Marc Carter
2012 Ford Focus Electric Starts at $39,200
The 2012 Ford Focus Electric has just shown up on Ford's online configurator with a base price of $39,200 before any state or federal tax credits. The actual total starting price is $39,995 after the $795 destination fees, so after the maximum $7,500 federal tax credit the price for the Focus Electric is $32,495. Since most buyers will likely cross...
Chevy Volt Sales Pushed Past the Nissan Leaf in October
GM sold 1,108 Chevy Volt's last month, which was an increase of 53 percent over the prior month. Through October GM has sold 5,003, but the automaker set a sales forecast of 10,000 units in 2011, so it has a bit further to go. Although GM basically has to sell as many Volts as it did in the...
Toyota's FT-86 Shows up Again in a TRD Catalog
We've got another leak of the upcoming Toyota FT-86/ Scion FR-S this time thanks to a TRD catalog that shows off the available TRD aero kit and other accessories that will be available for the new rear-wheel-drive coupe. This is the third leak of the FT-86 following the Modellista catalog and a leaked training document. Thankfully the leaks will soon be...
Supercharged Honda Accord Coupe V6 HFP Concept Packs 335 HP
Honda has unveiled a new more powerful Honda Accord concept at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. The Accord Coupe V6 HFP Concept is the result of Honda's Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD) and is meant to demonstrate the performance potential of the Accord V6 coupe. The Accord Coupe V6 HFP Concept packs a host of available HFP components, including...
VW GT up! Concept is a Baby GTI
Following up the release of the 2012 up! city car, VW has unveiled the GT up! Concept, which adds a bit more style and sport to the small VW. The GT up! starts with the three-door hatchback, but then adds a larger grille to let in more air for the engine, which according to VW could put out more than...
2013 Ford Escape's Liftgate Opens and Closes with a Kick
The all-new 2013 Ford Escape is going to debut this month in LA and while Ford has confirmed the lineup of four-cylinder engines that will power the new Escape, we have yet to see what it will look like. Well we still have to wait a bit longer, but Ford has announced that the 2013 Escape will get a...
2012 Honda CR-V Delayed Again
Honda has had a tough year with the devastating earthquake in Japan and now the flooding in Thailand has hurt production again. Honda has announced that due to the flooding in Thailand many of its suppliers in Asia currently are unable to maintain parts production, which is disrupting the flow of parts to production operations in North America. So what...
What Were the Top-10 Best Selling Cars in October 2011?
The auto industry showed signs of improvement last month with many of the automaker's posting sales gains over the same period in 2010. Chrysler came out on top last month with sales up 27 percent, while Nissan's sales were up 18 percent. Ford's sales increased a modest 6 percent, which was brought down thanks to Lincoln and GM posted...
2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Confirmed
This isn't really a surprise, but Hyundai has now officially confirmed that the Hyundai Veloster is going to get the new 1.6L turbocharged engine that the automaker recently unveiled. Hyundai's CEO John Krafcik has confirmed that the turbocharged Veloster will debut at the Detroit Auto Show in January. The refreshed Genesis coupe will also debut at the show. Hyundai has...
Subaru BRZ STI Concept Revealed Ahead of LA Debut
Subaru is set to debut the BRZ sports car at the Tokyo Motor Show later this year, but it's going to tease us one more time in two weeks at the Los Angeles Auto Show with the BRZ Concept - STI. This BRZ Concept - STI is the first time that we're actually seeing a full concept version of Subaru's...
