| 2013 Opel Astra OPC Review |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
After only six months on Australian shores, German wunderkind Opel reckons its all-new Opel Astra OPC is primed to take a commanding slice of the nation's fiercely competitive hot-hatch market. ...
|
| |
|
| |
| 2013 Honda Fit EV Expands Market; Now Available on East Coast |
Feb 12th, 2013 |
|
After launching in California and Oregon in July 2012, the 2013 Honda Fit EV will be expanding to East Coast markets this month. Today, American Honda announced that the Fit EV will be available for lease options at select dealerships in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey. Lease terms are for three years [...]
|
| |
|
| |
| Quirky Carmaker Gives Car and Camera to Entrepreneurs for Mini Documentaries |
Feb 12th, 2013 |
|
Scion, Toyota’s kid-brother-brand, yesterday unveiled yet another confusing and irrelevant ad campaign marketed to…we have no idea. Seriously. What is this? Called “Make Every Second Count,” the ad spots consist of five web shorts created by young entrepreneurs: a chef/author/activist; a music promoter; a web filmmaker; a food truck driver; and a bicycling activist. Scion [...]
|
| |
|
| |
| Lincoln Funding “Date Night” for MKZ Buyers |
Feb 12th, 2013 |
|
Global director of marketing, sales, and service for Lincoln, Matt VanDyke sat down with Bradford Wernle of Automotive News to talk about the new MKZ, about why it’s more than two months behind on delivering the vehicle to customers. With an increase of shipping levels, Lincoln plans to deliver around 2,500 MKZs this month and [...]
|
| |
|
| |
| Elon Musk of Tesla Calls out New York Times |
Feb 12th, 2013 |
|
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk recently took the New York Times to task for an unflattering article about the Tesla Model S. Speaking to CNBC, Musk said, “Essentially, we think the article is a bit of a set up and is unreasonable.” In the New York Times article, John Broder said that although the road [...]
|
| |
|
| |
| 2015 Mazda 3 Spy Photos: Good Genes, Good Jeans |
Feb 12th, 2013 |
|
What It Is: The next-generation Mazda 3 being tested. Although this mule is cloaked in a fairly complex vinyl wrap of camo, we can clearly see the A-pillar, the hood, and the roofline are right in line with an image of the next-gen 3 we discovered last fall. The fascia has been blacked out and [...]
|
| |
|
| |
| 2014 Kia Forte First Drive: Shapelier Sheetmetal, Less Weight, and Quieter Running |
Feb 12th, 2013 |
|
“Forte” is how you say “Elantra” if you work for Hyundai’s Kia division, and viewed from that perspective, you have to wonder what’s the problem? The value-packed Elantra racked up more than 200,000 sales last year, even if it isn’t our favorite fork in the compact-car drawer. The outgoing Forte counted only a little more [...]
|
| |
|
| |
| Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 171 |
Feb 12th, 2013 |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| 2014 Alfa Romeo 4C Revealed Ahead of Swiss Debut [2013 Geneva Auto Show] |
Feb 12th, 2013 |
|
Ready or not, here comes Alfa Romeo—the brand is returning to the U.S. market this year with a single model, this 4C sports car, the production version of which finally has been revealed. Combining winning attributes like a mid-engine chassis layout, rear-wheel drive, ultra-lightweight carbon-fiber construction, and looks that border on sexual, the 4C is [...]
|
| |
|
| |
| McLaren Continues P1 Supercar’s Striptease, Shows Production Interior [2013 Geneva Auto Show] |
Feb 12th, 2013 |
|
When it comes to unveiling all-new cars, there’s the easy way—debuting the car in one go at an auto show—or the less-easy but more exposure-friendly way, which involves a long, drawn-out “preview” process. McLaren has decided to go with the latter, revealing the details of the 2014 P1 supercar piece by piece in the run-up to the [...]
|
| |
|
| |
