Filed under: Motorsports, Honda, Racing
Rooster tails followed heavy rain at the 2010 São Paulo Indy 300 – Click above for image gallery
The 2010 Izod IndyCar Series Championship started off with a bang down in São Paulo, Brazil this weekend, with a first turn pileup and a thunderstorm that turned the race into a timed event [...]
Read MoreFiled under: Coupe, Performance, Aston Martin, Luxury
Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery
If you’ve been waiting patiently – even not so patiently – to get your hands on the new Carbon Black edition of the Aston Martin DBS, you’ll still have to wait until the summer to take delivery. [...]
Read MoreFiled under: Motorsports, Toys/Games
Automoblox Highcroft race car – Click above for high-res image gallery
Our favorite purveyor of heirloom quality toy cars, Automoblox, has partnered with Highcroft Racing to enter the world of toy (and real) motorsports. The company’s logo will be displayed on the wing of Highcroft’s HPD ARX-01c car being campaigned in the [...]
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota
When the U.S. auto market crashed in the fall of 2008, automakers bumped up incentives in a big way to clear dealer lots of bloated inventory. But when Cash for Clunkers drained inventory – with industry-wide incentives reaching $3,165 per vehicle – while simultaneously removing nearly 700,000 used vehicles [...]
Read MoreFiled under: Cadillac, GM, Luxury
When General Motors entered bankruptcy last spring, the automaker announced the closure of 1,350 dealers and another 650 dealerships that had more than one brand. Recently, The General announced that it planned to reinstate 661 dealers of the 1,161 that applied for a stay of execution, though GM was short on [...]
Read MoreFiled under: Earnings/Financials, Motorcycle, Rumormill
We’re not sure if this report should be filed in the Good News folder or the Bad. Harley-Davidson shares jumped an impressive six percent today to their highest level in more than four months. Why? Apparently, the increased activity was spurred by speculation of a possible takeover by private equity firm [...]
Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Toyota
“When we talked with Toyota owners, they all voiced the same desire – to drive the car back to the lot, hand them the keys and pick up a check.” So says Steve Berman, a lawyer from Seattle who has filed a class action lawsuit against Toyota on behalf of [...]
Read MoreFiled under: Budget, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Chrysler, Fiat
European-spec Fiat 500 – Click above for high-res image gallery
We’re all very excited that the cute little Fiat 500 will be making its way Stateside next year, and if new reports are to be believed, it turns out that the U.S.-spec 500 will actually be better than the one [...]
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