March 29, 2024
Subaru

Subaru is about to kill off the Tribeca

It’s sad when a manufacturer decides to discontinue a model. It’s especially sad when they’re not talking about the replacement model coming along soon. There’s a rumor going round that the Japanese at Subaru are planning the demise of their Tribeca mid-sized SUV, family car or whatever it is. If I’m honest, there’s not too

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VW

2013 Volkswagen Beetle to attract more men

When Oprah announced she’d be giving away several of the new 2013 Volkswagen Beetle most of us thought it would be yet another girly machine. Upon its unveiling, the newest version of the Beetle didn’t seem to create any preference based on gender. With a bit of research, it turns out that the new Beetle

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Toyota

Toyota Prius C’s February sales make rivals weep

Toyota is obviously a leader in terms of hybrid solutions and they’re also one of the least restrained companies ever to put out a press release. They’ve just announced how many Prius C they’ve managed to sell in February and just giving us the figures is simply not going to be enough. The Japanese company

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Tesla

Tesla Model X is a massive hit

Tesla’s recent unveiling of the Model X crossover may have had a few bloopers in the presentation but overall, it was a massive success. We’re not talking about the media reaction or the public welcoming the design and some ideas. We’re talking actual success for the Model X. Tesla reports that since the unveiling they’ve

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Maybach

Maybach’s death reasoned in numbers

Some will pine after the uber-luxurious German brand, others will rejoice in it and most won’t even care about Maybach but there’s something sad about its death. Mercedes, or rather the higher ups at Daimler, are now trying to justify why killing Maybach was better than the other options available on the table. Justification is

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Hyundai

Hyundai Elantra production capacity will slow sales

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

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Hyundai

Hyundai Elantra sales boom

The Korean manufacturer success story of the present days is still going on, despite various predictions of their slowing down. Hyundai proves this better than everybody else as their 2011 Elantra is killing everything out there in its relatively entry level market. The “40 mpg on all models” certainly helped along the success story of

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Honda

Dealers can’t sell 2012 Honda Civic

Out in the U.S. Honda’s Civic didn’t receive too much of an update for 2012 and the mild facelift it got didn’t bring joy to that many customers or attract any new ones to dealers. The Japanese took notice and promised some swift recovery action as they’ve pushed forward the new release date of the

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BMW

BMW Z4 M and Z4 GT3 come to attention

Ever since the appearance of the BMW Z4 M back in 2006 with the E85 and E86 versions the world of automotive enthusiasts was taken in by the incredible charm of the Bavarian take on a classic roadster recipe. Sadly though, while the fans were happy and rejoice bloomed, the sales of the BMW Z4

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Skoda

Skoda decides against small sports car

Even though Skoda is one of the manufacturers on an seriously improving trend lately and their desire to add more models to their lineup, the news isn’t great. No matter how many rumors come about or how much we want it, the Czech company isn’t going to be making a new small sports car. It’s

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Aston Martin Maybach

Aston Martin still negotiating Maybach’s saving

Even though it’s been a serious while since we’ve heard the original rumors about Maybach and Aston Martin working together it’s only today that we find something official from the two. Of the very few British and German collaborations worth noting, as far as the automotive spectrum is concerned, they’ve generally been successful, so there’s

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Ford

2012 Ford Focus sales suffering

Know about what’s the best hatchback out there? Forget trying to argue on this one, it really is the Ford Focus and despite going for a challenging look it’s still selling. The 2012 model year may not be the best looking one Ford ever made but even so, it’s making dealers panic about not having

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BMW

BMW delays X1 from U.S. release indefinitely

BMW’s tricks with the X range aren’t all that much fun as they’ve been so far and in regards to the smallest one around they’re not that good. For those of you who are Americans interested in this particular X1 I’m afraid you’re going to have to wait quite a while before you’ll be able

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Mazda

Mazda kills off RX-8 production

Mazda has long stood by RX lineup. The RX-7 barely barely held a candle against the likes of the 911 and other such rivals. The RX-8 however got a bit more of a break, it came with a better price, a lot more practicality and considerably better reviews. Despite this, Mazda never really managed to

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Porsche

Porsche 550 confirmed by CEO

Although yet to be certified by any press release or the company itself, Porsche’s CEO has just confirmed work on the 550. Previously known as the baby Porsche is meant to be an enthusiast focused mid-engined sports car. As you’d imagine this sort of news isn’t taken lying down by any of the petrolheads so

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Caterham

Caterham manages to send the Seven to China

With China being the most interesting market for cars and various other products right now, it’s not that big a surprise to see more and more brands fighting for some market share. There are a few brands however that aren’t expected to do anything new, much less something as important as going to China to

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BMW

BMW 5 Series GT disappoints and worries management

For some time now, BMW have pretty much had it their own way seeing as how every new model they launched was an almost guaranteed success. After this sort of lucky streak, one would be forgiven for saying BMW let it go to their heads when they took a substantial gamble and came up with

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Ford

Ford’s new products help Russian partner Sollers with finances

Even though Ford has been pretty much keeping a lid on actual sales figures they’ve been managing lately, it’s clear these aren’t small. We got our first hints from the Ford F-150 EcoBoost sales rushing up and from the Fiesta being top seller in Europe but somehow that didn’t seem substantiated enough.

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Kia

Kia’s first quarter is even more than excellent

For some time now we knew that the Koreans were doing pretty well financially but the latest of sales figures proof just how much we might be underestimating Kia. Hard figures suggest that Kia’s accountants drew the line at a total profit of $890 million for the first three months of 2011.

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Subaru

2012 Subaru Impreza sales prediction stands at a 50% increase

The Japanese at Subaru can’t really complain about the Impreza paying off its development effort, but they do have the right frame of mind. With the 2012 Subaru Impreza just around the corner, rumor is going round about how the company expects the sales increase to be quite substantial.

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