According to IHS Automotive, 4-cylinder engines have replaced 6-cylinder units as America’s most popular choice. 4-bangers now power 43 percent of U.S. light vehicles sold in the United States in the first half of 2011. In 2005, V6 engines were almost identical to 43 percent of vehicles sold. V8 engines have lost has lost their [...]
You can pretty much buy anything off of the Internet. Whether it’s a house, boat, car, or just a new TV, the Internet has become, amongst a number of things, a worldwide shopping mall. As a result, Toyota’s Scion division is talking about adopting Amazon.com-style online retailing tactics in order to appeal more to the [...]
Earlier this week, we provided news that Fiat was increasing their stake in the Chrysler Auto Group well past 50%. However, despite Fiat’s prominence over Chrysler, Chrysler’s out standing sales in the US market and growth in Brazil has allowed the American auto manufacturer to offset Fiat’s less successful sales in Europe. “Chrysler will generate [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration has just announced that it will be looking into nearly 4,400 Lotus Elises between 2005-2006 as owners have complained about finding oil leaking on a tire, causing handling problems. The document was filed on Friday after nearly 17 complaints from Elise owners who said that an oil-cooler line broke [...]
As part of Toyota’s efforts to find how well their Prius plug-in hybrid works in the real world, Toyota leased 20 third-generation Prius plug-ins through EDF Energy, a leasing program that works with businesses and fleet management in London, UK. Just recently, the study hit its first year out of three, which began last summer. [...]
McLaren Automotive announced that McLaren GT will make its return to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit this weekend for Total 24 Hours of Spa. The move follows a successful race debut there in the British GT Championship early in July. The second race in the MP4-12C GT3′s development program will see ten experienced racing drivers pilot a trio [...]
Hyundai confirmed via Twitter today that the 2012 Hyundai Azera will make its debut at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show in November. “We’re in the final stages of ride/handling tuning for the 2012 Azera, and it’s dialing in nicely. Look out for it at the LA Auto Show,” Hyundai CEO John Krafcik said in a [...]
Porsche’s famous tuning firm, RUF, has just unveiled its latest and greatest super car: the CTR3. Featuring an all-new mid-engined layout, galvanized steel body and longer wheel base, the new CTR3 is based on the most recent Cayman. Mated to a six-speed sequential manual cog swapper, power comes from a twin-turbocharged 3.8L flat-six that’s good [...]
One of the many ways General Motors made sure that one of its newest models was built to ‘world-class’ standards was through the quality of their seats. That’s why the next generation Malibu boasts to have the most comfortable seats in its class. Thanks to the engineers specifically hired for the task, Daniel Cohen and [...]
Last year, BMW introduced their Concept Gran Coupe at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show. Pegged to be a direct competitor to the Mercedes-Benz CLS and more recently, the Audi A7 Sportback, the Concept Gran Coupe is basically an elongated BMW 6-Series with two extra doors. Now, BMW has just recently released official spy photos for [...]
