Archive for January 7th, 2009

The 2010 Buick LaCrosse isn’t your Grandfather’s Buick. Defying conventional wisdom, this Buick sedan sports slick styling, a classy interior and hardware that’ll make even the most jaded buyer take a look.
This 2010 Buick LaCrosse thumbs its nose at Buick stereotypes with handsome styling and an options list a mile long. Over the last several… »

Yes friends, the Nissan GT-R SpecV is finally, officially here and goes on sale at seven specially selected Nissa dealerships in Japan next month for 15,750,000 yen. That’s a bit over $160,000.
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Nissan Announces New GT-R SpecV Model
TOKYO (Jan. 8, 2009) — Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a new limited-production Nissan… »

Since introduction in 2007, Sync has been a huge success for Ford, closing on 1 million systems sold. Today at CES, Ford’s announced some next-generation upgrades including turn-by-turn navigation.
First, lets talk conceptually for a moment. Instead of doing all the grunt work and developing the entire system and everything on the computational back-end internally, Ford… »

Since introduction in 2007, Sync has been a huge success for Ford, closing on 1 million systems sold. Today at CES, Ford’s announced some next-generation upgrades including turn-by-turn navigation.
First, lets talk conceptually for a moment. Instead of doing all the grunt work and developing the entire system and everything on the computational back-end internally, Ford… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, Detroit Auto Show

We’re all pretty aware that this year’s Detroit Auto Show will be a more somber event than in previous years. Still, drastically reduced sales and a sour economy won’t stop everything in its tracks. Chrysler, for example, will bring an electric car (possibly a four-door Dodge coupe). What’s Ford… »

Filed under: Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, China

Beijing has been taking real steps to reduce its pollution after last year’s Olympic Games brought the issue to a very public stage. There are already some rather complicated rules that drivers need to follow and, starting this year, cars will be required to carry a “yellow label”… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, India

Having just announced the coming availability of lithium ion power to their vehicles, the REVA Electric Car Company (RECC) is sending three of the new variants on the road with the Indian Climate Solutions Road Tour. Company founder and CTO, Chetan Maini, was at the send off and spoke about the Tour… »

As far as facelifts go, we’d say the 2010 Jaguar XK is more Demi Moore than Joan Rivers, but its what’s inside that really piques our interest: the new XK gets a rotary drive selector.
Externally, the big news for this facelift is the new “eyebrow” that sit between the awkward old headlights and the new… »

As far as facelifts go, we’d say the 2010 Jaguar XK is more Demi Moore than Joan Rivers, but its what’s inside that really piques our interest: the new XK gets a rotary drive selector.
Externally, the big news for this facelift is the new “eyebrow” that sit between the awkward old headlights and the new… »

In 1959, East St. Louis, Illinois was a prosperous city of over 80,000 people. High-paying union jobs in the steel, rail, and meatpacking industries drove the economy and the city had just earned the prestigious All-American City award from the National Civic League. What a difference 50 years makes. Today, East St. Louis has a… »