Archive | April, 2011
Forbes: U.S. is still king of making low quality cars

Forbes: U.S. is still king of making low quality cars

There is no question that Detroit’s Big Three have made huge strides – leaps and bounds even – to produce the caliber of car that is coming out of The Motor City as of late; cars that look better, drive better, are made better, and cars that have greater marketability than before. “This change is [...]

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Today on April 27, Pontiac was killed exactly two years ago

Today on April 27, Pontiac was killed exactly two years ago

It’s April 27, 2011  - on April 27, 2009, General Motors released a chilling press release for Pontiac fans saying they will be axing the brand from their portfolio. “As part of the revised Viability Plan and the need to move faster and further, GM in the U.S. will focus its resources on four core [...]

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BMW M1 with 2,747 miles up for sale on eBay

BMW M1 with 2,747 miles up for sale on eBay

Regardless of the type of ride one may be into, car enthusiasts of all sorts derive much pleasure from perusing the Craigslist autos section, or any other vehicle listing source for that matter. EBay is one such source to look for cars both locally and nationally, and has a reputation for turning up gems every [...]

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BMW X3 Games in Geneva start Thursday, winning team gets three BMW X3s

BMW X3 Games in Geneva start Thursday, winning team gets three BMW X3s

For those missing the thrill of a good sporting competition this year, with the next Olympics being a good year off, BMW has come to offer some relief with its BMW X3 games in Geneva, Switzerland. The competition features entrants from 19 European countries who will compete in a multi-sport amateur competition. Each team is [...]

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Infiniti JX will be built at Nissan’s Tennessee plant

Infiniti JX will be built at Nissan’s Tennessee plant

A coupe days before the 2011 New York Auto Show, Nissan confirmed that it is working on a new three-row luxury crossover that will go on sale in the United States in spring 2012 as a 2013 model. Carlos Tavares, chairman of Nissan Americas, has confirmed that the new 7-passenger Infiniti JX crossover will be [...]

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BMW i8 spotted in Mumbai during Mission Impossible 4 filming

BMW i8 spotted in Mumbai during Mission Impossible 4 filming

The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics, aka the BMW i8, was spotted on the set of Mission Impossible 4 earlier this year. The new fuel-efficient supercar from BMW was recently spotted once again in the outskirts of Mumbai during the filming of the fourth installment for Mission Impossible. ‘Mission Impossible: The Ghost Protocol’ is scheduled to hit [...]

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Top Gear’s Hammond buys Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, wife drives Fiat 500

Top Gear’s Hammond buys Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, wife drives Fiat 500

Top Gear’s Richard Hammond gets to drive some of the hottest supercars in the world as a part of his job but that doesn’t mean he can’t buy one. A big fan of Porsche, Hammond recently made decided to go a different route and purchased a new Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder has his new ride. While [...]

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Study finds that woman go for practicality when buying a car, men go for looks

Study finds that woman go for practicality when buying a car, men go for looks

We’re not really surprised here but a study by TrueCar.com shows that women are more practical than men when it comes to buying a new car. TrueCar.com’s study was based on over eight million retail purchases in 2010. “The study shows that women car buyers are more cost-conscious and purchased fuel-efficient vehicles while male buyers were [...]

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No plans to bring lightweight BMW M3 Sedan to the stateside

No plans to bring lightweight BMW M3 Sedan to the stateside

Earlier this month we saw pictures of what is being called a GTS version of the BMW M3 Sedan. Details are still a bit vague, but BMW promises to provide more info at the M Festival at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring later this year. Not really caring to wait for additional details, the folks [...]

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Luxgen Neora Concept electric-sedan can go from 0 to 60 in 6.5 secs

Luxgen Neora Concept electric-sedan can go from 0 to 60 in 6.5 secs

Want an electric-cars with some oomph to it? Yulon Motor, Taiwan’s largest automaker may be onto something. At the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show, Yulon unveiled its Luxgen Neora Concept, an electric-sedan concept that also provides design cues for future Luxgen models. Power comes from a 241-hp electric motor fueled by a 48-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack. [...]

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