Suspend your thoughts about the roar-and-vibration riding experience for a minute and consider a near silent hum instead, because electric bikes just kicked the caboodle out of gas powered motorcycles at the May 7 Minimoto Energy Crisiscross (ECX) in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the inaugural American Motocross Association sanctioned electricity vs. gas race, and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
With the federal government ruling that 2015 fleets of cars must meet a 35.5 mpg average, automakers will have to embrace new technology at a much higher level, making innovative or luxury options standard in most new vehicles. While some experts say that current gasoline-powered engines could be improved to achieve up to 20% better [...]
The latest federal rules issued for the 2015 automobile fleets are likely to drive the cost of cars up by at least $1,000, experts say. The newest ruling ups the average from 27.5 mpg for cars and 23.1 mpg for light trucks to a fleet average of 35.5 mpg. The ruling also requires automakers to [...]
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 [...]
McLaren has announced that it is close to finishing its latest vehicle, the MP4-12C. The new supercar has entered the final phases of testing, which is being done around the world. Working under a Formula-1 styled process, each car is being accompanied by a crew of 20-25 technicians and 12 engineers to ensure development moves [...]
Tesla, producer of the electric sports car, has announced that lease options will be available on the 2010 Roadster and Roadster Sport. The new option is intended to allow those customers who are interested in the one of a kind vehicle but are afraid to commit to owning one a chance to test it out [...]
