While the Fisker Karma won Top Gear Magazine’s Luxury Car of the Year award and James May’s Car of the Year Award – the new Range Rover Evoque was named by the editors of the magazine as their 2011 Car of the Year. The new Evoque came top in the SUV category of the awards [...]
BMW M GmbH is teasing a new model today. The teaser, titled ‘A new chapter powered M’ shows an X6 going around a nice curvy road at high-speeds. Recent rumors lead us to believe that this is the X6 M550d high-peformance diesel that we’ve been hearing about for quite some time. Check out the video after [...]
Last night, we received the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic in our press fleet for a week and so far I’m pretty impressed with the car – so much so, I decided to feature the car today in our ”top 10 most important things you need to know about” segment. Look out for the full review coming next [...]
German magazine Sport Auto recently took the new 2012 BMW M5 to a track and hit a top speed of an amazing 195 mph. Earlier this month, the magazine also through the M5 around the Hockenheim circuit returning a lap time of 1:12.9, which is supposedly really good since the previous generation M5 lapped the [...]
GM CEO Dan Akerson has said that the company may redesign the battery of the Chevrolet Volt to address issues raised after the NHTSA opened a safety probe into the plug-in electric car. “We want to assure the safety of our customers, of our buyers, and so we’re just going to take a time out, [...]
On Thursday, a study was released by the University of Michigan that shows that in comparison to the youth of the 1980’s, less have been getting their driver’s licenses. In 2008, 75 percent of 19-year olds obtained their license, while back in 1983, 87 percent held theirs. As for the older population, more have been [...]
Here at egmcartech.com, we have a broad audience with one thing in common; they are seeking information related to some aspect of the automotive industry. As editors, the majority of the material we produce relates to the latest releases, live auto show coverage, or a fresh tuning kit. So when this information ‘came across my [...]
General Motors has said that the 2012 Buick LaCrosse eAssist is spending just 14 days on dealer lats nationally before being sold. Due to the strong start of the LaCrosse eAssist, Buick retails through November are expected to be up more than 17 percent year to date. Along with the Enclave, the new Buick Regal [...]
According to Aston Martin’s director for China, a quarter of the global sales for the brand could come from Asia within two years, nearly double what it is now. Bennett said that Aston Martin entered China nearly three years ago – the region has already become its largest and fastest growing market in Asia. Aston [...]
According to a new J.D. Power and Associate study, satisfaction with the new vehicle-sales process has improved significantly from 2010. In the agency’s 2011 U.S. Sales Satisfaction Index Study released today, J.D. Power and Associates found that overall satisfaction averages 648 on a 1,000 point scale, improving 13 points from an average of 635 in 2010. [...]
