A private parking garage was receiving repeated reports from patrons that their cars were being keyed. Susan Wassell was one of the victims of the keying who also found a note calling her an idiot and telling her to take parking lessons. All of the people who had their vehicles vandalized were parked outside the [...]
General Motors is still letting us now how it’s allocating its $2 billion in U.S. investment that it recently announced for 17 facilities in eight states. The Detroit automaker announced yesterday that it will invest $130 million to build an enterprise data center at its Technical Center campus in Warren, Mich. The investment will add [...]
Sales of the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle start in October and prices will start at $19,765 including a $770 destination charge for the base model. The 2012 Volkswagen Beetle base model is powered by a 2.4L 5-cylinder engine that produces 170-hp and a peak torque of 177 lb-ft. Mated to a 5-speed manual, fuel-economy comes in [...]
General Motors Opel and Vauxhall have finally unveiled the new Astra GTC three-door sport hatchback, which will debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show later this year. A huge step up from the past Astra models, the new 2012 Opel Astra GTC stands out with a new aggressive design and strong driving capabilities (at least [...]
Over the weekend, BMW released the first images and details of the 2012 BMW 1-Series hatchback, which will go on sale in Europe later this year. Today, images of the 2012 BMW 1-Series M Sport Package were leaked. Click here for our original post on the 2012 BMW 1-Series. Refresher: The 2012 BMW 1-Series will go [...]
It turns out that the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid will be a very important ‘green’ model for the Japanese brand. Despite being the first on the market with a gasoline-electric hybrid in the United States with the first-generation Insight, Honda’s recent hybrid models have started falling off. However, the 2012 Honda Civic is the first [...]
Last week, Mercedes-Benz celebrated 60-years of the Unimog with 1:12.5 scale of the model built by LEGO consisting of 2,048 parts. The company is now continuing the celebration with a unique design concept based on the U 5000 with its outstanding off-road capabilities. The design concept was created as joint cooperation between the MBS development team, the Daimler [...]
Here is a little interesting excerpt from BMW of North America CEO Jim O’Donnell’s interview with Automotive News. When asked if the ”demand increasing for the small 1 series — and can you get more?” O’Donnell responded: We are not bringing in any more 1 series. We do not like to push that car. We like [...]
Following reports of Mazda ending its joint venture with Ford last week, Mazda confirmed today that it will build the next-generation Mazda6 at its Hofu Plant in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. “Currently, production of the Mazda6 (known as Atenza in Japan) exists in three locations: at our Hofu Plant in Japan, AutoAlliance International (AAI) in Michigan, [...]
Ever wonder what it would be like to go car-shopping if you were a billionaire? Well, Robb Report is here to help with its lists of 36 categories that tickle the fancy of a billionaire. Of course, the results aren’t that surprising as you’ll see that cars like the Ferrari 458 Italia, Aston Martin V12 [...]
