May was a pretty good month for Buick dealers as they registered a 37% increase in work volume when compared to last year's stats for the same month. When figures are compared with last month the increase in sales registered at the American company is even better as it measures 46%. The top seller for this month was the Buick...
May seems to have become hybrid awareness month as sales of these cars soared the past month and have been the best since last August. As always, leaders of the market have been the Toyota Prius and the Ford Fusion hybrid. Last August hybrids got a boost when gas prices went up to $4 per gallon and as a result...
Some French newspapers reported that Renault SA have set targets seriously high for electric vehicles production by 2015 as it plans to hit a figure above 200,000 per year. And to prove this isn't just trash talk the French company announced that at least 150,000 of these will be the Renault Zoe. The Renault Zoe is the French automaker's first...
The French over at Renault have officially unveiled their latest four door saloon today. The car is named the Latitude and the company released a few details on when and where you will be able to see the car before it hits the showrooms. The Renault Latitude will be officially revealed to the press in August at the Moscow Auto...
Yet another recall news frightens the motorists, in particular the owners of any Jeep Wrangler that was produced between May 15, 2006 and August 9, 2010. The Jeeps produced within this period total up nearly 300.000 (288,968 to be precise) units and they are troubled by their brakes. The fact that August 9, 2010 is still nearly two months away...
Aston Martin will be entering this year's Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race in the prototype LMP1 class with a Lola chassis and a British V12 engine from the Aston Martin DBR9, pretty much the same car the team entered last year. This year will be different as it looks likely to be the last time the Aston Martin racing...
The long-rumored and speculated replacement for the Hyundai Tiburon coupe is expected to make its world debut at the 2010 Paris Motors Show in October. A debut in October may be nice but there is little inside information that is having people quite interested in this new release. The most shocking of these inside information is that the car is...
Chrysler have just announced a massive recall involving nearly 285.000 2008-2009 minivans for a problem of the wiring in the doors that may lead to a fire. This is the second time this year that Chrysler's minivans are going on to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website for a major recall. The first occurrence took place back in February...
The German rescue fund’s four-person steering committee is expected to meet on June 7th to discuss whether to approve General Motors’s request for 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in federal and regional assistance for its European unit, Opel. Instead of meeting last Friday, the meeting was postponed for tomorrow despite a long line of delays since GM initially asked for...
With the 24 Hours of Le Mans approaching fast most of the competitors for this year's event are ready. One of the most important players to the event is the Audi Motorsport team and this year they will be racing what they are calling the 2010 Audi R15 Plus. The Audi R15 Plus is the second generation of Audi's endurance...
