Nissan’s luxury division have just announced the latest stage in the life of their 2013 Infiniti JX crossover; it actually entered production. Unveiled as a concept late last year, the 2013 Infiniti JX is a seven seat crossover, the first of its kind in the company’s history. Production is taking place at the Smyrna Vehicle
The Koreans at Kia managed to slightly steal the show at the Chicago Motor Show with their Track’Ster concept but for all the fun of it there were plenty of question marks around. Thankfully, the guys over at Autoblog have gotten together with Kia’s PR team and Peter Schreyer, chief of design, and sorted out
Large car making groups tend to share bits and pieces, borrow one another’s ideas and so on but what we’re looking at is a first time deal for Fiat and Chrysler. Chrysler plan saw Jeep pushing for the development of a new smaller SUV soon but that’s not really going to happen. The Italian overlords
There are a few things about the British car making industry that no matter how much time passes by will remain the same. Plenty of them have, died off along with most of the automotive industry but some live on. Rolls Royce doesn’t compete with anybody yet makes the best luxury car, Morgan will make,
The Koreans have been the talk of all sales and product expectation recently but for all their success they still have some problems. Hyundai, for example, have recently announced that the sales rate of their Elantra model will soon drop. The reason behind the drop is the fact that production facilities can’t keep up with
Mini is a brand that’s more about the premium feel and fashion statement of a small car than about the small car itself. Ever since BMW took them over along while back they’ve been promising all sorts of wacky versions yet so far we pretty much got some boring shapes like an estate and a
The Bavarians have recently gotten some stick for the way they pay American workers compared to those from Germany but this bit of news is likely to change that. BMW has just announced that they plan to ship some serious investments over the Atlantic, particularly towards their Spartanburg plant. Their plant in Spartanburg California will
Though not expected to be unveiled until the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, the 2012 Dacia Lodgy MPV has been unveiled by the Romanian manufacturer. The Lodgy is a very important car for the Dacia brand since it is a premiere on many fronts and it signifies them targeting a new segment of the market. The
If your Christmas tree may be a little low to fit a new car underneath and the RC options have long lost your interest the British may have a solution for you. Mini, makers of some of the smallest cars around has one very ambitious man on their team, one who’s not too shy about
It seems like Kia’s plan for their four door coupe, the GT Concept are even bigger than we originally expected. A couple of Kia USA insiders have told InsideLine reporters that not only are the Koreans going to send the GT Concept into production, they’re thinking about adding two more models along side. The new
The Blue Oval has finally killed off their small pickup, the Ford Ranger, by shutting down its production lifeline. Given the ever dropping sales and considering how most pickup truck buyers weren’t really interested in it, the Ford Ranger won’t be missed too much. We’re told that the final nail in the coffin of the
The Tesla Roadster paved the way for a new company, new ideas, acceptance for electric cars even in sporty circumstances. Since its arrival in 2008, the small volume EV sports car has left a mark on the automotive world. It is however starting to feel outdated. An electric car can’t really bare the same lifespan
Despite it being still a production study at the moment, what you’re looking at here is the 2012 Chevrolet Trailblazer and boy is it one handsome looking machine. The unveiling took place at the ongoing 2011 Dubai Motor Show so given the location and pre-production state it is only natural expect the new Chevy SUV
Normally, when met with the idea of buying or looking up an Audi, you’d be expecting a dignified business man’s express, a sure footed saloon that loves the motorway. There are some exceptions in the lineup, but that’s really what they are and perhaps the Ingolstadt based company is trying to break that line of
The Blue Oval is loved for plenty of cars with true flair and performance such as the GT40, the Mustang, the Focus, so on and so forth but truth be told they really make their money in a different area. Commercial vehicles is where it matters the most and true kings in this segment are
Top Gear’s James May will not exactly be thrilled by this but it seems that modern Britain just took a hit to the kidneys as history came back to haunt it. Land Rover just announced that their Defender model will live on and will still be produced for another six years on top of the
Remember the Cadillac XTS Concept we saw a couple of years back; well, according to the luxury brand, come the L.A. Motor Show, something considerable is going to change about it. It’s not the look, it’s not the size, it’s not many of the gadgets that are going to disappear from the 2013 Cadillac XTS
Ever since the Jaguar C-X16 Concept was announced as a production model we’ve been hoping to get it out into the open as soon as possible and it seems that this is what’s happening. The British seem to be quite eager to push this sub XK model onto the market as soon as possible which
Probably spurred on by the German winning the second Formula 1 world championship, the Japanese at Infiniti decided to green light his special edition for production. By his special edition I’m talking about the performance enhanced Infiniti FX50 Sebastian Vettel edition that was introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Now it’s not unusual to try
After a few years of quieting down, it seemed like fate finally caught up with the Mitsubishi Eclipse and it went out of production, but the story goes on. Probably because of frantic customer complaints, requests or orders, there’s a pretty serious, more and more popular rumor that Mitsubishi plans on bringing it back. Nothing
