GM CEO Announces ‘Modest’ US Expectations for 2013
10 Jan 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While some automakers are announcing that 2013 will be a record year, when they expect to sell more than they ever had, General Motors is not that confident that the new year will bring significant ...
Chevrolet Wants You to ‘Find New Roads’
10 Jan 2013, 11:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The ad men behind Chevrolet have shown us both ends of the marketing quality bar. Some of their slogans/ads/promo campaigns have been good, while others not so much. We associate the latest slogan, ...
Audi Shows Off Laser Rear Lights and Other Tech at CES
10 Jan 2013, 08:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Autonomous or self-driving seems to be the main automotive theme at this year’s edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, which is currently taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Au...
Nissan Releases Video Detailing Leaf Production at Smyrna Plant
9 Jan 2013, 14:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan`s plan to produce the Leaf at their Smyrna plant, in Tennessee, is well underway, and cars should begin rolling off the production line soon. It was originally planned to enter production in ...
Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco to Star in Toyota’s Superbowl Ad
9 Jan 2013, 13:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In an effort to get the most out of their precious seconds for this year’s Superbowl ad, Toyota have enlisted the help of Big Bang Theory star, Kaley Cuoco. She has been chosen to play a centr...
Dodge Dart GT Gets Mild Sporty Tweaks
9 Jan 2013, 09:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Dodge has just announced the sportiest addition to the Dart range, yet it is nowhere near as sporty as we would have liked. Still, the GT is the model to have, if you want the sportiest Dart around....
Production Version of Alfa Romeo 4C Spotted on US Highway
8 Jan 2013, 16:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Alfa Romeo 4C mid-engined sports car is on its way, and it will not only be sold in Europe, but also in the United States. A heavily-camouflaged example was recently spotted on a US highway, and...
Toyota Shows Off Advanced Active Safety Vehicle at 2013 CES
8 Jan 2013, 12:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The 2013 Consumer Electronics Electronics Show, which has started today, and lasts until Friday 11 January, is the venue chosen by Toyota to show off what they are calling the most advanced vehicle ...
Audi Gets License to Test Self Driving Cars in Nevada
8 Jan 2013, 12:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Google may have obtained a license to test out its autonomous in the US (in Nevada) first, Audi is the first actual automaker to do the same. Now, while you may not have heard about this fact ...
Coda Automotive Fires More Workers
7 Jan 2013, 15:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Back around the middle of December 2012, Coda Automotive fired 50 workers from its production facility, which equated to around 15% of their entire workforce. Now, it seems that things are still not...
Canada to Invest $254 Million to Create More Auto Industry Jobs
7 Jan 2013, 09:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has just announced that the government will be investing some C$250 in the country’s automotive sector, in order to increase the number of manufac...
Overall Fuel Efficiency of New Cars in the US Rises to 23.8 MPG
7 Jan 2013, 09:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The ‘green’ trend has clearly taken hold, and thanks to downsizing, hybrids, EVs and people just taking the bus, the combined fuel efficiency rating of all new vehicles sold in the US, i...
McLaren P1 Spotted in Illinois
7 Jan 2013, 09:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The McLaren P1 has recently been spotted in the real world and you can see the supercar in the image above. This is actually the concept - production car hasn’t been revealed so far, but when ...
Fiat 500e Officially Rated at 116 MPGe and 87 Miles Range
6 Jan 2013, 13:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While we know that Fiat isn`t really planning to make any money out of their electrified 500, the 500e, that doesn`t mean they made a non-competitive car, just for the sake of making one. In fact...
Nissan Leaf 2012 US Sales Stop Just Short of 10,000 - Volt Sales Stay Steady
4 Jan 2013, 16:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan failed to reach the 10,000 deliveries mark, with the Leaf EV, even by the end of 2012, and the total number of examples sold last year stopped just short, at 9,819. They almost had it, and if...
Two Widebody Evos Driven to the Sound of Dubstep
4 Jan 2013, 16:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Mitsubishi Evolution X is one of the most highly-tunable cars you could ever buy. Whether you are looking to alter the car’s looks, or its performance, the Evo takes its mods well, and wea...
Elio Motors to Buy Former GM Plant to Build Frugal Three-Wheeler
4 Jan 2013, 10:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The constant expansion and (now) contraction of GM, has affected thousands of people around the US (and the world), whom may have had a stable job one day, and no job the next. This sad reality has ...
Quad Amputee Taylor Morris Drifts Mazda6 to Get Ken Block’s Attention
4 Jan 2013, 10:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We rarely come across a video as genuinely heart touching as the one telling us a small part of Taylor Morris’ story. He is a quad amputee, and his injuries were caused when he served in Afgha...
Ford F-Series Tops US Sales Charts for 2012
4 Jan 2013, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Pickup trucks are still very popular in the US, even though the real need for one should have been slowly diminishing since the late 1960s, as more people moved into the city. However, Americans sti...
Chinese Automotive Production Set to Grow By 10.1% in 2013
3 Jan 2013, 17:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Automotive production in China is set to grow by an additional 10.1%, by the end of the year, according to analysts. The growth will be driven by the ever-increasing demand for new locally-produced ...