Archive | December, 2011
Military Tribute Chevrolet Camaro

Chevrolet to donate proceeds from Military Tribute Camaro auction to charity

Chevrolet is known as the official vehicle of the Army-Navy Game that will take place this Saturday. During the 112th Army-Navy Game presented by the USAA, the brand will announced that proceeds from next month’s sale of a special Military Tribute Camaro will go to the Achilles Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans. “Chevrolet is hosting [...]

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Ford Focus ST-R

Ford Focus ST-R to cost just under $100,000

Ford may be an American company, but when it comes to a factory fresh, rough and ready Focuses for the average consumer, the offerings are lacking. You are not going to find a Golf R fighter on this side of the pond, but Ford have just announced pricing on a race-ready Focus: the ST-R, unveiled [...]

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Vath V63 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe

Vath gives Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe 680-hp

Vath is delivering a powerful tune with a heavy price tag on its latest kit for the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe. Adding a supercharger, water intercooler, upgraded exhaust, and a supercharger, Vath kicked out an awesome 680hp from the C63 AMG’s 6.2-liter V8. The extra 223-hp gives way to a top speed of 208mph and [...]

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2009 Toyota Venza

2009 Toyota Venza is the most stolen vehicle in Canada

The Insurance Bureau of Canada has compiled a list of the 10 most frequently stolen vehicles for this year. Topping the list over the ever popular thieves’ pick, the 2000 Honda Civic SiR Coupe, is the interesting selection of the 2009 Toyota Venza. For 2011, the Civic SiR dropped to number three on the list, [...]

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Buick Regal China

Report: China seeking to impose duties on cars imported from United States

Tensions have been mounting between the U.S. and China in regarding trade in various capacities. Adding to that is China now seeking to impose anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duties on U.S.-made cars imported to the country. China’s ministry made a statement citing “substantial damage to China’s domestic industry” being caused by cars and SUV’s made in [...]

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Cobo Center Revamp

Report: Cobo Center getting extended for auto show

The Cobo Center, host to the upcoming 2012 North American International Auto Show is expanding just in time for the event, providing 25,000 additional square feet to fill with the industry’s latest. While crews make their final efforts on the expansion and renovations, the center’s officials provided a tour on Tuesday to journalists to preview [...]

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Honda EV-STER

Report: Honda EV-STER to enter production, coming sometime next year

According to a report by Auto Motor und Sport, the Honda EV-STER – which made its debut at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show – will be going into production. The production version of the electric sports car is expected to hit roads sometime next year. Click here for our original post on the Honda EV-STER. [...]

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Pontiac Aztek

Inside Line puts together list of the 100 Worst Cars of All Time

Inside Line has a good point – “If there weren’t bad cars, how could the world appreciate the good ones?” So the publications decided to put together a list of 100 Worst Cars of All Time. The top 5 worst vehicles of all time came in at 1971 Chevrolet Vega, 1987 Yugo, 1955 BMW Isetta, [...]

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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL

2013 Mercedes-Benz SL unveiled, loses 308 pounds and gains performance

For a little more than 6 decades the letters ‘SL’ have been synonymous with sport, comfort and downright sexy looks. Today Mercedes-Benz took the covers off of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL continuing that tradition. Big news this year? Besides getting a total redesign that will definitely turn some heads, the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL has been [...]

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Driver

Video: DRIVE, a new YouTube show for true enthusiasts coming Jan. 2

On January 2, 2012, the world of automotive enthusiasts will be introduced to a new car show – however, this car show won’t be showing up on the SPEED network, BBC or the History Channel. Drive, a new show produced by Tangent Vector’s JF Musial, will be exclusively available on YouTube and will take its [...]

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