Remember the "Germ...
Filed under: Latest News Apparently life does imitate art. The Citroen C5 launched in the UK with an ad saying how it was just like a German car. Now it is rumoured that the next C5 could be made by Opel in Germany. The tie up between Opel/Vauxhall and PSA Peugeot Citroen means most of...Owner sues Honda over f...
Filed under: Latest News An American owner of a Civic hybrid has lost her case against the manufacturer after claiming compensation for the fact that her Honda Civic did not achieve its claimed fuel economy. Heather Peters initially won $10,000 in a small claims court, but Superior court...New engines for Vauxhal...
Filed under: Vauxhall , Latest News Vauxhall has announced that it will be introducing three new engine families in the next year to boost both power and economy. First to arrive will be a 1.6 turbo petrol with up to 197 bhp – that is one in the eye for Ford, whose 1.6 petrol...Ferrari PR stunt deface...
Filed under: Latest News As if the nouveau riche were not unpopular enough in China, a Ferrari dealer has left tyre marks all over a Ming dynasty wall. He performed donuts (spinning the car in as short a radius as possible) in a 458 on top of the 600-year-old city wall. The resulting...How Active Safety Tech ...
I feel a little perverted driving into Carson City—but it’s not because I’m in Nevada, about to slink out to some brothel. No, I’m in a silent and snow-crusted part of western Sweden, a place where apparently you can mow down pedestrians and get away with it. (more..) See the...
Name That Shifter, No. ...
It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a...
Chevrolet Trax to Join ...
We first saw a Chevrolet bearing the Trax name as a concept at the 2007 New York auto show, riding on the bones of the Chevy Spark. Now Chevy has announced that something called the Trax will go into production for global markets. But the only thing this Trax has in common with the Trax...Report: Auto sales cred...
Filed under: Car Buying , Plants/Manufacturing , Earnings/Financials The auto industry has long been a cyclical business, and though this last trough was a deep one, the coming boom has economists excited. According to Bloomberg , the auto industry’s comeback contributed fully half...
Let the Wood (and Alumi...
While at Morgan Motor’s headquarters in the U.K., in addition to having a more serious meeting with Charles Morgan , we visited the factory facilities. Morgan’s company archivist, Martyn Webb, gave us an in-depth tour. Read full story » Here is the original: Let the...