Rivian Automotive, a small company established in Florida, just got a huge break. The designer of the McLaren F1, Peter Stevens, has just taken a new spot as Rivian’s director of design. The small automotive company has big ambition, with a goal of producing environmentally friendly performance cars and is currently working on developing a [...]
McLaren Automotive has had a goal set to expand upon its international market by opening up dealer networking overseas. In line with that goal, the supercar brand just opened the doors at two new dealerships in Germany. Hamburg and Dusseldorf are the latest locations, with opening day hitting right before the Formula 1 German Grand [...]
Walgreens has just released information on its plans to install electric-vehicle charging stations. By this year’s close, the store should have stations installed at 800 of its locations. New York will be the first to get the charging stations, which will be both built and services by NRG Energy. Stations will be made on two [...]
Daimler AG has announced an investment of more than $2 billion for upgrading and expanding operations at its U.S. auto assembly plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The announcement came during the production of the first new 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class at the Tuscaloosa plant. “A total amount of more than 2 billion US dollars is invested for [...]
Research and development for any car and any manufacturer is a downright tedious and stressful process. However, General Motors decided to share one of its newest tactics that will help reduce the cost and time of R&D. Where as companies these days spend many hours and dollars with engineers and designers, who carve out clay [...]
A couple years ago, Italy shocked the automotive world when they introduced Lamborghini’s offerings of a V10 Gallardo designed completely to be a police interceptor on the Autostrada. And they’re doing it again as Italy has just unveiled two new Lotus Evora S’s for the Carabinieri or Military Police. For those of you who don’t [...]
Aston Martin, much like many of its other counterparts in the auto industry, are expanding their lineups more than ever, though not just to reduce the company’s CAFE or Corporate Average Fuel Economy like the Aston Martin Cygnet, the hideous Toyota iQ based luxury subcompact. In order to expand their offerings and increase sales and [...]
Chrysler has been on a very strong upward trend, both as a company and with their products. However, much of this is attributed to Fiat’s purchase of the Chrysler Group LLC because without the acquisition, for all we know Chrysler could’ve ended up the same way the company’s former subsidiary Plymouth did: dead. When Fiat [...]
MTM’s has released their version of the Audi A1, called the Nardo Edition.Apart from some head turning paint, the exterior remains mostly untouched, with the exception of wheel covers used to upgrade aerodynamics. It seems that under the hood is where the Nardo Edition sees all the action. Click here for more news on the [...]
The Sovrano 2011 is DMC of Germany’s latest tune that starts off as a stock Maserati Gran Turismo. The Maserati gets fully redone everywhere that it counts. Interior mods result in a nice-looking two tone made up of leather upholstery with checkered stitching on the seams. The driver’s side gets a new sport steering wheel [...]
