Honda aren’t having the best of times as far as their automotive developments are concerned, but they’ve just caught a break. It’s come from the United States, particularly the legal department. I’m sure Honda would have loved to get a break in terms of market share but they’ll have to settle with this settling of
Lexus, Toyota’s luxury division, maker of some of the most reliable cars out there and quite the contender to the luxury segment. Unfortunately, they’re also the makers of some of the most boring cars ever made and even though they made the Lexus LFA it didn’t change anybody’s impression of the brand. The latest news
It seems that after Mercedes announced how they’ve decided to kill off the Maybach brand due to low sales some players really want its market share. One would think there’s too little of it to matter but that’s not the way the British at Bentley see the problem. Maybach only had a target of around
I try, I really do. I just keep on disliking and hating it as much as possible and yet the 2011 Chevrolet Volt just keeps on popping up in the good beats of the news. A very new General Motors statistic really reveals the way the 2011 Chevrolet Volt attracts more customers to the Chevy
Here’s the manufacturer story we didn’t think we’d hear about, it’s GM’s very own Pontiac. A brand that was killed off by the General Motors cutback that came to life after the automotive industry’s recent fallback still has a burning spirit.
The Germans at Audi have warned us about this situation before and it’s now at a point where it’s seriously becoming a problem for them. The part suppliers that deliver everything Audi vehicles need that can’t be made in-house are really suffering and they are holding back deliveries for the four-ringed cars.
Don’t take this the wrong way, what I actually meant to say is that GM’s eco-box has left the factory and is headed for dealers. In other words the 2011 Chevrolet Volt has almost begun customer delivery. Within a few days some happy owners will be driving their Volts.
The people over at luxury British manufacturer, Bentley, have announced that they will be slowly moving away from its 18 month product cycle. Why is that? Well mostly because according to a recent study they’ve conducted among their customers revealed that owners of Bentley products tend to drive their sports cars for an average of
Well, at least that’s what McLaren is telling us about their expectations from their latest supecar, the MP4-12C’s clientele. The statement according to which 50% of the demand for the McLaren MP4-12C is going to come from Europe belongs to Antony Sheriff McLaren Automotive Managing Director.
Skeptics, among who I count myself, looked at the Lexus LFA and said Toyota have definitely lost its mind to do such a thing as the car is definitely not worth the asking price. We were wrong, we were badly wrong, Toyota have just announced that it has already booked orders and taken down payments
Nissan is hoping that their electric Leaf will attract interest of people bothered about the environment and will lead the way towards the electrification of automobile transportation. On a side note to the Nissan Leaf’s marketing Nissan Division for Nissan North America Vice President Al Castignetti had a relatively unsurprising statement to make about the
According to one of the major investors of the company, Fisker Automotive will be building anywhere between 70 and 100 Karma plug-in hybrid sedan this year for testing purposes. Most of these cars will be tested within the company but a few of them will actually make it out there, into the real world.
Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Company has recently stated that the scrutiny his company has undergone has been “a good lesson” and it will only be followed by Toyota emerging from this affair stronger than ever. He went even further, to quote an old Japanese proverb which goes something like this “After the rain,
The Fiat 500 has been revived by the Italian automaker about two and a half years ago yet there is a celebration under way. It’s not the usual “half birthday” most kids would have in mind, actually it’s not the usual celebration in any way.
Pending the recent stoppage of sales of the 2011 Lexus GX460 the Japanese automaker has now announced that they have fixed the problem behind that decision. You may remember that the latest Lexus GX460 had been declared as a case of “Don’t buy: Safety Risk” by Consumer reports less than a month ago.
Yesterday, Fiat has had a presentation of it’s five year business plan has been full of surprises, one of which was Montezemolo resigning from his position as Fiat SpA chairman. Another unexpected piece of news from this presentation was in publishing the decision that would solve how the group will handle the selling and marketing
