Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Mopar Concepts For Easter Jeep Safari Teased

Friday, March 23, 2012 8:49 by 1 Comment
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The annual Moab Easter Jeep Safari is upon us once again, and traditionally Jeep has a couple of new concept car to show at the event. This year they’ve teamed up with Mopar, Chrysler’s parts and accessories arm, to present six new vehicles. Three of them are shown here in these drawings, including The Jeep [...]

Posted under category: News Tags: Jeep, Jeep Wrangler

SsangYong XIV-2 Concept Headed To Geneva

Monday, February 13, 2012 15:40 by No Comments
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Korean car maker SsangYong will be present at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show this March with a new version of their XIV concept car. Read More… An evolution of the XIV-1 shown at IAA back in 2011, the XIV-2 step things up a bit by adding a one-touch automatic opening soft-top roof to provide ‘wind [...]

Posted under category: News Tags: Geneva Motor Show, SsangYong, SsangYong XIV-1, SsangYong XIV-2

2012 Super Bowl Commercials: Motorward Tribute

Monday, February 6, 2012 18:32 by No Comments

Are we the only ones that are overly excited with yesterday’s Super Bowl Car commercials? I’m sure we aren’t, therefore we’ve decided to create this big art image with a direct link to all those ads that we think were the Best 2012 Super Bowl Car Commercials. Just another entry door to the most expensive [...]

Posted under category: News Tags: commercials, Super Bowl, Videos

Peel P50 To Be Produced Again

Monday, January 23, 2012 17:30 by No Comments
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This might sound like a joke to you, but a UK company has decided to bring back the Peel brand to life and produce the P50 and Trident models. Read More… They are already taking orders for these two, mainly because there’s not much engineering work they have to do. The cars are pretty much [...]

Posted under category: News, Videos Tags: Peel, Peel P50, Videos

Top Gear Series 18 Preview: Photo Gallery

Friday, January 20, 2012 21:50 by No Comments
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Following the first official trailer for Series 18, Top Gear dot com now releases a bunch of photos previewing the brand-new season. Again, it’s full of spoilers, so if you don’t want to look just know that Series 18 is going to be one of the richest and most fun series ever. There’s lots of [...]

Posted under category: News Tags: Top Gear

CES 2012 – Geeks and Cars, Convergence is Happening

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 22:16 by No Comments

There used to be a time when cars got their own trade shows, it still happens as we’ve just been reminded of in Detroit, while on the other side of the country in San Francisco the geeks would meet and salivate over graphics cards and CPUs that think faster than the human brain. But all [...]

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Malaysian Government Sells Stake in Proton Cars

Monday, January 16, 2012 20:20 by No Comments

The Malaysian state investment corporation, Khazanah, today announced they will be divesting their 42.7% share in Proton Holdings Berhad, a state owned car manufacturing company setup in 1979 to advance Malaysia’s industrial capabilities. Read More… Proton manufacture their own vehicles including the popular Satria model, and in association with Mitsubishi Motors of Japan, have in [...]

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Top Gear India Special Controversy

Monday, January 16, 2012 18:41 by 1 Comment

Jeremy Clarkson, international man of mystery and rightful inheritor of the 007 tag, oops, scratch that, presenter of the BBC’s Top Gear program has done it again. He’s no stranger to controversy but has he finally gone too far? Read More… The government of India is threatening diplomatic isolation of the UK over a spat [...]

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Falcon F7 Series 1

Monday, January 16, 2012 18:33 by 1 Comment

Coming from a leading manufacturer of body panels and components, the Falcon F7 Series 1 is an American supercar fit to take on Ferrari, and proving that fast agile mid-engined rear wheel drive cars aren’t just the preserve of Italian or Japanese car companies. Entering production in 2012, the Falcon F7 is unique for being [...]

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Detroit Motor Show Signals Resurgent US Market

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:56 by 1 Comment

Just three years ago the big three US automakers General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler were against the wall pleading with Washington for handouts and protection from bankruptcy, and this week in Detroit analysts would be forgiven for taking a back step as European and Asian car manufacturers now look increasingly vulnerable due to economic crisis, [...]

Posted under category: News Tags: car sales, Detroit Motor Show

European Car of the Year 2012 Finalists

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:54 by No Comments

The 7 finalists for the European car of the year (2012) title have already been chosen, and you know what? They’re all boring! Exactly when the world is roaring with all the NAIAS releases, Europe as chosen a bunch of dull cars to fight for the title. And the finalists are… Read More… Citroën DS5 [...]

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2012 NAIAS Day 1 – Full Photo Gallery

Monday, January 9, 2012 21:39 by No Comments
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What a day! Detroit is the automotive center of the world through the next week, and NAIAS as been delivering a crazy amount of fantastic new cars, pictures and news. We wanted to summarize Day 1 (Press Preview Day 1) into a single post, therefore we’ve decided to compile the best official pictures of the [...]

Posted under category: News Tags: Detroit Motor Show

2012 NAIAS at MGM Grand Detroit: The Gallery

Monday, January 9, 2012 11:28 by 1 Comment
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Grand Detroit, Sunday, January 8, 2012 – The Gallery at MGM Grand Detroit… right, it was yesterday, still you shouldn’t worry that much as there wasn’t much of a chance for you to be in, specially considering the 100 tickets available at the “very low price” of $500, plus a few specially invited guests. We [...]

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Future: Car Usership instead of Car Ownership?

Monday, January 9, 2012 9:15 by No Comments

Global accounting giant KPMG have released their annual survey of motor industry insiders, summarizing their findings as “The world is moving from car ownership to car usership”, a perhaps not surprising assessment given the general trend to mass public transport, city dwelling, and the rollout of personal public transport as used at major airports. Read [...]

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Number of New Cars Registered in the UK Falls in 2011

Monday, January 9, 2012 8:57 by No Comments

The UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), an industry body that represents car manufacturers and importers has said 2011 was the worst year for new car registrations in a decade with vehicles sales dropping 4.4% to 1.94 million units. Read More… Lower demand is blamed on the economic situation facing the UK, a [...]

Posted under category: News Tags: car sales, UK