Archive | August, 2011
Lightning Motorcycles sets first electric motorcycle land speed record at 208.386 mph

Lightning Motorcycles sets first electric motorcycle land speed record at 208.386 mph

The Bonneville Salt Flats is every speed freak’s holy grail. It’s no wonder that it is home to some of the fastest land speed records of all time. And that’s why it’s also used for a testing ground to see who can brake the land speed record for a specific type of vehicle. Lightning Motorcycles [...]

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Cadillac, Toyota and Lexus top annual customer satisfaction index, BMW drops

Cadillac, Toyota and Lexus top annual customer satisfaction index, BMW drops

A new survey is out by the American Customer Satisfaction Index and they found that Cadillac and Toyota with their Lexus subsidiary have topped this year’s annual ranking of automakers. Based on a scale of 100, Toyota was the only non-premium brand on the top five list tying with Cadillac and Lexus at a score [...]

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Hennessey Venom GT making official U.S. debut at Monterey

Hennessey Venom GT making official U.S. debut at Monterey

With only five units made each year, Hennessey’s Venom GT is a highly anticipated and exclusive supercar. The models are created by the hands of a small team in six month’s time, at one of three locations in either Texas, California, or England. The $950,000 price tag will get you one amazing machine, with available [...]

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Video: Meet the most powerful electric-car on Earth

Video: Meet the most powerful electric-car on Earth

Quimera recently released a video for its AEGT supercar, promoting it as the “most powerful electric car on Earth”. The AEGT zips by in the video with 700-hp behind it, at 737 lb-ft of torque. If that isn’t impressive enough for an electric vehicle, it tops out at 300mph, and hits 0-62mph in just 3 [...]

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Saab pulls out of 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show

Saab pulls out of 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show

What was probably inevitable in the first place, Saab confirmed today. The Swedish automaker will not be attending the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September as it struggles to raise cash to pay off its suppliers. A Saab spokesperson said that the company continues to focus its resources on restarting production at its factory in [...]

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Ford Mustang Boss Track Attack Days now open Miller Motorsports Park

Ford Mustang Boss Track Attack Days now open Miller Motorsports Park

Owners of the new 2012 Mustang Boss 302 can now make the most of their hot Mustang because Miller Motorsports Park in Utah has created bespoke track days dedicated to the Mustang Boss 302. “This is the first program of its kind from Ford. We’re so proud of the new Boss 302 that we wanted [...]

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Video: Nissan launches ‘We’re Back’ campaign, rubs it in Honda’s and Toyota’s face

Video: Nissan launches ‘We’re Back’ campaign, rubs it in Honda’s and Toyota’s face

NISSAN IS BACK! Ok, what’s all the excitement about? Well, in a little interview with Nissan’s vice President of Sales and Marketing, Al Castignetti, said that Nissan’s inventory is sound for the brand’s sales after working hard to recover from the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake. “I’m sitting here with 160,000 vehicles in dealer inventory [...]

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Hyundai announces service campaign to fix driving issues with some Sonata

Hyundai announces service campaign to fix driving issues with some Sonata

Here’s an interesting bit of news. Despite Hyundai’s recent gargantuan success, the brand did face some problems with its most popular model, the Sonata. According to Hyundai themselves, they received complaints from some of their customers for the way their new Sonata drove. Specifically, the complaints went to the way the Sonata tracked as it [...]

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Chrysler, Chase Auto Group Finance pair up to offer new car loans

Chrysler, Chase Auto Group Finance pair up to offer new car loans

Chrysler Auto Group and Chase Auto Finance will be working together in the future to help provide and enhance Chrysler’s financing options for dealers and customers, said the Chase Group earlier today. “Participating Chrysler dealers will offer retail subvention financing to provide prime and near-prime customers with low interest rates and other incentives to finance [...]

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Video: Batwing ‘flying’ down the street

Video: Batwing ‘flying’ down the street

The final installment in The Dark Knight series is on its way with Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. We’ve already seen a video of the Tumbler driving around in Pittsburgh and we’ve seen Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. Today, we see the team filming a take on the new Batwing craft. The movie will be released [...]

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