Posted in Chrysler, Dodge, Technology, Trucks on Aug 26th, 2008
If there is one fundamental and basic American thing that hasn’t changed, it’s how pickup trucks get built. Since the dawn of time, pickup trucks have had the same configuration. While cars have moved on into a future of unibody construction and independent suspension systems, the truck has been soldiering on with it’s old […]
Posted in Automotive, Technology on Aug 22nd, 2008
Audi of America is using the iPhone to help launch its 2009 A4. On Thursday, it announced the release of what it calls “the first ever iPhone application from an auto manufacturer.” The application is free on Apple’s iPhone Application Store. It provides consumers with the Audi A4 Challenge, a driving game that uses the iPhone’s […]
Posted in Automotive, Sports cars, Technology on Aug 22nd, 2008
Hot weather testing is a automotive spy photographers dream. Not only do you have ample space to hide and pull up to a perspective prototype, but the lighting perfectly reveals all little details on a new car, you get the clear picture as they say. Audi is the latest to fall victim to these circumstances […]
Posted in Automotive, Sports cars, Technology on Aug 22nd, 2008
Sportec is known for serious performance. You know that a company is serious about speed when their smallest Porsche offering makes only 450hp. Porsche can only unleash so much power to the public before the company lawyers start having fits. “Dis iz too much power, ya!” says one German lawyer, “They vill kill themselves, ya!” […]
Posted in Auto loans, SUV, Technology on Aug 1st, 2008
Acura’s newly redesigned MDX SUV will be getting a slight update for 2009. Now it’s power lift rear tailgate is standard, instead of being part of the technology package. This along with a few other tweaks brings the base price of the MDX from $40,955 to $41,550. Both prices include the $760 destination charge. A […]
Posted in Automotive, Sports cars, Technology on Jul 31st, 2008
Not even a year after the new WRX was released Subaru is upping the ante. In a move that’s bound to piss off a bunch of recent WRX buyers, Subaru is updating it’s current WRX in a big way. You see the 2009 WRX will get a 41 hp boost over the 2008 model. 41 […]
Posted in Automotive, Diesel, Fuel Prices, Honda, Technology, Vehicle Sales on Jul 2nd, 2008
The evidence is everywhere. Saddled with bad decisions, and horrible foresight, the U.S. auto industry is taking quite a thrashing nowadays. Did they actually think there was a sustainable future with gas-guzzling SUV’s and trucks?!? Well they were very wrong and many companies are finding themselves rethinking their entire future lineups. One company though, has […]
Posted in Automotive, Electric cars, Technology on Jun 23rd, 2008
Last week, John McCain suggested lifting the federal ban on offshore oil drilling to increase domestic oil production. Now, it seems McCain has hopped on the bandwagon of alternative technology to run our vehicles. McCain is proposing a $300 million government prize to whoever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. The […]
Posted in Automotive, Software in Cars, Technology on May 6th, 2008
Hyundai and Kia are jumping on the bandwagon to use Microsoft’s in-car software in their vehicles. Microsoft signed a deal with the two automakers, allowing drivers of the brands to also use voice command technology to make phone calls and control music. Microsoft’s exclusive, one-year contract with Ford expires in November. This means Ford will […]
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