Perhaps I’m a bit harsh, let’s just say that the 2012 Fiat 500 will be sold stateside (finally) but with a couple of minor inconveniences. The new (for the United States) Fiat 500 will not get the very high mpg hoped by some and there will be somewhat of a situation when it comes to
After cherishing the recent sales success of the Toyota Prius, the Japanese have just announced that they think their hybrid synergy drive vehicle can make it to first place. That’s right, Toyota consider that their hybrid will be its top-selling U.S. vehicle sometime soon.
The Ingolstadt based Germans have an extra reason to be happy about the new year. Upon receiving the final sales figures of 2010 the cracked open the champagne. This is because in 2010 Audi’s sales in North America call for a new personal record, one to do away with the one set in 2007.
A while back, Chevrolet tried to do away with the whole “Chevy” idea. That didn’t really go along very well but here’s Mitsubishi preparing this car for the U.S. and calling it the “i”. I find it just about as amusing as the “Chevy” situation because that’s the Mitsubishi i-MiEV with some vinyl covers added
A little over a week before its scheduled debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show, Mitsubishi released a set of photos of the U.S. version of their all electric i-MiEV. Since it’s been around Japan and Europe for a while it’s only natural that I’m slightly familiar to it but the U.S. spec version is
A few recent rumors coming through the grapevine all the way from Bavaria make for BMW trying to reach a decision on whether or not to expand the lineup of products they are rolling off the line in Spartanburg. A decision of this sort would probably have no effect on pricing or deliveries but it
While the 2011 Nissan Murano has been around as a facelifted version since the summer but since it’s only now that it’s going to be available in the US the Japanese have been kind enough to release the price list you might encounter in a showroom. For the sake of argument the list only features
It seems that the latest announcement to come from BMW’s Mini is a bit bland but does include some interesting figures. Most interesting of them all is the one that includes the price for the U.S. for a base model and some info on what will the options or superior trim levels set you back.
I’m not entirely convinced about Mercedes’ new policy on reliability, image and the sorts but it seems that the majority of people is. I’m only saying this because US sales of the German three point star have risen so much they over took the arch-rivals at BMW and recently even the long reigning Lexus.
After releasing info on the Ford Focus ST for the Paris Motor Show the Dearborn based company calmed thing down and is now bringing us information on the regular version of the Focus. To be specific the Blue Oval is releasing the pricing for the 2012 version of one of their most popular models in
That’s a pretty long line of words starting with “C” but one can easily be added, the creator of this concept car is called Cardoso, David Cardoso. Pardon the James Bond association but you can’t help but feel that if 007 went to the US to get a car this not only looks the part
After teasing U.S. buyers about a week ago, just before the weekend BMW USA revealed what they’d been preparing, a special edition of the 2010 E92 BMW M3. The special edition headed stateside is entitled the BMW Frozen Gray M3 Coupe and it went on sale On Monday, June 21, 2010 at exactly 11:30 AM.
Yesterday the Swedes over at Volvo made an unfortunate announcement concerning a recall of some 2010 and 2011 model year vehicles that have been sold worldwide. The recall concerns 29,299 cars worldwide of which 536 have been sold in the U.S. and around 6,700 finding home in the U.K.
The Chrysler subsidiary company, Jeep, have announced indirectly that they are considering a possible comeback to the very popular segment of pickups. This announcement came packed in within a discussion Mike Manley, President and CEO of the Jeep Brand had with an interviewer from PickupTrucks.com.
You may remember that about a couple of months ago VW presented us with a facelifted variant of their flagship, the 2011 Phaeton. At the time, it was a bit difficult to understand why the car didn’t get the eagerly awaited by fans major redesign and why the Germans only gave us these minute changes.
Toyota have just announced that they will recommence construction on its Mississippi plant about the same time they are going to begin producing the Corolla there late next year. With the Corolla being produced at this particular plant once again a major shift in production will occur due to the current climate.
Well, at least that’s what McLaren is telling us about their expectations from their latest supecar, the MP4-12C’s clientele. The statement according to which 50% of the demand for the McLaren MP4-12C is going to come from Europe belongs to Antony Sheriff McLaren Automotive Managing Director.
Today was the first time the world could lay their eyes on the latest incarnation of VW’s Jetta sedan, the 2011 model that will soon hit stateside showrooms this October. For now, information on European availability and pricing is not available but there’s still enough to keep us busy.
According to some allege Porsche dealer meeting notes the German performance automaker is up to quite a few tricks in regard to its product lineup. The info leaked on the plans of the Stuttgart based company pretty much boggle the mind of those who thought that the legendary car maker would take it easy after
