December 2011 Vehicle Sales: What the Headlines Don’t Tell You

December 2011 Vehicle S...

It Really Was a Toyotathon Sales of the Toyota Camry in 2011: 308,510 Sales of all Mazdas in 2011: 250,426 Sales of all BMWs in 2011: 247,907 Date of T?hoku earthquake: March 11, 2011 Date flooding started in Thailand: July 31, 2011 Minimum number of months Toyota operated below 100%...
Video: latest BMW 3-Series makes its UK debut at Autosport

Video: latest BMW 3-Ser...

Filed under: Autosport International All hail what will probably be the most important new car of 2012, the latest BMW 3-Series and we are just weeks into the new year. So why is it so important you might ask? Well popularity with the fleet and family sector is key and judging from the...
MINI wins the Dakar Rally

MINI wins the Dakar Ral...

Filed under: Motorsport Well, as predicted the X-raid MINI All4 team won the Dakar rally on Sunday. After 14 hard stages Frenchmen Stéphane Peterhansel , his co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret and their green MINI All4 Racing were confirmed as the winner of the legendary Rally Dakar in a...
BMW Confirms X4, Announces Nearly $900 Million Investment in South Carolina Plant to Build It

BMW Confirms X4, Announ...

Today BMW announced that it will make a significant investment in its Spartanburg, South Carolina, plant in 2012 to prepare it for production of the upcoming X4 crossover. We already predicted the new model was coming, but this confirms it. The X4 will be to the X3 as the X6 is to the...
Mercedes: FWD Baby CLS in 18 Months, Three Models Based on A-class to Follow a Year Apart

Mercedes: FWD Baby CLS ...

The new president of Mercedes-Benz USA, Steve Cannon, has a tough task ahead. The former Army Ranger arrives just in time to oversee launches for the new SL and GL in 2012, as well as face lifts for other products. But the real challenge will be steering Mercedes into compact-car...
Official: BMW ActiveHybrid 5 priced from $61,845*

Official: BMW ActiveHyb...

Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Technology , BMW , Luxury The BMW ActiveHybrid 5 is only a few months from hitting dealer floors, which makes this as good a time as any to release pricing. The ActiveHybrid 5 will start at $61,845, *including a $895 destination and handling charge....
Official: Rolls-Royce records highest annual sales in 107-year history

Official: Rolls-Royce r...

Filed under: Car Buying , Rolls-Royce , Earnings/Financials , UK , Luxury Some would say that 2011 wasn’t exactly a banner year, but the good chaps at Rolls-Royce would likely respond with a definitive “Poppycock!” That’s because the 107-year-old brand experienced...

BMW And Alfa Romeo Ride...

This is why we live in the best time for driving. The roads are restricted, gas is expensive and cars are becoming numbing transportation pods, but you can buy a BMW E30 or an Alfa GTV6 for peanuts and go tear up twisting country roads whenever you have a free weekend. More »...

2013 Boss 302 Mustang: ...

The Detroit Auto Show doesn’t open for the press until Sunday but our own Ray Wert managed to pry himself away from his busy schedule of eating Greek salads at Leo’s Coney Island to snag these first photos of the Mustang Boss 302 in its new “Gotta Have It Green”...
Runaway car almost gets wiped out

Runaway car almost gets...

Filed under: Humour We all know the feeling. There’s a lot playing on your mind and the simplest of tasks can be forgotten when that important board meeting with the executives is only a minute away. But, failing to put the handbrake on could well make you wake up and smell the...

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