Posts Tagged ‘american models’

New BMW 7 series teased on the back nine

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Behind the man finishing his follow through (he didn't keep his head down) is a glimpse of the new BMW 7-Series front end. Freed from the matte black paint on the mules and with the right bit of studio lighting, the car has the kind of bada** mien that we should expect from the top dog BMW. And we f......

Geneva ‘08 Preview: 2009 Ford Fiesta is filled with Verve!

Saturday, December 8th, 2007
click above for more high-res pics of the 2009 Ford FiestaWith two and a half weeks to go before the Geneva Motor Show, Ford has finally released details on the production version of its new global small car. After the Verve concept debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show last September, the speculatio......

Ford is biggest spender on R&D

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
According to a European Commission report, Ford is the car industry's biggest spender on R&D. Ford was number one until this year, but got outspent by pharmaceutical company Pfizer. (The Blue Oval vs. the blue pill...who knew?) Ford spent somewhere between $7.4 billion and $8.2 billion dollars d......

Chidambaram First, Lalu next

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
According to the CNN-IBN web poll, Finance minister Chidambaram occupies the first place, while Raliway minister Lalu comes second and IT minister Dayanithi Maran comes third. As this is only a webpoll, we can assume that more than 95% of votes are from the Urban population and its not the actual re......

Mark Fields says 2007 lineup puts Ford “in its best position ever”

Friday, May 19th, 2006
Ford's president of the Americas, Mark Fields, thinks that Ford's upcoming 2007 North American models are right on the money "to face a rapidly changing car-buying market and to attract new customers." Let's see what he' s bringing to the table...On the fuel economy front, Fields points to 12 vehicl......

Toyota’s Prius in Europe gets a button we don’t

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Ever stare at that spot on your dash that has a piece of plastic where a button should be? Ever wonder what that button would do if it were installed? More and more Prius owners are finding out that that empty spot on their dashes is occupied on Euro-spec Prius models by a button that switches the h......