Archive for July, 2009

EV’IE – click above to enlarge
Don’t let the two recent plug-in vehicle adoptions – a plug-in Prius in San Francisco and the new “electric pod” in London, which includes the EV’IE – fool you. Zipcar has no plans to go big into electric vehicles right now. Speaking to Reuters, Zipcar CEO and Chairman Scott Griffith… »

Filed under: Etc., Motorcycles
The San Diego Comic-Con kicks off later this week, and as is the case each year, there’ll be no shortage of giddy, costumed fanboys and girls roaming the halls. There’s no denying that some of the getups people wear to the con are pretty spot-on, but fans of Batman might be interested… »

Filed under: Car Buying, Trucks/Pickups, Marketing/Advertising, Videos

Last year, Max Motors in Butler, MO gave away free handguns with the purchase of a new vehicle. The promotion was such a success that the dealership is at it again, but this time with a more Russian flair. Buy a new truck at Max Motors, and you’ll receive… »

Audi Metroproject quattro concept – click above for high-res image gallery
A report out of Belgium is saying that Audi will begin series production of its new A1 mini-car in October following a public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in October. Since 2007, we’ve seen two concept versions of the A1 in three- and five-door… »

Some of you observant types might notice that British Leyland and the Rootes Group were totally separate corporations, but we like to fill up tables think their ads go together quite well!
If you prefer being a nitpicker to being merely observant, you might then point out that the British Leyland name existed only from 1968… »

Filed under: Buick, GM

2010 Buick LaCrosse – Click above for high-res image gallery
Now that the new General Motors has been born out of the ashes of what’s now Motors Liquidation Corp., management wants to avoid some of its past mistakes. One of those was letting inventory get out of control, requiring huge incentives to… »

Mitsubishi hasn’t been well represented in this series, so let’s follow up its Astron engine with another Mitsubishi four-cylinder: the Sirius.
Available in displacements ranging from a gas-sipping 1.6 liters to a torquey 2.4 liters, the most famous of all the 4G6 Sirius engines was the 1,997cc turbocharged 4G63T of rally-dominating Lancer Evolution and Galant VR-4… »

While Nissan is making optimistic noises about introducing its new electric car next year – with some sales apparently to start in China in 2011 – the outlook for Japan is a little more tempered and lot more hybrid. Maybe all the Japanese customers who are flocking to Nissan’s green car offerings has something to… »

With a 1990 Chrysler TC By Maserati yesterday, the only possible DOTS choice for today must be The General’s TC killer: Reatta!
Some might say that the Cadillac Allanté was the TC’s true competition, since both cars involved a lot of very expensive shipping between Detroit and Italy. I couldn’t find an Allanté on the island-… »

Filed under: Videos, Ford

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The US auto industry has traditionally been a market for large cars, trucks and SUVs. High fuel prices and increasingly strict emissions regulations have made smaller, more efficient models a must-have for any OEM, but not every automaker has a B-Segment entry, including Ford…. »