Posted in Automotive, Sports cars on Sep 29th, 2008
As if Audi’s new R8 wasn’t fast enough (are they ever?!) or sexy enough, there’s a German tuner in town who just turned the volume knob to 11. Roland Meyer’s MTM tuning firm has been in the business of turning out stunning Audi’s for over 20 years. Still, the company’s newest offspring is in another […]
Posted in Chevrolet, GM, Uncategorized on Sep 29th, 2008
General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner has recently announced this week that the automaker will build engines for the new Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle at a new plant in the state of Michigan. The result of an investment of around $370 million by the General, the plant will begin making the company’s corporate global four-cylinder […]
Posted in Automotive, Mercedes Benz, Recalls, SUV on Sep 29th, 2008
Mercedes-Benz has placed a recall on almost 103,000 sport utility vehicles because of a defect that could cause a loss of power steering. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said 102,954 Mercedes M-Class SUVs from model years 1998 to 2003 were affected by the recall. The defect seems to be a faulty hose clamp. […]
Posted in Automotive on Sep 29th, 2008
Mitsubishi Motors Co. has recently announced that the company would be launching it’s brand in the Korean market. The Japanese auto manufacture plans to enter the built-up car sales business in Korea working through its sole distributor in that country, MMSK Corporation. MMSK is a Japanese/Korean joint venture recently set up by Daewoo Motor Sales […]
Posted in Automotive on Sep 29th, 2008
With fuel prices on an never ending rise it is important, now more than ever, to do everything you can to conserve your gas mileage. Recently, while researching the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) website, I came across these four simple tips to improve your gas mileage no matter what you drive. Here they are: Drive […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2008
Hows that song go? “Another one bites the dust….” Yup, yet another General Motors franchise dealership is closing it’s doors for good. This time though, it the biggest one of them all. The world’s largest Chevrolet Dealer, Bill Heard Enterprises, has gone out of business. The company said in a recent statement that it is […]
Posted in Honda, Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2008
Honda is fairing quite well in the U.S. market despite the situation getting worse and worse for a lot of auto manufactures. The company’s lineup of fuel efficient vehicles has been selling in record numbers lately with the advent of rising oil prices and the ever climbing costs associated with personal transportation. Still, Satoshi Aoki, […]
Posted in Automotive, Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2008
Courtesy Pontiac-Buick-GMC, an AutoNation Inc. dealership in Longwood, Fla., shut its doors Thursday, Sept. 25 for good. The dealership is part of the AutoNation Group, the largest auto retailer in the country. But company spokesman Marc Cannon stated that the shutdown had nothing to do with instability in the financial markets. Instead, he said, the […]
Posted in car buying incentives, Dodge, Trucks on Sep 28th, 2008
Dodge hasn’t even launched it’s newest Ram, but it’s already packing discounts and incentives. The company is launching the 2009 Ram 1500 pickup with incentives of up to $1,000. The $1,000 is available on crew and quad cabs. Customers buying a regular cab get $500 consumer cash. The incentive runs through Sept. 30th, oddly enough, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2008
Chrysler LLC has seen better days. Just days after the announcement that the company has lost over $400 million so far this year, they announced they were going to lay off over 300 salaried workers. Chrysler is turning to layoffs to reach the 1,000 salaried job reductions target that it announced in July. While Chrysler […]
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