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Nissan Leaf Drivers Average 37 Miles Per Day, Added Range Not Needed Says Product Boss
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Has Nissan already cracked the range sweet spot of electric vehicles? According to Mark Perry, director of product planning and strategy for Nissan North America, Nissan Leaf drivers average a distance of 37 miles in a single day. Moreover, the average length of a single trip is a short seven miles. According to these findings,…
Teflon Sweepstakes: Meet Jeff Gordon And Win A Trip To NASCAR
Winter is coming – is your car ready? If you need a new set of windshield wipers to keep the snow from obscuring your view, now’s the time to pick some up, as Teflon has just announced a contest that could win you a trip to see a NASCAR race. The contest, which is on…
Custom Mustangs Previewed Ahead of SEMA Show
At least four different companies will be bringing their vision of the ultimate custom Ford Mustang to this year’s SEMA Show. Ford released some info and images of four Mustang projects that will be showcased in the Blue Oval booth this year, but our sources say that these won’t be the only ones. Nonetheless, the…
Drive-Thru Hotel Lobby Lets You Check In Without Getting Out Of Your Car
We already enjoy the benefits of drive-thru restaurants, bank machines, even funeral homes. For people who hate getting out of their cars, you’ll be happy to hear about the drive-thru lobby at the Interalpen Hotel in Austria. To check into your room for the night, you just drive right into the lobby. The Interalpen Hotel,…
Peugeot-Citroen Cutting 6,000 Jobs
As part of a $1.1 billion cost-cutting effort, PSA, the parent company of both Peugeot and Citroen, will shed 6,000 jobs in Europe, with 2,500 white collar jobs, 2,500 contract worker jobs and 1,000 blue collar jobs expected to be cut in 2012. PSA claimed that their car-making operations would barely turn a profit in…
Toyota FT-86 Leaked Again: New Photos Slip Out Ahead of Tokyo Auto Show Debut
Just a day after the first leaked photos of the Toyota FT-86, numerous other pictures of the highly-anticipated sports car have hit the net. Even juicier than the last time, these pics appear to be of the official production car, and not of the Modellista version. Staying true to the design of the original…
Saab Production May Restart In 8 Weeks
According to Inside Line, Saab may be ready to re-start production at its factories in as little as 8 weeks, after being sold to two Chinese automakers for $142 million. While Saab was valued at $660 million this summer, both Pang Da and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co. managed to purchase the company at a rock…
Porsche Profits Up 25 Percent, Cayenne Outsells Panamera by 2:1 Ratio
Porsche‘s profits rose by 25 percent in the first 9 months of the year, as overall revenue and vehicle deliveries rose by 20 and 31 percent respectively. Cayenne sales were up 74 percent, as the SUV became the brand’s best selling model, with 43,924 units sold. The Panamera was second with 18,750 sold. Sales of…
Pull Into The Perfect Spot With The Parker iPhone App
One of the reasons you hate driving in the city will no longer be an issue, thanks to the Parker iPhone app. This handy tool will scope out available parking spots in a variety of different cities, alleviating one of the annoyances that comes with the urban commute. To ensure you get the most out…
Toyota Oakley Surf Tacoma Debuts Ahead of 2011 SEMA Show
Features include a purpose built racking system for storing surfboards, bags and other equipment, plus a modified pickup bed with storage for wetsuits, plus an ice chest and barbeque grill.
AJAC Car Of The Year Finalists Announced
Our friends to the north have been keeping busy by choosing their pick for the car and truck of the year, before snow takes over. So over the last week, the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) had assembled in the Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario to see which cars are the best in their category. The winners…
Toyota Tundra Ultimate Motocross Truck: SEMA Preview
Toyota has teamed up with DC Shoes and West Coast Customs to build a one-of-a-kind Ultimate Motocross Truck, set to debut at this year’s SEMA Show. Based on a Toyota Tundra full-size pickup, the build team used feedback from various Motocross athletes to help create a truck that every motocross rider needs to make an…
Chevrolet Celebrating Ron Fellows, Corvettes At Carlisle With Custom Cars: SEMA Preview
While it may seem that most of Chevrolet’s attention is on their Camaro model for this year’s SEMA Show, they did announce a pair of Corvettes that will be shown off on the show floor. Celebrating 30 years of “Corvettes at Carlisle”, Chevy will show off a special edition Corvette Carlisle Blue Grand Sport Concept…
D3 Cadillac’s 1,001-HP Le Monstre CTS-V Coupe To Debut In Toyo Tires Booth: SEMA Preview
Toyo Tires recently announced three of their four 2011 SEMA booth vehicles, choosing to keep the fourth one a secret… until now. Toyo Tires has teamed up with D3 Cadillac to show off a special edition 2012 CTS-V Coupe dubbed “Le Monstre” packing in excess of 1,001-hp and 1,001 lb-fts of torque. D3 Cadillac is…
Subaru Launching Custom Imprezas, WRX STIs: SEMA Preview
Subaru of America will be showing off several of their record setting race cars alongside custom Subaru Performance Tuning models at this year’s SEMA Show. Also at the Subaru booth this year will be the Isle of Man record setting WRX STI making its US debut alongside David Higgins’ 2011 Rally America Champion WRX STI….
Scion iQ Sales Targets Set At 1,000-2,000 Units Per Month
Toyota is setting targets of between 1,000 and 2,000 units per month for the rollout of its Scion iQ city car, and the new vehicle will see a tiered launch that involves an initial rollout on the West Coast this winter with a Midwest and East Coast launch this spring. The Japanese-built iQ will also…
Ford’s New Lane Keeping Technology To Combat Drowsy Driving [Video]
Ford’s Lane Keeping technology is much more effective than a cup of super strong coffee – this technology will let you know when you’re too tired to drive. Set to launch in early 2012 on the Ford Explorer, the Lane Keeping technology is perfect for drivers that are in for the long haul or have…
Pontiac Buyers Loyal To General Motors
Fears that General Motors would lose former buyers of Pontiac vehicles to other brands appear to be unfounded, according to the latest data from Edmunds. While the controversial axing of the Pontiac brand led to fears that GM would lose former customers of the brand, data shows that nearly 40 percent of Pontiac customers opted…
Ford Stamps Brand New ’65 Mustang Convertible For SEMA
The glory days of the muscle car era may be long over, but die-hard fans of V8 powered American iron don’t have to spend countless hours restoring oxidized hulks of decades-old metal anymore. Ford will be showing off a brand new ’65 Mustang bodyshell – yes you read that right – at the 2011 SEMA…
Americans Record Lowest Annual Driven Miles Since 2003
According to a study conducted by the Department of Transportation, results revealed that Americans have been driving less now than they have over a year ago. Travel on U.S. roads have declined by 1.3 percent through the first eight months of the year when measured against the same period a year ago. This 1.3 percent…
Car Insurance Claim Satisfaction Lower Among Total Loss Claimants
A new study shows that car owners who claimed a total vehicle loss with their insurance provider were much less satisfied then those who claimed a repairable vehicle. The J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction Study rates satisfaction based on 1,000-point scale, and the satisfaction average for those claiming a total loss…
Toyota Yaris B-Spec Club Racer Being Prepped for SEMA Debut
Toyota’s Yaris will be the next B-Spec Club Racer, joining the likes of the Honda Fit, Mazda Mazda2 and more recently, the Kia Rio, Fiat 500 and Ford Fiesta. Set to debut at this year’s SEMA Show, it’ll be the first race car built for competition in the United States from the next-generation 2012 Yaris SE….
Ferrari California to Get Horsepower Bump
Ferrari is preparing to add more testosterone to its “chick” car, the California, for the 2012 model year. The mid-cycle update will see 30-hp added to the 4.3-liter V8 for a new total output of 483-hp, while torque will increase as well to 373 lb-ft. (That extra output may only be available with higher octane…
Camaro ZL1 Carbon Concept, Track-Focused 1LE and More Previewed Ahead of SEMA Show
Chevrolet is doing it big at the 2011 SEMA Show as it will releases multiple Camaros and Corvettes this year. Chris Perry, the vice president of Chevrolet global marketing and strategy, says, “Go to any Corvette or Camaro enthusiast event and you will have a hard time finding a factory-stock vehicle. These are cars that…
