March 13th, 2010 | Tags:

We’ve been teased a few times with sketches of the 2011 Kia Optima, but today we’ve got the real thing–in photos. The 2011 Optima shown here will make its world debut at the upcoming 2010 New York Auto Show, with an on-sale date expected for the fall. The current Optima’s more typical of the [...]

March 13th, 2010 | Tags:

Before BMW officially reveals the new 2011 5-Series Touring (known as 5-Series Sports Wagon in the U.S.), leaked images have popped up on the internet.
Click here to get prices on the 2010 BMW 550i Gran Turismo.
It has been previously reported that BMW will not sell the 5-Series Sports Wagon in the North American market. It [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Tags:

In an effort to stay in touch with consumers experiencing sticky gas pedals or runaway hybrid vehicles, Toyota has created two videos that show how you should go about bringing your accelerating Toyota to a stop.
The stopping procedure video for Toyota hybrid vehicles shows how James Sikes claim of a runaway Prius could be a [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Tags:

Honda Motor Co. said today that it has racked up 7,000 orders in Japan for its new CR-Z hybrid hatchback, which went on sale at its domestic dealers on Feb. 25. That’s good news for Honda because the Japanese automaker originally planned on selling 12,000 units of the CR-Z annually.
The 2011 Honda CR-Z will hit [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Tags:

Don Esmond, senior vice president of Toyota U.S. sales says that Toyota may extend its aggressive March incentives to stay competitive. The company’s March incentives sent its U.S. sales sharply higher when compared to February.
Esmond said that Toyota’s U.S. sales jumped 40 percent in the first 10 days of March compared to the same period [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Tags:

Subaru and Toyota’s new rear-wheel-drive sports car, based on the Toyota FT-86 Concept, is ready to make its debut later next year. It was reported in Dec. 2009 that Subaru, which is well known for being an all-wheel-drive brand, is worried that a rear-wheel-drive sports car may drive away loyal customers.
Well, it seems like [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Tags:

It’s not a surprise that all comedians are taking a shot at Toyota to get a couple of laughs as the company goes through massive recalls. Earlier this week on the Late Show with David Letterman, Toyota’s CEO Akio Toyoda (of course it wasn’t really him) showed up to set the record straight with Toyota [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Tags:

A member of the Camaro5 forum yesterday spotted a Chevrolet Camaro Convertible driving around Madison Heights in Michigan with its top down.
He writes:
Well I was driving this evening and saw this (in Madison Heights, MI at 12 Mile and I-75) convertible mule driving the opposite way I was. So I quickly turned [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Tags:

Ford Motor Co., a police vehicle market leader for 15 years, today unveiled their new Police Interceptor, which they say will be offered without interruption when the current Crown Victoria Police Interceptor ends production in Sept. 2011.
“Police nationwide asked for a new kind of weapon in the battle for public safety, and Ford is [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Tags:

General Motors Vice President Bob Lutz, who is scheduled to retire his position on May 1, recently said GM will keep making big trucks and SUVs because U.S. buyers demand them, but a major portion of them will be gasoline-electric hybrids. He also said that the Detroit automaker will pay back its bailout loan at [...]

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