General Motors announced today that sales of the GMC Terrain are continuing at a rapid pace as it enters its second model year. GM said that in the first seven months of 2010, the Terrain has consistently taken just 13 days to turn on dealer lots. That figure compares with 28 days for the rest [...]
The Kia Soul is going through a really hard time right now with the NHTSA opening a preliminary inquiry into possible steering loss on the compact car. Kia said that it is actively cooperating with NHTSA and is working with its supply base to track down what caused a driver to lose all steering ability [...]
Whether or not the 266-hp Volkswagen Golf R will come to the United States is still up in the air – and if that’s something you’re very sensitive about, we suggest you skip over this story as it’ll only make you more jealous. German tuning firm Mcchip-DKR has unveiled a new performance upgrade for the [...]
The Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 have long been the gold standard for automakers looking to mass produce a decently successful compact SUV. Emerging automotive superpower Volkswagen however, decided to try its hand at the segment for the 2009 model year with the introduction of the Tiguan, giving shoppers of the growing segment yet another [...]
We had our first encounter with the totally reengineered and redesigned 2010 Ford Taurus back in October, when FoMoCo dropped a top-of-the-line 365-hp 2010 Ford Taurus SHO off at our garage. With a starting MSRP of $37,770 however, that vehicle is certainly not one designed for the masses. More recently, Ford gave us the pleasure [...]
The Chevrolet Corvette is one of the most storied cars in American automotive history, and the Grand Sport is perhaps the most alluded to chapters of that story. Way back in the day, Corvette”s Chief Engineer, Zora Arkus-Duntov made it his objective to produce a lightweight variant of the 1963 “˜Vette prototype, mainly in response [...]
The new top-selling 2010 Ford Taurus is posting a resale value increase of 39 percent after just one year of sales. That’s an increase of $7,100 over the 2009 model, FoMoCo said in a statement today. “The successful product launch of the 2010 Ford Taurus coupled with the vehicle”s best-in-class quality, upscale design and state-of-the-art [...]
Having debuted back in 1984, the original Toyota 4Runner was based on one of the manufacturers pickup trucks outfitted with a fiberglass shell over the bed. Twenty-five years and four generations of production have evolved this vehicle into something dramatically different. Now, the 4Runner is an independently developed cross between a mid-size and full-size SUV [...]
The 2010 Cadillac SRX has received the highest possible rollover protection rating of “Good” in its recent test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). “Car buyers shopping for safety need look no further than vehicles earning the Top Safety Pick designation,” said Institute president Adrian Lund. “This award means the SRX has elite [...]
While sales of the Toyota Prius fell 30 percent in the North American market during the month of July 2010, sales of the hybrid in the Japanese market we up making the vehicle the best selling vehicle in Japan for the 15th straight month. Toyota said that it has sold more than 2.68 million hybrids [...]
