Posts Tagged ‘aerio’

Paris Preview: MOPAR to introduce Jeep Patriot Back Country concept

Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Click above for high-res shots of the Jeep Patriot Back Country ConceptChrysler's in-house performance tuning arm, MOPAR, will be showing off a mildly customized version of the Jeep Patriot called the Back Country at next month's Paris Motor Show. The run-of-the-mill Patriot and Compass models, whic......

Car & Driver runs this year’s Lightning Lap at VIR

Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Click above to view high-res gallery of C&D's 2008 Lightning LapEvery year Car & Driver does something we can only dream about doing: take the whole gamut of today's hottest cars and run them around the 4.2-mile track at Virginia International Speedway. It's called the Lightning Lap, and it'......

Pictorial Preview on Mitsubishi Outlander

Monday, September 1st, 2008
Similar to its japanese parent, Mitsubishi India is not in good shape and yet to make its presence felt even after flying around here for many years. While one of its Japanese peer is owning more than 50% of market the other (Honda) is aggressively expanding its market share. But still a much needed......

Mitsubishi raising output of World Engine by 35%

Friday, June 13th, 2008
The so-called 'World Engine' used by DaimlerChrysler, Hyundai and Mitsubishi as part of their Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance joint venture has given the world such gems as the powerplants in the current Mitsubishi Evolution and Dodge Caliber SRT-4, and will also power the base version of the ......

Chrysler extends $2.99/gallon gas offer another month

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Much hubub has been made over the current Let's Refuel America program in which buyers can choose to lock in the price of gasoline at $2.99/gallon for three years courtesy of Chrysler LLC, but the incentive has apparently been successful. Chrysler announced this morning that the program, launched on......

VW Rabbit gets a carrot from Consumer Reports

Sunday, May 11th, 2008
If Consumer Reports is right, Volkswagen is well on its way to attaining its dream of outselling Toyota by 2015. In the magazine's June 2008 issue, CR threw a handful of hatchbacks into the ring and the VW Rabbit hopped out the winner. The magazine cited the Rabbit's "very well finished" interior fo......

VW Rabbit is the new top-researched car on Gaywheels.com

Thursday, April 10th, 2008
This quarter, the Volkswagen Rabbit knocks the Toyota Yaris out of the top spot on Gaywheels.com's list of top-researched cars. The Yaris, which had hung on to the numero uno spot for the last twelve months, dropped to third place as the VeeDub managed to snag the second spot as well with the hardto......

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Lewis Hamilton vs the Stig

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Some say that he shaves with a chainsaw, and that he can climb the Eiffel Tower using just his lips. All we know is, he's called The Stig, and on this Sunday's episode of Top Gear he'll be racing F1 rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton on the Top Gear test track. Hamilton, fresh off his second-place fini......

POLL: Autocross RR of the Week - 11/13 through 11/17

Monday, October 9th, 2006
Our autocross-themed RR of the Week has drawn to a close and now the polls have opened. The similarities between the contenders became more apparent as the week wore on, with lightweight, in-line fours, in various states of tune, duking it out for the top spot.The cars vying for your affection this ......

RR of the Day: 2002 Suzuki Aerio SX

Friday, October 6th, 2006
We'll admit that the Suzuki Aerio SX is not on the short list of cars that leap to mind when we think of autocrossing, so you can imagine our surprise when we saw Flickr member SuziesLover's Aerio 5-door uploaded for RRotD consideration this week. The story goes like this: the Aerio was purchased in......