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Wednesday, Nov 4
Payoff for GM as it Posts its First Year-Over-Year Sales Increase Since January
Of the premium manufacturers, BMW Group, including Mini, fell 19.1 percent, to 25,475. BMW brand sold 16,443, off 18.6 percent and Mini sold 4,176, off 20.8 percent. Daimler AG sold 18,854, up 9.4 percent versus October '08, with Mercedes-Benz posting a very healthy 21.3-percent sales increa...
Monday, Nov 2
What AMG's Dev Chief thinks about SLS, SLR, LFA, and CTS-V
TM: Our main competitors are the Porsche Turbo, Audi R8 V10...We talk about Ferrari, but the California is more in terms of the SL and the F430 is too aggressive compared to our car. And we don't know anything about the new one, the 458 Italia. MT: What about the Ferrari 599?
Wednesday, Oct 28
"Sweet Life Geely Drive" Behind Ford's Plans to Sell Volvo
Ford has much at stake here: the Volvo S60/S80 platform serves as a basis for the Ford Taurus, Flex and upcoming unibody Explorer, and the Lincoln MKS and MKT. Volvo's five-cylinder engine is an optional engine in the European Focus (for now).
Tuesday, Oct 27
American Car Quality Improves, but Asians Still Dominate
Ford is the only domestic automaker with world-class reliability," Paul says. While Fusion/Milan beat Camry/Accord on the number of quality/reliability problems reported, the all-wheel-drive Fusion was rated lower. More on such anomalies later.
Friday, Oct 16
RadioActive: Porsche Panamera Deep Drive on MT Radio
Up until last year I was seduced by the silky Jaguar XJR, complete with dated styling, or the German muscle machines from AMG or BMW's M division. Last year however, the "Howitzer" like acceleration of the Mercedes C63 AMG, combined with the best steering ever in MB product, won me over. A...
Thursday, Oct 1
September Sales -- Ford Strengthens, Hyundai is up 27 Percent
Of the premium manufacturers, BMW Group, including Mini, had a positive month for the first time this year. Sales rose 3.6 percent, to 19,175. BMW brand sold 15,047, up 2.1 percent. Mini was up 9.7 percent, to 4,128. Daimler AG sold 17,799 units, off 13.4 percent, with Mercedes-Benz off 9.6 percent...
Wednesday, Sep 16
Frankfurt Show: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Robertson unveiled the Mini Concept Coupe and Mini Concept Roadster as part of the celebrations. They might be called concepts, but the cars are definitely slated for production, likely to appear in 2011, after the launch of the four door, four seat, four wheel drive Mini Crossover.
Tuesday, Sep 1
August Sales: Will Cash For Clunkers Help Autumn Numbers?
Of the premium manufacturers, BMW Group, including Mini, was off 21.3 percent, to 24,343. BMW brand sold 19,232, off 24.5 percent. Mini was off 6.5 percent, to 5,111. Compare this with results for small cars at other manufacturers, and it's obvious that C4C brought in bargain-hunters more so t...
Monday, Aug 17
2009's Best Driver's Car: An Introduction
As you'd expect, it's a mix of sports cars, sports coupes, and sports sedans. Some would seem to have obvious power or chassis advantages over the others. But each would be judged on its merits as a driver's car, and not just ranked according to its performance numbers.
Tuesday, Jun 2
May Sales: Hummer Outsells Civic … to Chinese Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturer
BMW Group, including Mini, was off 27.7 percent, to 22,993. BMW brand sold 18,383, off 27.8 percent. Mini was off 27 percent, to 4,610. Jaguar Land Rover saw a 29-percent drop, to 3,391. Jaguar fell 34 percent, to 1,168 and Land Rover dropped 26 percent, to 2,223, but LR2 was up 23 percent, to 613 un...
Thursday, Mar 12
Whacky Engine Swaps
HOT ROD magazine has just featured a couple beauties, including a turbocharged 3.0-liter Toyota Supra I6 into an early Camaro, and a Ferrari 360 Modena V-8 into the middle of a Rambler. Top that. Some time ago, I wrote an article about a guy who used to stuff Allison V12 aircraft engines into a...
Wednesday, Jan 14
Jaguar XFR/XKR Tech Donors: 'Vette ZR1, Ford Fusion
Speaking of oil, the pressure required to move the cam phasers on both cams is provided via cam-torque fluxuations. Ford beat Jag to market with this technology by just a few months on the Fusion. The naturally aspirated version of this new 5.0-liter also gets variable lift on the intake cam,...
