Marc Carter
GM Launches All-New Chevy Malibu in Korea
GM has announced that the all-new Chevy Malibu will get its first launch in the Korean market when it goes on sale next month. "Korea is the first country to produce and sell the all-new Malibu," said GM Korea President and CEO Mike Arcamone. "With expressive styling, a comfortable cabin, outstanding ride and handling, and top-notch safety, it will exceed...
Volvo C70 Production to End in 2013, No Successor Planned
Volvo has announced plans to close its plant in Uddevalla, Sweden in 2013, which is the plant that produces the C70 convertible. The Uddevalla plant is co-owned with Pininfarina, but the plant is currently only producing 65 percent of its capacity. The plant only produced 10,000 cars last year. Due to the low volumes the plant is going to be...
VIDEO: Nissan Announces GT-R Powered Juke-R
Have you ever dreamed of seeing the Nissan GT-R's 3.8L twin-turbo V6 under the hood of another Nissan model? Maybe the Nissan Z? Well Nissan has done it, but in a model that is a little unexpected. Nissan's engineers have managed to fit the 3.8L V6 from the GT-R under the hood of the Juke crossover to create the...
Mitsubishi May Resurrect the Eclipse
After 22 years the once popular Mitsubishi Eclipse is dead, but it may not be dead for long. Greg Adams, Mitsubishi Motors North America's vice president-marketing and product planning, recently stated to Ward's Auto that the Eclipse "always comes back around sooner or later." Does that mean that we could see a new Eclipse in the near future? Nothing...
Fiat Announces New 300-Hp 1.8L Alfa Romeo Engine
Fiat has announced plans for a new 1.8L turbocharged engine for the Alfa Romeo brand. According to Fiat the new high-performance engine will employ direct-injection and turbocharging technologies to put out a peak 300 horsepower. The first model to get the new 1.8L engine will be the Alfa Romeo 4C coupe that is slated to be released in mid-2013. We...
Rich People Love the Chevy Volt?
Sales of the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid have been ramping up with sales increasing 240 percent in September. Last month GM sold 723 Volts, which is up from 302 units in August and since production kicked off in late 2010, about 4,500 units have found homes. GM is currently producing 150 units a day and has a goal of...
What Were the Top-10 Best Selling Cars in September 2011?
September's sales numbers are in Detroit's automakers had a great month with Chrysler up 27.2 percent, GM up 19.6 percent and Ford's sales improving 8.9 percent. Honda and Toyota's production is now back to normal following the earthquake in March, but both automakers still have supply issues, which are hurting sales. Toyota was down 17.5 percent and Honda's sales...
VIDEO: 2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Shows You What its Got!
Ford has released a new video of the 2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor that shows off the updates that the truck has received for the new model year. The off-road version of the F-150 pickup gets a new Torsten front differential, front camera and hill-descent control. Check out the video after the jump...
High-Performance Tesla Model S to Reach 0-60 MPH in Under 4.5 Seconds
Tesla is hard at work on the Model S sedan and now comes word that Tesla is also going to make a high-performance version, which will be available at the same time as the regular sedan. Tesla CEO Elon Musk broke the news at a recent press event at the former Toyota NUMMI facility in Fremont, California. The standard Tesla...
2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas Starts at $26,155
Honda has announced the pricing for the 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas, which was formally known as the Civic GX. The 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas starts at $26,155 and arrives in dealerships this month. The Civic Natural Gas is powered by a modified version of the 1.8L four-cylinder that powers the other Civic models. It is mated to a...
