Automakers have stepped up to help those affected by the devastating Oklahoma tornado that hit the city of Moore earlier this week. Some of the donations are coming directly from auto manufacturers, but individual dealerships are adding to the donations as well. Ford is donating $250,000 to the American Red Cross and will match up [...]
Both Ford and Chrysler have just announced plans to reduce or even eliminate their usual summer shutdowns at various plants in North America. This will allow both auto manufacturers the ability to increase production on key models whose sales have been strong throughout the beginning of the year. Ford plans to reduce its summer shutdowns [...]
Tesla is looking to pay back $465 million in Department of Energy loans through an upcoming stock offering which could generate as much as $1 billion for the company. CEO Elon Musk, who often takes to twitter to defend the company and hint at upcoming announcements, tweeted the news on Tuesday. This payoff comes more [...]
The 2014 Subaru Forester is all-new this year and it boasts some impressive off-road capabilities along with the creature comforts families want in a car. It also touts some pretty lofty MPG ratings of 24 city/32 highway. These are darn good numbers for a crossover so I took it for a drive this weekend to [...]
The Dubai police force has added yet another incredible supercar to its fleet and this time it’s a Bugatti Veyron. Now the bad guys there will have to outrun the fastest production vehicle in the world, so unless they’re driving the same car, they are out of luck. The Bugatti Veyron joins an already impressive [...]
Fresh off its best sales month every in March and a huge 423.5 percent year-over-year sales increase in April, the Nissan Leaf has passed the 25,000 sales threshold in the US. A combination of factors, including a $6,000 price chop in January, have helped the Leaf become the world’s best selling electric vehicle. The January [...]
While driving the 2013 Ford Fusion Titanium, the stand-out feature for me was the game controller they call a steering wheel. This is not a complaint, but a compliment, as getting accustomed to the arrangement of all those buttons was quicker and easier than in any other vehicle I’ve driven. The thing with technology in [...]
A proposed North Carolina law will ban the direct sale of cars from manufacturers to consumers, pretty much booting Tesla right out of the state. The bill already has unanimous approval from the state Senate’s Commerce Committee and is moving on to the State Senate and House. Not surprisingly, this bill was strongly supported by [...]
How can automakers improve vehicles on the road today in order to meet increasingly challenging fuel efficiency standards that have been set by the government? This was the question a team of experts attempted to answer at the recent New England Motor Press (NEMPA) Technology Conference at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Barring any changes, cars [...]
Two sexy Playboy Playmates made automotive news today for their appearances in the iconic men’s magazine. First, Formula One heiress Tamara Ecclestone got everyone’s attention with the reveal of her May magazine cover. Next up, Raquel Pomplun was named the 2013 Playboy Playmate of the Year and received a one-year lease on a 2014 Jaguar [...]
The 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee was given the “Official Winter Car of New England” award at the New England Motor Press (NEMPA) annual meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts this week. It marks an unprecedented third time in a row that NEMPA members have given this award to the Jeep Grand Cherokee. The NEMPA annual meeting, held [...]
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is seriously investigating technology that could lead to driverless cars and he’s in talks with Google to make it a reality. It’s not as far-fetched as you might think, given the technology in cars on the road right now that monitors what’s happening and can actually stop the car to [...]
Audi boldly goes where no one has gone before with this commercial for the Audi S7 featuring Leonard Nimoy (Old Spock) and Zachary Quinto (New Spock) of Star Trek. You’ll walk away feeling like the car is just shy of being a spaceship, and if you’re a Star Trek fan, then you’ll be laughing so [...]
The US Treasury Department has announced that they are planning to sell another batch of the GM stock it originally acquired during the 2009 government bailout. Currently the Treasury has 241.7 million shares of GM stock which amounts to about 18% of the total common stock issued for the company. This is good news for [...]
