Toyota has something to be really proud of today – the brand regained its position as the world’s most valuable auto brand despite it’s massive recall woes. Toyota’s brand value jumped 11 percent to $24.2 billion in BrandZ Top 100 annual ranking of the world’s most valuable brands, making it the No. 1 brand in [...]
The Toyota Prius Plug-in hybrid will begin arriving at dealers in 15 launch states in spring of next year, with a nationwide roll-out in 2013. According to Nikkei business daily in Japan, Toyota plans on making plug-in technology standard in the Prius starting in 2014. The Toyota Prius Plug-in hybrid is capable of driving about [...]
Last week, we here at egmCarTech launched a new segment called ‘Let’s Talk Numbers,’ where we take two or more vehicles and do a straight number battle and leave it up to you guys to decide which car is a better buy. We launched the segment with two new, fast and gas-guzzling supercars – the Ferrari 458 Italia vs. [...]
Aston Martin has a big heart and we’re not talking about the engines under the hood of its supercars – we’re talking about the company’s philanthropy. Aston Martin CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez will auction his company Rapide sedan at this year’s annual Bonhams auction at Newport Pagnell, with all proceeds to go to charities that are [...]
The biggest pain of any entrepreneur that owns a start-up is to get a bunch of people to check out or buy his/her new product or service. Being an electric-car startup could be even more of a pain in the butt since you either have to launch your own dealer network or manage to get [...]
Our favorite concept t0 debut at the 2011 New York Auto Show last month has to be the new Scion FR-S Concept. The Scion version of rear-wheel-drive Toyota’s FT-86 Coupe will be coming to the United States next year and will be powered by a flat 2.0-liter boxer engine in at the front making somewhere close [...]
Feeling a bit lazy on the first day of the week? Here is something to take your mind of the long week ahead of you. Porsche has just released the online configurator for the new 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0. Click here to build your own Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0. Click here for [...]
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has confirmed that the German automaker will build a range of plug-in hybrid vehicles starting in 2013. Winterkorn made the announcement at the Vienna Motor Symposium this week. However, he didn’t specify which vehicles will get the plug-in powertrain. “The plug-in hybrid offers precisely what many customers expect: unlimited internal combustion engine [...]
President Obama’s plan to have the government employ a fleet of vehicles that uses alternative fuels, such as ethanol, may actually end up increasing the use of gasoline, rather than decreasing it. Last year, 55% of fleet vehicles capable of running on E85 – a blend of 15% gasoline and 85% ethanol – were given [...]
Crude oil prices last week have decreased the most they have since back in 2008, when American refineries were crippled in the wake of a massive hurricane, and Lehman Brothers went belly-up. With crude prices below $100 per barrel for the first time in two months, experts expect that the price of gas can dip [...]
