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"Attention, Herr Frog: We return to your land of speed und cheese without ze mighty prototype but with two M3s und ze British touring-car dynamo known as Andy "Hammer" Priaulx. Faszination: Ze..." [...]
Filed under: Spy Photos, Budget, Sedan, Kia, South Korea
2011 Kia Optima - Click above for high-res image gallery
Filed under: Hybrid, Transportation Alternatives, Toyota
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Coupe, Scion
Today’s photo comes from Bill Strong.
Be sure to look at all of Bill Strong’s photos and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Middle East, Better Place
Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Lexus, Toyota
Filed under: Spy Photos, Sedan, Europe, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury
2012 Mercedes-Benz S-Class mule - click above for high-res image gallery
Filed under: Sedan, Geneva Motor Show, Volvo
2011 Volvo S60 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Can't decide whether you want to buy a Lamborghini Gallardo or a 2007 Ford Mustang? We feel you. But thanks to handy hands and obviously demented soul of one John Haugh of Cleveland, Ohio, you needn't make that [...]
Filed under: Transportation Alternatives, BMW
BMW 123d - Click above for high-res image gallery
Corvette Racing has announced the signing of Frenchman Emmanuel Collard to its stable of drivers. The veteran GT/Prototype driver will join Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R ZR1 for the endurance races at [...]
State Farm insurance warned U.S. regulators repeatedly of a rise in vehicle-accident claims involving Toyota vehicles and uninntended acceleration as far back as 2007, according to various media reports coming out of Washington Tuesday, a day before Toyota's top U.S. executive is scheduled to testify before the House oversight committee.
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Filed under: Motorsports, Dodge, Racing
The SpeedFactory 426 Charger does 9.453 in the quarter - Click above to watch video
Looking for a nicer way to transport your lawnmower? Us too. Touring Superleggera, a Milan, Italy-based design house/coach-builder, has just the thing for you: The Bentley Continental Flying Star.
The company will unveil [...]
Filed under: Motorsports, Europe, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Ferrari
Jean Alesi at Fiorano testing an AF Corse Ferrari F430 GTC - Click above for high-res image gallery
And the hits just keep on coming for Toyota. The company announced today that it will recall 437,000 hybrid models worldwide for faulty brakes.
In the U.S., Toyota is voluntarily recalling about 133,000 units of the 2010 Toyota Prius and 14,500 units of the 2010 Lexus HS 250h vehicles to update software [...]
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. President and Chief Operating Officer Jim Lentz makes an appearance on Digg.com to reassure legions of angry Toyota owners that it's still OK to drive their vehicles. Case in point: His son drives a 2010 Toyota Prius, which was recalled on Tuesday for [...]
Scion paints its limited Release Series 6.0 tC in Speedway Blue and prices it starting at $19,290. [...] By Christopher Barger
Director, Global Social Media
For many of us, some of the fondest memories of childhood (or even adulthood) involve the great American tradition of the road trip. For many in the social web, some of the fondest memories of their time in the digital community involve the South [...]
Mecum's Collector Car Auction made its annual pilgrimage to Central Florida's Kissimmee auction last weekend. Florida's temperate January weather makes this auction a favorite and by most accounts, the auction was a huge success. Record attendance was on-hand [...]
It's recall no. 3 for Toyota as the automaker confirms what has been widely reported. The 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010 Lexus HS 250h will be recalled to fix a faulty anti-lock-brake system. [...] 
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Minivan/Van, Work, Ford, Specialty, Electric
Navistar, Inc. has signed a concept development agreement with UK-based Clean Air Power Ltd. to develop Navistar’s MaxxForce 13 big bore engine to run on natural gas and diesel fuel for the North American market.
The program will utilize Clean Air Power’s Dual-Fuel combustion technology (earlier post) to deliver [...]
February 10, 2010
Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Toyota? Not anymore.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo
(Posted 2/9, 10:30AM) Detroit. I really wasn’t going to write about Toyota again this week, figuring that I had said all that needed to be said last week about the situation (click on “Next Entry” at [...]
Volvo is finally giving its S60 sedan a redesign, and the production 2011 S60 debuts in a few weeks at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show. The new S60 goes on sale in the U.S. later this fall, and it will start out with a 300-hp version of [...]
As part of what has become a global recall of the third-generation Prius, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA Inc, will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 133,000 2010 Model Year Prius vehicles and 14,500 Lexus Division 2010 HS 250h vehicles to update software in the vehicle’s anti-lock brake [...]
Here we have another special edition smart fortwo minicar. Smart drivers (the car, not intelligence,) in my experience are insanely smug about their cars, much like the Toyota Prius, and love to make it their own with smart’s customization options. Offering [...]
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, BMW
Technical details of BMW's coming M1 have leaked before and the important bits are these: Aluminum, twin-turbo six-cylinder, 350 horsepower, 310-plus pound-feet of torque, six-speed dual-clutch gearbox, electronically-controlled rear M differential and around 3,300 pounds. Now [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, Chicago Auto Show, Natural Gas
Ford Transit Connect Electric - Click above for high-res galleryFEV, Inc., a developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, has coupled an FEV-developed Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) with a 3-cylinder engine for use as a range extender in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. The APU is designed as a flexible, compact unit using proven technology, combined to bring 40kW of [...]
Scion’s latest in their limited-edition RS line, the tC RS 6.0, will debut in a couple days at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. Only 1,100 of these puppies will be made, and will start showing up on showrooms in March with [...]
So you say you've heard enough already about the 550-hp 2011 Ford Shelby GT500? What are you, a communist? Either way, you haven't actually heard the GT500.
Well now you have. Or rather, you've heard a recording of the nasty GT500 through what are, let's face [...]
Filed under: Hybrid, Recalls, Safety, Hatchback, Toyota
Filed under: Truck, Plants/Manufacturing, Ford
2010 Ford Ranger - Click above for high-res image gallery
In advance of Wednesday's Congressional hearings on the automaker's recent recalls, Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda detailed in a letter published in the Washington Post his plan to restore product quality and regain customer trust.
In the letter printed in Tuesday's [...]
Toyota Motor Co., as expected, announced Tuesday the global recall of 437,000 hybrid models, including the Toyota Prius and Lexus HS 250h, to fix faulty braking systems.
The latest recall covers four models and brings the total number of recalled vehicles for various problems to [...]
Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs
