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Fewer Dealer Cuts For GM and Chrysler
Look, it’s even more good news out of Detroit. What with Ford actually making a profit, it looks like all the doom and gloom about the number of dealers set to be shuttered might have been estimated on the high side. At least that’s the case if you believe David Cole, who is Chairman of […]
Read More »New Detroit R&D Facility For Mercedes
Interesting news from Mercedes-Benz when they announced that they are planning to open a new alternative powertrain technology center. Based on the campus of Mercedes’ Redford Township, Michigan facility, the German company made the announcement shortly after the township approved a tax exemption. The Detroit Free Press said that Redford Township’s tax exemption would allow […]
Read More »Ford Posts First Profit Since 2005
Ford made a profit. Yes, you read that right, a car company, and not just that, but an American car company, actually made money in the past quarter. After all the doom, gloom, buy-outs, shotgun marriages, bankruptcies and the like, this is the last thing you’d expect to read, but it sure looks like it’s […]
Read More »2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T R-Spec
Hyundai’s Genesis Coupe garnered a lot of good press and gearhead interest from the get go. And it seems to be fully justified and also understandable. The Hyundai Genesis is well styled (enough), rear wheel drive, and above all, reasonably priced. It’s a car that a young tuner-oriented kid can sink their teeth into, and […]
Read More »2010 Nissan Rogue SUV Krom Special Edition
Following on the heels of the Cube Krom, Nissan has decided to release a Rogue SUV Krom Special Edition version of its 2010 Rogue SUV. The factory-prepped Cube Krom, that came out earlier this year, was enough of a hit for Nissan to justify the presentation of a similar special edition version of its Rogue […]
Read More »Custom Lincoln MKS, MKT and MKZ to 2009 SEMA Show
Son, you’re gonna drive me to drinkin’, if ya don’t stop drivin’ that hot rod Lincoln. Yeah, way back when, Lincolns were not cars to be trifled with. They had big enough plants and there was enough go fast goodies out there that you wouldn’t treat them the way … well, the way you’d look […]
Read More »Dodge Ram Hybrid Coming In 2010
You can call this a good news/bad news sort of thing. The bad news is that Chrysler’s two-mode hybrid joint development program has been disbanded, and the good news is that the hybrid Ram pickup is coming in 2010. The joint development program, which was a very big deal for a while, was created several […]
Read More »Ford To Move Kuga SUV Production To Kentucky From Europe
It looks like Ford will be moving the production of its Kuga small (-ish) SUV to a plant in Kentucky. Yes, this will be good news for those needing jobs in Kentucky (which would seem to be a lot of people), but it also has some interesting ramifications in a larger sense. For starters, a […]
Read More »Mercedes Invests €600 Million In Small Cars
Mercedes Benz has spent the last two years trying to figure out what the next generation A and B-class compacts should be. Traditional gas and diesels? Hybrids? EVs? A mixture of all of those? The stakes are high in the this segment of the automobile game and MB has a lot riding on it. And […]
Read More »Lingenfelter Brings "New" Trans Am To SEMA
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, a name that should really need no introduction to serious American hot rod enthusiasts out there, will be bringing a version of the latest Trans Am to this year’s upcoming SEMA show. It’s got all of the Trans Am goodies you remember: Duck-tail spoiler, fender vents, twin-port front grille, raised white-letter tires, […]
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