For any sports car in the world, a record-breaking Nurburgring lap is one of the most important deciding factors of its credibility. However, there is another place in the world where records are just as important – the Isle of Man. Located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within [...]
Earlier this year, ZF Friedrichshafen AG unveiled its new 9-speed automatic transmission. The company today is providing additional details for that 9-speed automatic transmission for vehicles with a transversely mounted engine. “Savings of up to 16 percent compared to today’s standard 6-speed automatic transmissions in front-transverse installations: The new 9-speed automatic transmission (9HP) owes this [...]
While Chrysler is eating up all the good headlines as of recently, the company’s global sales still trail the goals of CEO Sergio Marchionne set for 2011. In May, Chrysler Group LLC increased 11 percent from a year earlier. Global deliveries were up to 160,144 units last month with year through May sales increasing 17 [...]
General Motors announced today that it is rolling out a new, modern and luxurious design for its Cadillac dealerships as a part of the brand’s “Defining Moments” customer service initiative. More than 200 dealers have committed to making over their showrooms within the next two years. The new Cadillac dealerships’ theme is designed by Gensler architects [...]
BMW Canada has just released a very amazing video of a stunt driver drifting the new 2012 BMW 1-Series M Coupe through cut-outs of the model in walls – don’t understand what we’re talking about? Check out the video after the jump. Hit the jump for the video. Click here for more news on the BMW [...]
Ford announced today that it has changed up its plans for the C-MAX minivan in the United States and will now sell only the 5-seat model with either a hybrid or plug-in hybrid powertrain with sales starting. The Dearborn automaker has canceled plans to sell the 7-seat version of the C-MAX with a gasoline engine. [...]
Okay – we understand that we have to be kind to mother nature and downsize our engines and save a couple trees here and there.. but some things just shouldn’t be messed with. According to sources, Maserati is considering dropping its 4.2 liter and 4.7 liter V8 engines that it gets from Ferrari as hand-me-downs. [...]
BMW Group has announced that it will make an additional £500 million ($818 million USD) investment in its UK production network over the next three years. The move confirms that the UK will be a production location for its next generation Mini models, which include the Mini Coupe and Mini Roadster. This takes the company’s [...]
The Chevrolet Corvette returned to the world’s most-demanding testing ground and the backyard to some of its most major competitors – Germany’s Nurburgring Nordschleife. For the 2012 model year, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 recorded a lap time of 7:19.63, more than six seconds faster than the previous Corvette-best recorded in 2008 (7:26.24) – that is [...]
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, SUVs are now safer than cars of the same weight due to anti-rollover technologies pushed by automakers. The agency said in a report that SUVs in the 2006-2009 model years had a driver fatality rate half that of cars. “The rollover risk in SUVs used to outweigh their size/weight [...]
