With the recent rumor going round of BMW and Saab working together on more than engines, inevitably the press went over to the companies and tried to get more information. Ergo, in a recent interview for Reuters, Mr. Victor Muller, CEO of the Swedish part of this alleged deal had a few interesting statements to make. Obviously, at first hand...
I'll be honest with you and tell you right from the start that this comes with a disappointment to me. It's not because I won't be going to SEMA to see it, it's not because it has a "Konzept" tag added to the name but because of that C74 part of the title. Why am I disappointed you may ask,...
Those of you with good memories or those who are at least slightly passionate about automotive history will remember that Soichiro Honda, the company's founder, had an important dream of being at the cutting edge. Part of this dream lead to his success but today the announcement came from his company according to which they are on the verge of...
Saab revealed the new 9-4X crossover scheduled to make its first appearance at the Los Angeles Auto Show this year. Thanks to Saab's DriveSense system, the suspension but also the direction settings can be adjusted easily while the adaptive chassis comes with three presets: Intelligent, Comfort and Sport. The new 9-4X borrowed the platform of the 9-3 model and comes...
Expected to be available starting next year, the Lexus CT 200h F Sport was revealed officially at the Sydney Auto Show. The model manages to combine two phrases hard to mix together: sport and hybrid. The new Lexus CT 200h F Sport benefits from the 1.8-liter VVT-i engine coupled to the CVT transmission but also from the electric engine. At...
Knowing their Passat is a volume car and considering the great quality feel it features in models of late it's no wonder that the Germans at Volkswagen decided to allow people to place orders already. The first market open to orders will be the British one and that's ok, except ordering usually requires something extra. That'll be the price for...
Nissan didn't want to displease their French connection so they did have a showing of the facelifted version of the Nissan GT-R at the Paris Motor Show but it wasn't a full release. That full release of the 2012 Nissan GT-R will take place over in America at the upcoming Los Angeles Motor Show. Mind you, the 2012 model year...
Well at least financially that's what happening to the Japanese Zoom Zoom car maker. The actual term is something rather financial as Mazda's largest shareholder will no longer be Ford but in fact a bank which is based in Tokyo. This can be interpreted two ways with the first and concerning one being the fact that Ford is interested in...
It seems that the British over at Mini have quite a bit of fun selling stuff and making money off that. After their launch of an electric scooter they have now gone completely mad with a new product lineup. Don't worry it's not a new vehicle with a wacky idea such as an electric powered Mini cement mixer but rather...
The ever important word in recent months at General Motors, their Initial Public Offering has recently become an even more interesting to watch affair than it was not that long ago. A few days ago, GM's CEO, Ed Whitacre had a bit of a chat with a reporter from Reuters who got it out of him. What did he get...
