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NewsTruck Wars: The (GM) Empire Strikes Back
After the loss of second spot in truck sales last month, Chevrolet is gearing up to wage war on RAM, and they want back the spot they held for more than a decade. One of GM’s District Managers sent an email to its dealerships, saying that they had to fight …
New ModelsRAM Black Express: as Dark as Your Soul
Stealth planes are painted black to blend in with the night sky, and to help hide from enemy radars. Recently, more and more cars are following this trend, but in the automotive world, the objective is completely opposite: it is done to draw eyes to your ride, to show how …
RecallsChrysler is Recalling the Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango
Today, in what will probably be known henceforth as The Great Spring of Recalls, Chrysler announced that they will recall 870,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Durangos. Fiat’s American branch received reports a while ago about some brake pedals that were unusually firm. The engineers then found a problem in …
RecallsHonda Also Recalls Cars
GM is not the only one to recall vehicles at the moment! Honda is currently recalling more than 10,000 cars. The only model concerned is the 2014 Honda Civic, especially the LX version. During assembly, a tire may have been pinched between the steel wheels and the assembly line, creating …
NewsMore RAM than Chevrolet in May
For the first time since 1999, the order of the truck sales leaders has shifted. Up until now, the positions were clearly established: Ford was leading, Chevrolet came in second and Dodge was bringing up third place. The Japanese automakers are not in the running, since their combined sales numbers …
RecallsGM Recalls Even More Cars
Things are going from bad to worse for GM. Right in the middle of their huge Ignition-Switch-May-Turn-Itself-Off-And-Prevent-Airbags-From-Deploying scandal, problems in other vehicles are forcing them to recall another batch of faulty cars and trucks. They started by asking dealerships to stop selling Cruzes while they checked some new reports. They …
Technology/Autonomous VehiclesVisiting the LFA Centre of Excellence
The Lexus LFA was not built as a viable business plan. Even though they sold them for almost $400,000, Toyota was losing money on every car that left the factory. Production stopped in 2012, with exactly 500 cars built. For Toyota tough, the LFA venture does not stop here. They …
NewsBMW Prices the New M3/M4
Some of you were probably closely following the flow of information coming out of BMW regarding the new M3/M4. You dreamed at night of owning one, and you are probably tying your shoes right now, preparing a full-speed sprint to the nearest dealership to put a deposit on BMW’s latest …
New ModelsBMW X7: A big SUV by America, for America
German carmaker BMW announced the creation of a new range-topping model for its SUV lineup: the BMW X7. While celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Spartanburg, North Carolina plant, the Chairman of BMW’s board of Management, Dr. Norbert Reithofer, announced the expansion plan for the production line, which builds all …
NewsVolkswagen may be Working on a Golf R Estate
According to the spy shots taken by worldcarfans.com, Volkswagen may be working on a high-performance version of its Golf Estate. The car was spotted undergoing testing on the Nürburgring circuit, where the German manufacturer develops a lot of their prototypes. The car would use the 2.0 L engine from the …
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