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A New Day for Rolls Royce Starts This Week
Rolls-Royce has made it official—the carmaker will unveil a near-production-ready concept sedan at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show this month. Called the 200EX — the four-door previews some of the renowned luxury of a Rolls- Royce at a lower price. You might call this vehicle “Rolls Royce Light.” Rolls-Royce used to be the world’s ultimate status […]
Read More »India's Tata Nano – the World's Cheapest Car
A carmaker in India will be launching the “world’s cheapest car” on March 23, with a price tag of just around $2,000. It’s called the Nano (although some are calling it the “People’s Car” and the “One-Lakh Car”) and you obviously won’t have to be a Slumdog Millionaire to afford one. Tata Motors, Ltd. announced almost […]
Read More »Flint Gets a Jolt From The Volt
Instead of constructing a whole new factory to make engines for its new Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle, General Motors has decided to build them in an existing facility located in Flint, Michigan. The Chevy Volt is one of the most anticipated American-made vehicles that has come along in quite some time. You might even say […]
Read More »Ford Giving Free Fiestas to People 30-and-under
Tough economic times require new innovative forms of marketing, and that’s exactly what Ford Motor Company is doing by shipping 100 European Ford Fiestas to young Americans throughout the country and soliciting their feedback about the vehicle. That’s right—FREE cars! Why didn’t they do things like this when I was young? (about 25 years ago!) […]
Read More »Four New Cars From The Foreign 4 Knocking at the Door
Who would have dreamed a year ago that the big names at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show would be Acura, Hyundai, Kia, and Mazda? Who would have ever imagined that a U.S. auto show would be dominated by companies from Japan and Korea? Everyone thought the Chicago Auto Show would be a great opportunity for […]
Read More »New Corvette Stingray Makes Chicago Auto Show
Chevrolet is bringing back all the old favorites. First, it was the Camaro and now it’s the Corvette Stingray, which they recently unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show. When Chevrolet started their pitch to get both post-gen and young drivers interested in what they touted as the “Return of the Camaro” the marketers at GM […]
Read More »New Dodge Ram Trucks Unveiled at Chicago Auto Show
Not to be outdone by Toyota, who unveiled their 2010 Tundra last week, Chrysler LLC unveiled a new line of commercial versions of its Dodge Ram truck–the 2500 and 3500 heavy-duty trucks
Read More »Carmakers Flocking to Windy City for Chicago Auto Show
Though facing tough economic times and with no end in sight as auto sales continue to decline, several big name carmakers who pulled out of the Detroit Auto Show participated in the 101st Chicago Auto Show this week in order to strut their stuff and stay in the game. Auto shows are generally where carmakers […]
Read More »2010 Tundra Unveiled at Chicago Auto Show
Toyota unveiled the 2010 Tundra pickup at the Chicago Auto Show this week, featuring an optional smaller, more fuel-efficient V-8 engine and other features, including an optional flex-fuel powertrain which will allow the vehicle to run on gasoline-ethanol blends. Toyota is trying to make the Tundra a little greener and a little sleeker, in response […]
Read More »Hyundai CEO Says Big Changes Needed for Survival
The top executive of Hyundai Motor America declared that the auto industry must make some major changes if they hope to survive, including drastically altering its entire business approach, capping executive salaries, raising the bar on fuel economy standards and embracing environmental goals and federal mandates before the government steps in or decides to bail […]
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