15 years for vehicles sold in the United States, due to high demand and a shrinking supply of new vehicles. The figures are based on early April sales where new cars and trucks sold at 87 percent of MSRP, the highest [...]
In a memo to its United States dealers, Toyota said that new vehicles could be in short supply this summer due to production slowdowns in North American and Japan. In the memo, Toyota’s U.S. general manager Bob Carter said that the company is producing cars and trucks at a significantly reduced level in April and hasn’t [...]
There is no debate that Ferrari owners buy the company’s supercars only for their exclusivity and performance. I highly doubt that they care about how the brand is cutting CO2 emissions, but if they do, they’ll be pleased to know that Ferrari is making the most significant progress of Europe’s high-end supercar makers in reducing [...]
WardsAuto has released its list of 10 Best Interiors for 2011. The list is a result of a lot of work done by the team at WardsAuto, where editors drove 51 vehicles that were all-new or featured significantly upgraded interiors to determine the 2011 winners. “We’ve never evaluated so many vehicles for any awards competition [...]
Reports coming out of Coventry, England suggest that Jaguar is developing an SUV that could hit dealerships in four years. The Jaguar SUV will pitches at the upper-end of the market and will compete with the likes of the Porsche Cayenne, BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz ML and the Audi Q7. Sources say that the Jaguar SUV [...]
According to General Motors spokesman Dave Darovitz, the company is moving up production of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu by four months ahead of schedule. GM was originally scheduled to start production of the next-generation Malibu in mid-2012 but after CEO Dan Akerson urged those involved with the production, the process has been moved up by [...]
