Toyota, the leader in the hybrid game, is now looking to takeover the hydrogen fuel-cell market. The Japanese automaker said that it is planning global sales of a few thousand fuel-cell vehicles by 2015 and that number will be limited due to the fueling architecture and the high price of the vehicles. “We could expect [...]
As the replacement for Ferrari’s 599 approaches, rumors are flying around the internet about what the final variant may be to follow up the vast number of them that have been made so far. The outstanding speculation is that Ferrari will be making a 599 Fernando Alonso edition, in honor of the Formula One driver. [...]
Saab’s ongoing financial issues still have no resolution in sight, as General Motors Co. announced Friday that it may block the sale of Saab Automobile AB to investors in China. The agreement that has already been made is with Pang Da Automobile Co and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co., for purchase of Saab for $140 [...]
At the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September, Audi unveiled its new urban Concept (that’s with a lowercase letter u by the way) and reports now suggest that the model will soon be headed for low-volume production. During a recent trip to Ingolstadt, CAR Magazine found out from sources that Audi plans on signing off [...]
“The reports in the media that we have plans to discontinue the Ridgeline pick-up truck are false,” said Sage Marie, manager of truck product planning at Honda, addressing media reports that the unibody pickup was to be killed off. Today, Honda went ahead and solidified its statement by announcing the pricing details for the 2012 [...]
Fisker Automotive’s Karma plug-in hybrid sedan has achieved 83 km or 51.6 miles on electric-only model during an independent fuel-efficiency test carried out by Europe’s regulatory body, the Technischer Ueberwachungs Verein (TUV) “The TUV have carried out the most thorough tests yet of the Karma’s real-world urban performance,” Fisker said in a statement. “This is an [...]
Nissan of Europe, which is currently busy building the super Juke-R, is reportedly working on an ‘extreme GT-R’ for the United Kingdom. The model is rumored to be another version of the Club Track edition that is currently on sale in Japan. The head of the Nissan GT-R project Kazutoshi Mizuno says that model could [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its list of most stolen 2009 passenger vehicles (excluding SUVs so no Escalade here) and the Audi S8 and Toyota Camry happened to be the shining stars on the list. Audi’s S8 had the highest theft rate with 8.81 thefts per 1,000 vehicles built. However only 227 [...]
Meet the most power Astra ever. Opel today took the covers off of the new Astra OPC, a sporty compact hatch that will be available in the summer of 2012 in countries across the European continent. “The whole chassis of the sports car is designed to deliver power, without comprise,” Opel said in a statement. [...]
Professional freeskier and alpine ski racer Jon Olsson has gone a bit outside the box with his Lamborghini Gallardo. Instead of purchasing something more practical to suit his active lifestyle, 29-year old Olson chose to modifiy his Gallardo for his purposes. This is not the first supercar he chose to modify, however. A Murcielago LP670 [...]
