Here is a lesson on how not to represent a company left to you by your family. An heiress to the FoMoCo throne was arrested late Sunday in Ferndale and is being accused of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Elena Ford, 44, is Henry Ford’s great-great-granddaughter and is the most prominent member of the family at [...]
In-car telematics and infotainment systems are becoming more and more popular by the day, especially when it comes to plug-in hybrid and electric-vehicles. Why? Well, because owning an electric-vehicle or plug-in hybrid can be a hassle and syncing all your technology/gadgets together just makes the whole electrifying process easier. Microsoft and Toyota announced today that [...]
Mopar is on a sketch releasing rampage. Following a sketch of the Mopar 2011 Dodge Charger released yesterday, Mopar and Chrysler Group’s Ram Truck brand today announced a joint sponsorship for The Off-Raod Championship series in 2011 with a sketch of the Ram Truck Mopar sponsored TORC Series truck. The partnership between Ram Truck and Mopar [...]
Meet Europe’s most fuel-efficient compact car – the 2012 Ford Focus ECOnetic. The new Focus ECOnetic features a host of advanced fuel-saving technologies that are expected to make it more fuel efficient than any other compact on the road today in Europe, including diesel, gasoline and hybrid powered vehicles. Power for the 2012 Ford Focus ECOnetic [...]
According to new reports, Renault plans on introducing a range of off-roaders based on the CAPTUR Concept that it unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show last month. Executives have told AutoExpres that the CAPTUR crossover will be the smallest model in a new family of three SUVs that it is producing with its alliance [...]
Pagani Automobili SpA has announced its dealership network for the United States. Only two dealerships, The Auto Gallery of Beverly Hills and British Motor Cars in San Francisco, will be selling the company’s latest model, the Pagani Huayra. “Both dealerships will begin taking orders for the Huayra in mid-2011, with the first customer deliveries expected [...]
According to two people that spoke with Bloomberg, Fiat SpA aims to increase its stake in Chrysler Group to 30 percent within the next few weeks after it clears two U.S. government demands linked to receiving increased share holding. Fiat has met the second demand of $1.5 billion in revenue outside North America at Chrysler [...]
If this is your first time hearing about this, here’s a little update for you on this Tesla Motors vs Top Gear matter. On March 30, 2011 Tesla launched a section on its http://www.teslamotors.com/teslavstopgear, which states that Tesla has sued the BBC television program Top Gear for ‘libel and malicious falsehood.’ Tesla said that during Top [...]
Subaru is teasing the all new 2012 Subaru Impreza sedan prior to the models debut at the 2011 New York Auto Show. At the show, the 4-door 2012 Impreza will also be joined by the 5-door hatch. “The new Impreza will deliver 36 MPG highway, the highest fuel economy of any all-wheel drive car on [...]
Toyota announced today that it has sold the one-millionth Toyota Prius in the United States. This is the third milestone for Toyota’s hybrid lineup in the last six months that started with the announcement of worldwide Toyota Prius sales topping two million in October 2010. Overall global Toyota hybrid sales passed three million last month. [...]
