Posts Tagged ‘camry’

Maserati considering adding a smaller coupe to lineup

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
More Maseratis can hardly be a bad thing – unless you're one of the unfortunates trying to maintain a BiTurbo without losing your shirt. Modern Masers are sumptuous and beautiful, quintessential expressions of the Gran Turismo idiom. The gloriousness of recent trident-wearing Italians has led to a......

Michael Schumacher to race a Honda CBR1000RR in German Superbike

Friday, May 16th, 2008
Seven-time Formula 1 racing champion Michael Schumacher will be racing this weekend on a Honda CBR1000RR at the IDM International German Motorbike Championship. There are rumors that he'll be racing under a false name, Marcel Niederhausen. Now that the cat is officially out of the bag, so to speak, ......

Chevy caters to insecurity, trials drive-in fitting room

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of Chevy's "fitting rooms"In what has to be the most ridiculous or utterly ingenious marketing ploy to date, Chevrolet has set up a drive-in fitting room outside a London dealership to allow consumers to "try on" their car before they buy. According to GM's researc......

Toyota’s racing investments finally paying off?

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery from Kobalt Tools 500 Toyota is hoping that there is some life left in the old adage, "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday." While we can't imagine many NASCAR fans driving off the showroom floor in a brand new Camry because of Toyota's 1-2 finish at the Kobalt Tools 500, ......

Toyota scores first official NASCAR Sprint Cup win

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery from Kobalt Tools 500When the clocks ticked over to 2008, Toyota Motorsports VP Jim Aust declared that the Camry would not go winless this season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup like it did during its inaugural season last year. Things got off to a good start during qualify......

Push-button starts to alter the interior landscape?

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The question "Where are my car keys?" hasn't left the building just yet, but is being shown to the door. Why? The arrival of push-button starters and smart cards in an increasing number of automobiles. Now that Nissan and Toyota have added button-starters to their high end Altima and Camry models, w......

Ford’s “effing” problem needs a fix

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Towards the end of 2003, Ford unveiled the Freestar. It was a lousy minivan, and its name wasn't much better. From there the f-bombs started pouring in with the Freestyle, Five Hundred, and Fusion. Ford had a Shakespearean stranglehold on alliteration, but outside of the decent success of the Fusion......

Toyota earns first ever NASCAR win

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Remember when Joe Gibbs Racing dropped Chevy for Toyota last September? Not only did Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin trade in their bow tie stickers for an adhesive Camry grille, but Toyota gained some serious driving talent. The move has paid off quickly for Toyota, which just scored its......

2009 Hyundai Sonata gets big bump in price

Saturday, December 1st, 2007
click above for more high-res images of the 2009 Hyundai SonataThe new 2009 Hyundai Sonata gets a bump in interior refinement and available power, and the South Korean automaker would like to be paid for all its troubles. The 2009 Sonata Limited saw the largest jump in price, with the new model goin......

Chicago 2008: Hyundai rolls out 2009 Sonata

Thursday, November 29th, 2007
click above to view more high-res pics of the 2009 Hyundai Sonata When Hyundai released its 2007 Sonata, the automaker served notice that it was serious about playing with the "big boys" in the midsize sedan market; namely the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima and, just recently, the latest ......