It had been a while since we spoke of a new recall so might as well find out about what happened at Saab this Sunday morning. The Swedish have announced that they are going to be inviting all 2010-2011 Saab 9-3 owners in to the dealers for a cup of coffee.
I remember how a few years back I started laughing at the idea of how GM were re-branding Daewoo products into Chevrolet ones. This didn’t seem to clash with the idea at General Motors and the Americans keep on hitting it home with the name change.
You all knew that it was going to happen. Once the 2011 Opel/Vauxhall Corsa came about in economical mode, a new hot version was right around the corner. And this is it, it’s the Vauxhall Corsa VXR in Blue Edition.
The Japanese at Nissan aren’t happy with the little American attention they got from the Detroit Motor Show so far. Why would that be surprising since the only thing Nissan had to say in regards to the North American International Auto Show is how they’re going to have a proper presence next year.
Guess what, not everything making the news these days is coming from the Detroit Motor Show, and this is just the case. While Audi is showcasing their new A6 mid range sedan at NAIAS, the Ingolstadters are pretty busy at home. They’ve just registered two very interested nameplates for Audi fans.
A new year means a new page in car sales. More customers to find, older customers to cater to and so on. This prospect is quite a dreary one. Not for the Koreans at Kia it isn’t as they’ve just announced that they want to continue increasing sales figures in 2011.
Whether some of us like it or not, China is still going to be the place to go for new car launches in the near and immediate future. Toyota proves my point by sending over the 2011 Zelas to the People’s Republic of China.
It was bound to happen wasn’t it? Dodge may be selling the Journey in Europe already but sales are so weak it’s not really worth noting. This is where their new alliance with the Italians at Fiat comes in. Fiat plans to re-badge the 2011 Dodge Journey as one of their own products and rethink
I guess the holiday season is really gentle on the Germans at BMW and their workload. With the winter break coming in like a hurricane the Bavarians are taking stuff slow. After slightly updating the 1 Series and the X5 for the U.S. they chose to slightly update the BMW X3.
General Motors has had enough of taking a beating in the high performance pickup truck segment from both sides of the opposition. With Ford Churning out off road monsters like the F-150 SVT Raptor and with Dodge selling the Ram Power Wagon hot on their tails… GM had to find something that fits in the
Chrysler, the one out of the Detroits’ Big Three that I like least has really rolled up its sleeves and set to work. Their labors latest fruit is a new face for the Jeep Compass. In readying itself for 2011 the Jeep Compass became more of a Grand Cherokee.
Ah Toyota, it’s the car company that’s almost always been named in the same sentence as the word “recall”. And what do we have here, Toyota has just issued a voluntary recall for one of their models, the Sienna minivan. Now that’s a surprise.
A recent report from Japan tells us that Toyota has planned for a change in directions as far as future car production is concerned. The “star” of the biggest and most troublesome recall in history has decided to cut back on production plans for 2011.
It just seems that we can’t have a week go by without a new recall. Am I wrong for wanting that to happen? The company affected this time is Volvo and the model that will be hitting dealer garages is… erm, more than one.
It’s no longer news that the Asian market is in a state of booming sales. That’s what China has been for for just over a year. India on the other hand has just started attracting major manufacturers to it. The latest of them to develop a car specifically for the Indian market is Toyota.
In a recent announcement from the Japanese we find that they are soon to kill off what has been described as “the first ever cool Honda”. Cool or not, the Element has had a 9 year run and with recent sales numbers being poor Honda saw at as no longer economically viable.
The German tuning company, AC Schnitzer has decided that if you go for a diesel powered estate version of the BMW 5 Series Touring you shouldn’t be left wanting. I mean, you’ve already made some sacrifices in order to go for the estate version and for an engine which doesn’t really move your soul.
Rumors of a hot version of the Lexus GS came and went and after a while things pretty much settled down. Nobody was bothered about the Lexus GS-F for a while. That is, until now.
This bit of news may not seem so new but bare with me. Mercedes Benz has decided to send its baby A Class over to China. The A Class’ introduction to the Chinese market is part of a very ambitious plan the Germans have for themselves.
The Germans just handed over the first bit of news on the 2011 Volkswagen Eos since the Exclusive package was announced. Volkswagen have told us the what the price tag on a 2011 Eos will look like. Sadly, that price tag is for the United Kingdom only at the moment.
