Posted in Automotive on Jan 9th, 2008
India is soon emerging as an important future automotive market. You can tell because so many global auto manufactures are investing big bucks there. One of them is Ford. The Detroit based auto giant announced Tuesday plans to invest around $500 million in it’s Chennai assembly plant in India, adding production of a new small […]
Posted in Automotive, Car Reviews on Jan 9th, 2008
Audi’s S cars have always been known for the kind of understated performance that defines the “wolf in sheeps clothing” credo. Cars like the S4, S6, and even the S8 have proved to be very popular with performance enthusiasts and connoisseurs alike. The A5 coupe based S5 is just gorgeous. Well now it seems that […]
Posted in Automotive, Car Reviews on Jan 9th, 2008
The first Cadillac CTS-V was a great success. Mating the CTS sedan with Corvette derived V8 power was a sure-fire way to win over enthusiasts, and it did. Packing 400hp, the small Caddy was vaulted to a league of worthy super-sedans with the likes of BMW’s M5 as main competition. Now the newer award-winning CTS […]
Posted in Automotive on Jan 9th, 2008
Europeans have been benefiting from the advancement of clean diesel technology for decades now. Born more from a need to be less expensive to run than cleaner, diesel powered cars make up the majority in Europe these days, and for good reason. Diesel not only consumes substantially less fuel than an equivalent gas engine, it […]
Posted in Automotive on Jan 7th, 2008
Kia Motors has just announced they’re new full-size SUV. Called the Mohave in it’s home market of Korea, when it comes to the U.S. it will be badged the Borrego. This has been a market that Kia has wanted to enter for a long time, as it is strong in both the U.S. and China. […]
Posted in Automotive on Jan 7th, 2008
Lincoln knows it needs to evolve to stay in the game. It’s Navigator SUV has been losing ground in it’s market steadily and even a mid-life redesign could not stop the downwards slope it was going down. The folks at Lincoln know this. They are now in the process of designing a new SUV/Crossover vehicle […]
Posted in Automotive on Jan 7th, 2008
In a move that shocked and delighted fans, the famous British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin announced that their new GT2 racing car will be able to run on E85 Biodiesel or regular race fuel. For 2007, Aston Martin Racing converted a standard DBRS9 to run on the cleaner fuel. In a statement made earlier […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2008
The Dakar Rally is a legendary competition. It pushes man and machine to the very limits of endurance and is a challenge not suited for the weak. Competitors compete on everything from motorcycles to rally cars to even big rig trucks! It has been […]
Posted in Automotive on Jan 7th, 2008
The mighty Ford is in a bit of an embarrassing situation right now. It seems that a Japanese company is outselling them on their own turf. That’s right folks, as of yesterday Toyota has outsold Ford in U.S. auto sales for 2007. Even though it has been obvious to everyone that the big three (especially […]
Posted in Financing, Fuel Prices, Gas Prices on Jan 6th, 2008
When you travel maybe you do the same thing I do. I look around at gas stations to see how much gas is in a particular city versus what I pay at home. So when I ran into this article on MSNBC.com I jumped at it. Looks to me some folks near me in Miami […]
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