Are you looking to spend less on fuel with little sacrifice in performance and refinement? Hybrids are an alternative, but are you willing to spend the extra dough for the technology, not knowing how it will perform years from now? The answer really stinks.
Business has never been better at Rolls-Royce, as they've just announced record sales during the first half of 2011. Global sales have increased by 64 percent compared to the same period in 2010, and the company states significant growth in all regions, but especially in Asia Pacific.
Sponsor issues reportedly led to Narain Karthikeyan losing his seat at HRT.
It seems as though Canada will get its second available Black Series Mercedes. According to Beyond.ca, several members of their discussion forum were contacted by their dealers, asking to confirm their spot on a C 63 AMG Coupe Black Series waiting list for a contest run by Mercedes-Benz Canada.
Team owner Sam Schmidt announced that he will partner with AFS Racing to field the No. 17 Dallara Honda for the balance of the 2011 season beginning at the Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio.
When you have a designer as talented as Peter Schreyer on board, you might as well exploit his creativity and not limit him to penning compact sedans and crossovers. Destined as a halo car, a rear-wheel drive, V8-powered concept coupe is set to be presented at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September.
Four-time ChampCar series' champion Sebastien Bourdais will be back for a second set of five rounds in the IndyCar Series starting in Toronto at the wheel of Dale Coyne Racing's No. 19 Boy Scouts of America Dallara-Honda.
Toyota's assembly plants in Ontario will see a future upgrade thanks to investments from the government of Canada along with the province of Ontario. The total investment plan, referred to as Project Green Light, is approximately $545 million and comes as Toyota's North American plants are working to return to normal production. During the 2008-'09 economic downturn, Toyota's Ontario plants suffered, and so the investment will help create jobs and boost production.
The new BMW M3 DTM, the car the German car manufacturer is going to race in its DTM comeback next year made its first roll-out on the BMW testing ground in Aschheim.
Concept vehicles are often just that; concepts. They rarely, if ever, see the light of day and if they do they're often in limited quantities and/or nothing like they originally appeared to be. However, such is not the case with Land Rover's stylish, modern, uber-cool Range Rover Evoque.
It seems that specialist car builder CPP (Coventry Prototype Panels) just can't get enough under its wings and has acquired Milanese design house Zagato for an unknown amount.
Team boss Martin Whitmarsh concedes Lewis Hamilton's visit to the Red Bull motor home in Canada was a "misjudgement" but urged the McLaren driver to move on.
PALO ALTO, California - The 2012 Buick LaCrosse is GM's first vehicle equipped with its new eAssist system, but it certainly won't be its last.
Dow Chemical, the largest U.S. chemical maker, formed a joint venture that will produce enough electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries to meet about half of current demand.
Ford Motor Co. is partnering with Ken Block to make the 2011 Gymkhana World Tour a live-audience motorsport event.
Group 1 Automotive, the fourth largest dealership group in the United States, announced today it has established a $1.35 billion line of credit with 21 financial institutions. The dealership group plans to use $1.
General Motors said its June sales in China rose 10 percent to 193,878 units, reversing a two-month decline as customers bought more Buick and Chevrolet passenger cars.
Jay Williams, the mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, was named director of the government organization charged with assisting communities affected by the declines in the auto industry.
Ford's advertising agency, Team Detroit, has a new CEO. The agency today named Satish Korde CEO effective immediately. He had been global client director for Team Detroit's parent company, WPP Group.