Posts Tagged ‘competitor’

Production Kia Soul gets impromptu online reveal

Friday, March 14th, 2008
We got our first look at what the production Kia Soul will look like during the Geneva Motor Show where the South Korean automaker unveiled a trio of tuner Soul concepts. The actual production five-door hatch, however, may have just been unceremoniously debuted online over at Kia-World.net, which is......

Updated Aston Martin V8 Vantage with more power coming to Geneva

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above for more desktop wallpaper-perfect photos of the V8 VantageThe Aston Martin V8 Vantage continues to build on its advantages -- exclusivity, hand-stitching, and that winged badge -- to make it a full-bodied competitor to that other marque from Stuttgart. According to Car magazine, the Van......

RIP: Tony Rolt, 1918-2008

Saturday, December 8th, 2007
We're saddened to note the passing of Tony Rolt, veteran racing driver and legendary military-prison escapee. Major Anthony Peter Roylance Rolt, MC & Bar, was the last surviving competitor from the 1950 British Grand Prix, considered to be the first modern world championship grand prix. He was a......

Micro to become macro? GM looking at competing with the Nano

Friday, November 16th, 2007
Click image for a gallery of the GM China Chevrolet SparkIf everyone else is going to build cars like Tata's headline-grabbing Nano, GM's going to pile on, too. The Lutz cites GM's part-ownership stake in Wuling Motors, a Chinese manufacturer of sub-$3,000 utility vehicles as a possible source of a ......

Mercedes admits R-Class was a failure

Sunday, November 4th, 2007
click above to view more images of the Mercedes-Benz R-ClassThat the R-Class has not been the most successful vehicle in the history of Mercedes-Benz is no big secret, but after staunchly espousing its virtues for year, the automaker has finally admitted it. And as any recovering addict could tell ......

Nissan to hook up Chrysler with small cars

Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Carlos Ghosn, Nissan/Renault's CEO, has been looking for a U.S. automaker to partner up with for some time and he may have finally found a suitable suitor. Reuters is reporting that a negotiations between Chrysler and Nissan to supply the Cerberus-owned automaker with a small car that would displace......

2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart snapped in parking lot

Friday, October 26th, 2007
Click image to enlargeAccording to poster jmk2888 at the EvolutionM.net forums, the car you see here is indeed the 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart. The poster, who indicates that he works for Mitsubishi in California, says that the car was in the lot briefly but is now "on the way to an auto show." ......

Ferrari SUV reportedly has codename F151, concept coming in 2010

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Leave it up to the blokes at AutoExpress to bring details about the rumored, and oft denied, Cayenne competitor from Ferrari. The Brit pub supposedly has the inside scoop on what could be the biggest brand dilution in the history of automobiledom, and it currently goes by the codename F151.The five-......

REPORT: Ford bought Mustang the role of KITT

Monday, October 22nd, 2007
click above for more images of the new KITTWouldn't you like to believe that the producers of the new Knight Rider series saw something in the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR that evoked the essence of what it is to be KITT? Yeah, that's not what happened. According to AdAge, Ford snagging the role of K......

Automakers losing interest in performance hybrids

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Well, that was short-lived. According to an article in the Freep, automakers are already beginning to disregard the idea of a hot hybrid, despite the benefits in fuel economy, emissions and performance.The lackluster sales of the Honda Accord Hybrid, which was quasi-marketed as a pseudo-sports sedan......