Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 28, 2007
The denial came down from the big man himself - GM Design Chief Bob Lutz - when a report from AutoWeek claimed to have quoted Mr. Lutz that GM was planning on making the Cadillac Sixteen supersedan a...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 28, 2007
FoMoCo announced today that it plans on developing a partnership with Sony Electronics in an effort to boost its own products' appeal with that of Sony audio systems. Ford Global Product...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 27, 2007
[Image Source: Top Gear] Who wouldn't want a car that when faced with the stressful perils of a traffic induced wait can instantly rise above it all in the form of a helicopter? Well, Dutch...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 27, 2007
[Image Source: AutoExpress] It has been almost two years (and entirely too long) since MG Rover imploded and production in England ground to an ignominious halt. The former BMW subsidiary found life...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 26, 2007
[Image Source: AutoExpress] Lexus - Toyota's luxury division that has mastered outdoing Mercedes-Benz in comfort - is ready to put the hammer down on overtaking BMW in sport. Good luck, Lexus,...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 26, 2007
[Image Source: AutoCar] Korean carmaker Hyundai has taken yet another swipe at the German and Japanese luxury car establishment by releasing pictures of the new Genesis in advance of its New York...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 23, 2007
[Image Source: Auto Motor & Sport] Don't expect a return to the boxiness of 240s-of-yore. Nej, the future's a roller-coaster of swoops and curves symbolizing Volvo's aim to find...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 23, 2007
Sharon Terlep of the Detroit News dampened the hopes of Chevy Volt fans everywhere today by raising the alarming possibility that the Volt might not actually see the light of production-day. Charged...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 22, 2007
[Image Source: Canadian Driver] Cadillac enthusiasts, break out the bubbly. GM Design Chief "Maximum" Bob Lutz has told reporters that a more modest but still potent Mercedes-Benz S-Class...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 22, 2007
When buyers of the '07 6.4 liter diesel F-Series Super Duty purchased their pickup this year, they expected durability, quality (remember, it's job one @ FoMoCo), and stump pulling power....
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 21, 2007
[Image Source: AutoExpress] What is it with VW and corporate in-fighting? The massive German conglomerate that's partly owned by Porsche cannot seem to agree with itself (and neither can its many...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 21, 2007
Ford coupled with US TV Network ABC is on the highway to public relations heaven. It's not enough that FoMoCo's prized cross-over ute is everywhere from print to billboard, the telly and...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 20, 2007
[Image Source: EVO] BMW plans on selling just 160 units of the planned 130i M Sport LE, a sport tuned variant of the popular 1-Series hatchback in Europe. The li'l three door that could and will...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 20, 2007
Further proof that the Bavarian automaker enjoys perennial popularity among the world's elitist car consumers has arrived in the form of an announcement from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey: this...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 16, 2007
[Image Source: AutoInsiderNews] We can expect this latest rendition of the conservatively evolved Jaguar XJ saloon (the series has had roughly the same silhouette since the late 1960s with a brief...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 16, 2007
Jeremy Clarkson is the brilliantly talented automotive journalist / broadcaster that's been the principal force behind the world's best auto tv show - Top Gear. That said, some say (and I...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 15, 2007
[Image Source: CAR] The all-electric sportscar that caught the world's attention last year is about to do it again this year as UK auto mag CAR has published spy shots of the Tesla roadster...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 15, 2007
[Image Source: Bentley Motors] Bentley Motors announced that the Arnage-based Brooklands Coupé which premiered recently at the Geneva Auto Show will be limited to a production of only 550 units....
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 14, 2007
BMW's governing board announced in a recent press release that part of the Blue Roundel's extraordinary success last year was thanks to a wise investment in Rolls-Royce plc. The...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 14, 2007
There's something that just does not ring true when the owner of a sparkling new Mercedes-Benz opens the door and finds on the B-pillar an information plaque that says that the car was...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 13, 2007
Why anyone believed that a $100K bloated Caddy-met-Audi sedan that wore "The People's Car" badge would make it in these United States is beyond reasoning. Sales proved as poor as the...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 13, 2007
Yesterday, Ford announced that Kuwaiti concerns Adeem Investment & Investment Dar (united by ProDrive founder and Vanquish owner David Richards) purchased one of the best makers of GT cars the...
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