Posts Tagged ‘Big Oil’

Infiniti G37S spotted prior to Pebble Beach

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Infiniti G37SThis weekend is of course the big Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Monterey, California, and a number of automakers will be on hand to debut vehicles there. Infiniti is one of them and will be showing off a few new models on the greens of Pebbl......

2009 Nissan Maxima starting at $29,290

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan Maxima.You can now walk down to your local Nissan retailer and plop your backside in the 2009 Maxima that breathes new life into the old Four Door Sports Car legend of the second-generation Maxima. Like the revised Murano, the tweaked Maxima off......

Jensen Interceptor returns with LS2 V8

Friday, May 16th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the V Eight Jenson InterceptorAny automotive enthusiast can quote you the story of the Cobra; the British AC Ace stuffed with a Ford V8, a strategy that was equally successful for Sunbeam with its Tiger - right down to the Ford small-block V8 - though the Cobra la......

Rendered Speculation: Nissan 370Z previewed in presentation

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Click above to enlargeWe've seen details of the forthcoming Nissan 350Z replacement, dubbed the 370Z on account of a bump in displacement to 3.7 liters for its next-gen VQ V6 engine, and we also know that it will debut this November at the L.A. Auto Show. Nissan even revealed its own version of a qu......

Hawaiian gas cap fails miserably

Thursday, April 13th, 2006
How do you commit political suicide? Why, institute a gas cap that costs your constituents $55 million more than it would have cost otherwise, of course. Hawaii governor Linda Lingle decided to sign a bill today that would stop the madness that is the Hawaii gas cap, which has put a limit on wholesa......

Chevron realizes 49 percent profit increase in first quarter

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
High gasoline prices have to be good for someone, and in news that will shock few, those fortunate men and women appear to work for Big Oil. Chevron, America's second largest oil company announced Friday that its first-quarter profits hit four billion dollars, a dramatic 49 percent increase over las......

People running out of gas in order to save some

Saturday, April 1st, 2006
Irony alert: California drivers have been hit so hard by the surge in gasoline prices that some are running out of gas -- on purpose -- and waiting for a tow truck to show up with some free go-juice courtesy their roadside assistance programs. In effect, they're running out of gas in order to save s......

Auto industry and Big Oil trading blows

Thursday, March 16th, 2006
It would seem that if there are two parties who really shouldn't be playing the blame game regarding the world's energy problems: oil companies and auto manufacturers. That certainly hasn't stopped either from taking shots at each other in the media, however. Late last year, ExxonMobil apparently st......