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2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Owners Manual To Go Digital On Smartphones
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The big, bulky owners manual occupying precious glove box space may soon become a relic for Jeep owners, as the 2011 Grand Cherokee will be the brand’s first vehicle to bring the owners manual to a variety of smartphones. In addition to the owners manual, users will be able to view videos, contact other Grand…
First 4,400 Chevy Volt Early Adopters Eligible for Free Home Charging Stations
With the production Chevy Volt set to debut later this month and sales to start by the end of the year, General Motors is announcing that up to 4,400 early adopters could receive free home charging stations. Its not GM that will provide the charging stations, but rather the U.S. Department of energy, with two…
Domestics Beat Imports In Initial Quality Reports
In a reversal of previous trends, domestic brands reported fewer aggregate quality problems than import brands for the first time in the history of J.D. Power’s Initial Quality Survey. Domestic vehicles reported 108 problems per 100 vehicles, compared to 109 problems per 100 vehicles for imports – not a very wide margin, but an important…
Corvette Stingray Speedster Concept Spotted In California
The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept made its original debut at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show, but that hasn’t stopped somebody from preparing a new, topless variant. Speculators think that since the car was spotted in Beverly Hills has led some to believe that this car is being used in the filming of the third Transformers…
2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Rated For 41 MPG City/ 36 MPG Highway
Posting identical numbers to its sister car, the Ford Fusion Hybrid, the Lincoln MKZ has garnered an identical EPA rating of 41 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway. This might be a snooze to some, but the MKZ Hybrid bests its nearest rival, the Lexus HS250h, by 6 mpg in the…
Jan Magnussen Confirmed for NASCAR Race at Infineon Raceway: Vikings Like to Turn Left!
Danish racing driver Jan Magnussen, best known for his work as a factory driver for Corvette Racing in the ALMS and 24 Hours of Le Mans, is scheduled to join fellow Scandinavian Mattias Ekstrom at the upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway. We’re not sure what’s behind the Viking invasion of NASCAR these…
Chevy Volt Will be Completed This Month Says GM’s EV Boss
General Motors is preparing to announce at the end of the month that its revolutionary Chevy Volt is complete. According to a Micky Bly, GM’s executive director for electric vehicles, the American automaker is planning a big event some time in June. Currently, GM is making last minute adjustments to the car’s software, and recently…
Mercedes SLS AMG Was Supposed to be the Next Dodge Viper
Mercedes touts its new SLS AMG supercar as the first-ever ground-up vehicle build by the company’s high-performance AMG division, but now it appears as though that might not be entirely the case. In fact, according to a shocking new report by InsideLine, the SLS AMG started life as the next-generation Dodge Viper. As the story…
GM Withdraws European Loan Applications, Opts to Fund Opel/Vauxhall Programs Itself
However with the German government seeking to enter new negotiations, GM has pulled the plug on external fundling.
Tesla Releases IPO Details, Expects To Raise $185 Million
The end goal for most venture-capital financed start-ups is to issue an IPO and help get some money into the hands of those investors brave enough to give the company money at the early stages. Tesla Motors, perhaps the first Silicon Valley car company(and headed by Elon Musk, a former dot-com executive), is about to…
Chevrolet Spark Gets a Cruze engine for WTCC Pace Car Duties
Chevrolet has a lot of experience stuffing bigger engines into Corvettes, Camaros and other factory hot rods, but this may well be the first and last time the subcompact Spark gets the same treatment. In order to give the Spark enough oomph to properly pace the FIA World Touring Car Championship field, the engineers at…
Ford Adds Alternative Fuel Option to Super Duty
At the annual Ford Fleet Product and Business Conference on June 7, the company presented the details of its new fuel conversion option, which will be available on F-450 and F-550 truck powered by the 6.8-liter V10 engine.
Toyota, Telsa to Begin Testing Secret Electric Car by Year’s End
It looks as though Tesla’s IPO filings with the SEC may have been intended to draw attention away from the company’s recent tie-up with Toyota. In those filing Tesla commented that while there is an intention between both automakers to work together towards building a new electric car, “we have not entered into any agreements…
First Production Hennessey Venom GT Delivered (Photos Galore!)
Ladies and gentlemen, your Veyron-killer is here. Today marks the delivery date of the first production Lotus Elise-based, ZR-1 powered supercar known as the Hennessey Venom GT. While several engine configurations are available, including 725-hp and 1000-hp versions, chassis #01 packs the full 1200-hp punch. All that twin turbocharged madness has only 2,800 pounds to…
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Vauxhall Astra VXR to Get 300-HP; Could Be Offered in U.S. as a Buick
In an effort to compete with the impressive Ford Focus RS and Renaultsport Mégane, General Motors is reported to be building a new Vauxhall Astra VXR with as much as 300-hp. So why should you care? Well, because the Astra shares its underpinnings with the Buick Excelle, which recently launched in China and is set…
Audi Sweeps the Podium at the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans
When the clock struck 12 today at Le Circuit de La Sarthe, Audi took home a stunning sweep of the podium at this year’s running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. With the Peugeot 908’s showing considerably more pace during qualifying, not even Audi Motorsports boss Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich would have predicted a 1-2-3…
Volkswagen, Audi and Hyundai Make It To IIHS Top Safety Picks
The latest vehicles to earn membership into the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) 2010 Top Safety Pick Award club are Volkswagen, Audi and Hyundai. Earning the highest rating possible from the non-profit research organization are the 2010 Audi A4 and Q5, Hyundai Tucson, Lincoln MKT, and Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen. Also making the list are…
Cadillac Staff Being Trained By Ritz-Carlton to Deliver Top Notch Customer Service
Cadillac has an image problem. Despite amazing high performance machines like the CTS-V, their customers are getting older and poorer, especially relative to their German competitors. The average Cadillac buyer is 10 years older, and $42,000/year poorer than the average Mercedes or BMW buyer. Should this be surprising? Not at all, considering General Motors’ philosophy…
Cadillac Planning RWD Flagship Above XTS
With Cadillac set to launch its top-level XTS luxury sedan in the next few years, the big saloon won’t be the company’s flagship for long. According to a report by Car & Driver, GM’s luxury brand is already planning a new model to slot in above the XTS, offering seriously big luxury and a rear-drive…
Ohio Tornado Murders Dodge Viper, Ram SRT-10
The deadly Ohio tornado that killed seven people last week claimed two more victims, a late-model Dodge Viper RT-10 and a Dodge Ram SRT-10. If we do the math, that’s a total of 950 horsepower put out of commission. Ironically, both of these vehicles would have no problem outrunning a tornado, with the Viper topping…
GM Bans The Use Of “Chevy” When Discussing Chevrolet Brand, Then Backtracks
In another boneheaded move by an overpaid marketing wonk, a Chevrolet executive wrote an internal memo, obtained by the New York Times, asking GM employees to refrain from referring to the Chevrolet brand as “Chevy”. According to the internal memo, Chevrolet sales and service VP Alan Batey and marketing head Jim Campbell said ; “We’d…
Ford To Reveal New Explorer On Facebook
In an all-new approach to vehicle launching, Ford is choosing to reveal their hotly anticipated Explorer on Facebook, rather than at a traditional public launch. Ford has already shown a few teaser shots of the car on the popular social networking site, but nothing substantial has been leaked- expect a full reveal next month. Unveiling…
Tesla Confirms No Plans to Build Electric Cars With Toyota, “and we may never do so”
It appears as though last month’s much-touted tie-up between Toyota and American electric car maker Tesla Motors was more of a publicity stunt than the start of a brave new electric world. In a recently filed IPO statement to the SEC, Tesla says that while there are a lot of good intentions to work together…
Corvette Giveaway to Tigers Pitcher Armando Galarraga Generates $9 Million in Publicity
We’re sure you’ll recall the story last week about how Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was robbed of his perfect streak by a botched umpire’s call. You may also recall our story that General Motors subsequently gave Galarraga a $60,000 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Convertible. That little news item garnered almost as much attention as…
