A new era has begun! Production of the BMW 3 series has just begun today at the brand’s Munich plant, with a half a billion euro investment behind it. Click here for more news on the BMW 3-Series. BMW AG Board of Management Member Frank-Peter Arndt explains the investment: “The BMW 3 Series is the most [...]
Volkswagen AG is seeing some positive turns in numbers for the third-quarter with a 46 percent increase in operating profit for both the Volkswagen Tiguan, and the Audi A6. The operating profit increase works out to $4.05 billion, up roughly $2 billion from last year, with revenue increased by 25 percent, as well. Marc-Rene Tonn, [...]
When Audi talks about concentrating on the future of its electric vehicle lineup – it’s not joking. The brand today launched 20 pilot Audi A1 e-tron units on the roads of Munich. Audi, E.ON, the public utility Stadtwerke München and Technische Universität München (TUM) are project partners in this fleet trial. E.ON and SWM are in [...]
Whether this video you’re about watch is real or fake is up to you to decide. The description to the video goes as follows: “caught this on my iphone during a cab ride in brooklyn: a cop was giving these two guys a ticket because their van was parked by an expired parking meter and [...]
Ford trucks and SUVs will have their own special display at this year’s SEMA Show where they will flex their style muscle along with unmatched capabilities. A total of three Ford Explorer SUVs and four F-Series trucks will be on display. Click here for more news on the Ford Explorer. “The all-new Ford Explorer lends [...]
Similar to the Corvette Engine Build Experience that allows Corvette Z06 and ZR1 customers to participate in the assembly of the engine destined for their car, Chevrolet Performance is now offering customers the chance to build their own LS7 or LS9 crate engine. “Building an engine is a time-honored tradition in hot rodding, and this exciting [...]
Let’s just say that there is no SEMA Show without the Ford Mustang. Next week at the 2011 SEMA Show, Ford will show up with a range of modified Mustangs to fulfill owners’ desires to stand apart from the crowd. “No customer wants their Mustang to be the same as their neighbor down the street,” [...]
BMW, unsatisfied with packing just a space shuttle’s worth of electronics into their cars, now includes a heads up display (HUD) rivaling that of a fighter jet. BMW now asserts that due to the information projected onto the windshield, drivers now spend 50% less time assimilating information offered up by the HUD. Part of this [...]
The current CTS-V Coupe has never been a slow or subtle car; with over 550 bhp and its edgy looks, the car stands out enough for everyone except the folks at the D3 group. These tuners have thrown on a matte black wrap, body kit and a stroker 7-liter V8 LSA belting out 1,001 bhp [...]
The Chinese BYD e6 is somewhat a staple of Shenzhen taxi companies, racking up a combined 3.8 million miles since its introduction; there is now an electric e6 with a range of 190 miles which recently started selling in China. The car is a five-passenger tall wagon and is on track to increase electric vehicle [...]
