Volvo is looking to make yet another safety-promoting technological advancement. So far, its cars can automatically avoid rear-end and human collisions. The next step is to prevent accidents with wildlife, by creating a system similar to the human avoidance one. The focus will be on nighttime functioning, and on bigger animals that frequently cause accidents [...]
The compact pick-up has been rendered obsolete, as they’ve been replaced by the demand of their larger siblings. Over in Australia however, they’ve been unofficially called the largest truck market in the world. As a result, compact pickups are still alive and well and Mazda has just gotten around to releasing some of the first [...]
The General has decided to change things up a bit with it’s certified pre-owned program. This Saturday, they will be introducing what they call Owner Care, which is the first CPO program to offer a two-year/30,000 mile vehicle maintenance program that covers oil changes based on the on-board monitor, tire rotations, and multi-point vehicle inspections [...]
Pierce Hoover is the father of 13-year old Nash, and a very creative parent. in an effort to tech Nash to turn of lights when they are not in use, and the value of doing so, Pierce decided to do something a bit drastic, and a lot effective. Peirce and Nash built a custom human [...]
At the 2011 CES Show in January, Hyundai introduced Blue Link in-vehicle infotainment system, which competes with the link of GM’s OnStar. The system offers more than 30 unique connectivity features, which will will be available on future Hyundai models Hyundai will offer the Blue Link system with an annual subscription fee in three packages: Assurance, Essentials, [...]
General Motors is recalling more than 50,000 units of the Cadillac SRX in North America over an airbag issue. GM notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the right side head-protecting air bag won’t deploy in a crash if no one is riding in the front seat. That would take away full protection from a [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has started its $8.75 million study of whether lithium-ion batteries in electric cars post a potential fire hazard. Kevin Vincent, the chief counsel of the NHTSA, said that the agency is looking at whether the high-voltage batteries can cause fire while being charged or when the vehicle is involved [...]
BMW of North America announced today that the U.S. market is finally getting its very own dedicated Frozen M3 special edition. Known as the 2011 Frozen Black Edition M3, only 20 units of the model will be produced and will be exclusive to the U.S. market. The 2011 Frozen Black Edition M3 Coupe features BMW [...]
Since yesterday General Motors announced that the 2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 set a new Nurburgring lap record, we felt it was only right to put the car in a ‘Let’s Talk Numbers’ battle against its biggest competitor – the 2012 Nissan GT-R. For argument sake, we even added the Nurburgring for each car’s 2012 model [...]
The 2012 Chevrolet Volt is here… well, almost. General Motors said today that Chevrolet dealers in all 50 states are now staking orders for the 2012 Chevrolet Volt with suggest retail price of $39,995 (or $32,495 assuming a full federal tax credit of $7,500, which is subject to the customer’s eligibility). That price tag is [...]
