Chevrolet, which celebrated its Centennial yesterday is saying thanks a million – no really, we’re serious – the brand is saying thanks a million to buyers of its Chevrolet Cruze. The compact sedan, which was launched in North America in 2010, reached 1 million in sales this week worldwide. Click here for our review on [...]
100 years is a very long time and today Chevrolet is celebrating its 100th birthday. The bow-tie brand is celebrating by recognizing the people that made Chevrolet the successful global brand it is today and is also offering dealer promotions in hometowns across the United States, starring in a feature-length documentary, and inviting fans to [...]
BMW is known for staying ahead of the curve in technological advancements, and rumors have been flying for months about the brand working on improvements for forced induction. Reports have just been released that BMW has put a patent on an electronic turbo charger. Turbos are a fairly common choice for automakers as a good [...]
Some tuning kits out there for supercars generally translate to futile efforts (at least in my opinion), however Anderson Germany has pulled off a nice one for the Ferrari 458 Italia called the Carbon Edition Special. Anderson made good, and excessive, use of carbon fiber parts for this kit. The Ferrari was fitted with a [...]
For the first time in a couple of months, Mercedes-Benz USA sold more cars than its German rival, BMW in the United States last month. Benz credits the increase to the new C-Class model lineup. Mercedes-Benz’s U.S. sales jumped 23 percent to 22,637 units while BMW’s sales were up 13 percent to 21,873. In October, [...]
At the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September, FoMoCo unveiled the 3-door Ford Fiesta ST Concept. With the LA Auto Show on the way later this month, Ford will be holding the North American debut for the Fiesta ST Concept – however, this time, instead of 3-doors, there are 5-doors. “The Ford Fiesta ST Concept [...]
Land Rover may be going a new direction with a line up of performance models and that’s got us all kinds of excited John Edwards, Land Rover Global Brand Director, has commented that it is under heavy consideration and that the brand has “room for performance products.” The brand’s Range Rover lineup currently has existing [...]
Production on the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic is scheduled to resume today after a two day halt due to a missing part. The Lake Orion, Michigan plant experienced the shortage on a part possibly brought in from Thailand, which recently experienced some massive flooding. Edmunds.com data reflects that since production began on August 1, the Sonic [...]
Peugeot is releasing its latest, a 3-door and 5-door supermini, for Spring of 2012. The model is dubbed the 208, and comes with many improvements and upgrades the brand is calling ‘re-generations’ over its predecessors. “The 208 is a new illustration of the Marque’s project launched two years ago, representing a new stage in Peugeot’s [...]
Tesla Motors beat analysts estimates and lost less in the predicted in the third quarter. The electric-car maker also said that it won a tentative agreement to supply powertrains for electric Mercedes-Benz models. Tesla said that its third-quarter net loss widened to $65.1 million from $34.9 million a year ago. Not counting some items, the [...]
