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IPL: Why Infiniti is Now Aiming for Performance:
Saturday, 14 Aug, 2010 – 1:01 | Comments Off

Like many great ideas, it began as thoughts sketched out on a napkin in a New York City restaurant. The Infiniti Performance Line was an idea, a concept vice president Ben Poore and one of …

2010 speedART Porsche Cayenne S speedHYBRID 450
Wednesday, 11 Aug, 2010 – 1:06 | Comments Off

The Porsche Tuner speedART from Rutesheim near Stuttgart has unveiled the speedHYBRID 450 which is based on the new Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid. speedART offers for the V6 compressor engine a power enhancement with additional …

GM getting back in the game: readies IPO and rebuilds credit
Tuesday, 27 Jul, 2010 – 1:15 | Comments Off

The $3.5 billion deal for General Motors Co. to acquire subprime lender AmeriCredit Corp. later this year is expected to be the first step to establishing a full-scale captive finance company.
AmeriCredit, which is a used-vehicle …

Chinese factory workers at two suppliers returned to work
Monday, 26 Jul, 2010 – 1:10 | Comments Off

Strikes at two suppliers in China have ended last Thursday after the workers got substantial pay increases. This underscores the belief that foreign carmakers in China are vulnerable to their China suppliers.
There have been several …

U.S. auto-safety regulators should disclose Toyota investigation findings
Sunday, 25 Jul, 2010 – 11:06 | Comments Off

Representative Joe Barton of Texas, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is asking the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to explain aspects of its investigation on unintended acceleration cases involving Toyota …

Honda to drop clean diesel development, will focus on hybrids
Thursday, 15 Jul, 2010 – 9:23 | Comments Off

According to the latest reports, it appears that Honda will drop plans to develop new clean diesel engines and will focus more on hybrids.
Nikkei newspaper, reported that Honda is planning to develop a new hybrid …

BMW and SGL Group began building the carbon fiber manufacturing plant
Saturday, 10 Jul, 2010 – 1:02 | Comments Off

Construction of a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, Wash., started last Wednesday. The owner of this facility is SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, a joint venture between BMW AG and SGL Group, which aims …

2011 Smart ForTwo Facelift: first details revealed
Tuesday, 22 Jun, 2010 – 4:12 | Comments Off

Due to the fact that the sales are not quite as good as expected, Daimler decided to give the Smart ForTwo a small facelift for the 2011 model year. Apparently this the 2011 Smart ForTwo …

2011 BMW Frozen Gray M3 Coupe
Saturday, 19 Jun, 2010 – 15:03 | Comments Off

The 2011 Frozen Gray M3 Coupe features a special matte-gray paint with a deep metallic luster to further accentuate the athletic lines of the legendary M3. Unique Fox Red / Black bi-color Novillo leather interior …

Electric car rules proposed by EU executive
Saturday, 19 Jun, 2010 – 6:12 | Comments Off

To promote the widespread use of electric vehicles, a European Union executive proposes that the EU agree to an existing set of common safety standards.
The European Commission said that EU’s 27 governments should look after …

2010 Audi R15 TDI
Monday, 14 Jun, 2010 – 10:07 | Comments Off

Whereas silver was the dominant color of the Audi R15 TDI last year, the 2010 model boasts a radical new design that features more red. In addition, large areas of the Le Mans race sports …

BMW celebrating the 1 millionth X5 model produced
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 1:03 | Comments Off

BMW announced its celebration of the one millionth X5 model produced within 11 years. This vehicle — a sapphire black metallic BMW X5 xDrive35i featuring cinnamon brown Nevada leather trim – will be delivered to …

Report: Volkswagen ended partnership talks with Proton
Monday, 7 Jun, 2010 – 12:19 | Comments Off

Due to Volkswagen AG’s “other priorities,” it ended negotiations to partner with Proton Holdings, Malaysia’s state-controlled automaker. Instead, Proton will collaborate with Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on a product.
Proton released this statement last Sunday. After this …

Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga gets 2010 Chevrolet Corvette from GM:
Thursday, 3 Jun, 2010 – 2:08 | Comments Off

Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga may have just missed a perfect game on Wednesday night, but General Motors tried to help make up for it–with a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette convertible.
Galarraga retired the first 26 Cleveland …

James Bond’s 1964 Aston Martin featured at London auction:
Tuesday, 1 Jun, 2010 – 0:10 | Comments Off

Two 1964 Aston Martin DB5s were featured in the James Bond Goldfinger and Thunderball movies. One survives, and it’s up for grabs at the RM Auctions Automobiles of London sale on Oct. 27.
This is no …

2011 Audi TTS
Saturday, 29 May, 2010 – 2:04 | Comments Off

The Audi TTS, both in Coupe and Roadster body styles comes with two-liter TFSI with the large turbocharger and many additional modifications pumps out 200 kW (272 hp) and 350 Nm (258.15 lb-ft) of torque, …