Written By: Jessica Mangiameli The International Auto Show 2012 kicks off its tour in Detroit on Monday, January 16th. One of its many stops is at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday, January 19th through Sunday, January 22nd. The Midlands International Auto Show offers citizens the chance to see new and upcoming models [...]
Honda is normally not a big spender when it comes to incentive programs. That changed when it started its “The Really Big Thing Sales Event,” which will run until May 3rd. The deals are quite good: no money down and no security deposit required on all Honda car and truck leases. Certain vehicles will also [...]
The previous iterations of the Jaguar XJ, out of production for a year now, were built for comfort over performance. With the 2010 model, it’s clear the British company is out to make a statement with its luxury sedan. Using only the floorpan of previous models, the XJ is almost entirely new from the inside [...]
China recently bought the Volvo brand from Ford Motor Co. The country’s Vice-President, Xi Jinping, spent a weekend in Sweden, where he penned a deal with Ford to purchase Volvo for $1.8B. The Chinese automaker Geely Automobile now controls the long-standing Swedish brand. Last year, China surpassed the United States as the world’s largest car [...]
The first person to own the new Ferrari 458 Italia received his car at a charity gala on March 25th, 2010. Held in a luxurious mansion in Beverly Hills, CA, the event was held for the Haiti relief efforts of the Catholic Medical Mission Board and the William J. Clinton Foundation. The event held more [...]
In commemoration of Mercedes-Benz’s victory in the 1952 Carrera Panamerica, AMG revealed its latest race car in Oaxaca, Mexico on March 22nd, 2010. Based on the SLS, the new SLS GT3 is the newest edition to Mercedes’ line of homologated vehicles for GT3 class racing. Many details about this new Mercedes model are still a [...]
For the first time in a decade, American automakers have topped J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Vehicle Dependability Study as the most dependable car in the U.S. market. The Cadillac DTS sedan won top honors, surpassing the Japanese cars that have claimed the title of most reliable car for years. Even more surprising is the [...]
Donald Frey, a former senior production planning manager at Ford Motor Co., passed away on March 5th, 2010 in Evanston, Illinois from a stroke at the age of 87. Frey worked with Hal Sperlich and Lee Iacocca at Ford to develop the Mustang, the iconic pony-car that helped usher in the age of the muscle [...]
Chrysler recently announced that it will offer 50 closed dealerships reinstatement, reversing an earlier decision to not reinstate any dealerships. Approximately 400 dealerships applied for franchise reinstatement through arbitration, and Chrysler has decided to send letters of intent to 12.5% of them. As recently as mid-March, the company had showed signs of not reinstating any [...]
Chrysler recently announced that it has solved their problem of Jeep Wrangler hard-top shortages. By staging two production increases in early and late April, Michael Manley, CEO of Jeep, says that they’ll be able to meet the growing demands for the vehicle. Ever since Chrysler’s bankruptcy almost a year ago, many Jeep dealers have been [...]
