Not too long ago, we provided news about new concept that Ford of Australia’s performance branch created. Called the FPV (Ford Performance Vehicles) Falcon GT Concept, the concept was their first-ever concept car. Basically, they took a standard run-of-the-mill Ford Falcon and stuffed a supercharged Boss 5.0L V8 in it. Now, FPV has announced that [...]
After all the waiting, Ferrari will finally show us the drop-top version of the Ferrari 458 Italia at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. That’s right Ferrari fans, the retractable hard-top 458 Italia Spider wil be shown to us next month… but that’s not all. Ferrar is also working on a sportier version known as the [...]
Mini has just launched the online configurator for the 2012 Mini Coupe. I spent a good 10 minutes coming up with my dream 2012 Mini John Cooper Works Coupe, which has a base MSRP of $31,900. After adding all the options that I would desire, the final price tag came out to be $39,068. Heck, [...]
Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat SpA CEO Sergio Marchionne has a lot of ambition for the Maserati brand as he focuses on increasing sales of the brand from 5,675 last year to 50,00 units a year by the end of the decade. How does he plan on doing that? First up, Maserati will start offering [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this past weekend said it was opening a preliminary investigation into 26,000 2011-2012 Mustang units. The NHTSA said it has received 32 complaints alleging an unexpected inability to shift into gear on those model year Mustangs with a manual transmission. “Some reports allege incidents occurred while merging into high speed [...]
Ever since Lamborghini released a little teaser for the upcoming 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, the automotive publications on the Internet have been going crazy with speculation. “Discover a new Lamborghini super sports car at the next Frankfurt Motor Show” – is what Lamborghini says in its teaser, and that itself, leaves a lot of room [...]
Chrysler Group’s Ram truck will be moving beyond just pickup trucks to expand its sales. The company has plans to add 3 commercial vehicles to the Ram brand by 2014. The first commercial vehicle will be a CV version of the Dodge Grand Caravan minivan that has been reworked for cargo use and rebadged as a [...]
Ferrari has its work cut out for the next two years as it plans to replace two of its five core models – the Ferrari 430 Spider and the 599 GTB Fiorano. According to a report by Automotive News, the replacement for the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano will be totally redesigned. Internally known as the [...]
BMW AG held onto its position as the world’s top-selling premium brand last month after worldwide sales of the core brand increased 7.1 percent to 108,721 units. That puts BMW ahead of Audi, whose sales were up 16 percent to 106,000 in July and Mercedes-Benz whose sales were up 2.7 percent to 100,391. A total [...]
After bringing us a totally revamped and redesigned lineup for 2011, Chrysler Group LLC is now getting ready to reveal the second overhaul of its lineup in 2012. The new lineup will be kicked off by the first Chrysler Group-branded vehicle based on a Fiat platform and powered by a Fiat engine – the new [...]
