Posts Tagged ‘hoopla’
There's an old saying, you only want what you can't have. It holds particularly true in the context of Australia's Mitsubishi 380. The vehicle's Adelaide manufacturing facility was recently shuttered, partially due to lack of interest in the six-cylinder sedan. However, the vehicle's cancellation a......
eBay Find of the Day: Dwight’s Nissan Xterra!
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Click either image for gallery of Dwight's Nissan XterraFact: A new episode of The Office aired last night in which Andy sells his Nissan Xterra to Dwight, who then puts it up for sale on eBay Motors. Fact: the guy who owns the Xterra in real life works for the show and has put it up for sale on eBa......
First Cadillac CTS-V auctioned off for charity
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Click the image above for more high-res pics of the CTS-VIf you had your heart set on dropping big-time coin to own the first next-gen Cadillac CTS-V, you're already too late. CTS-V numero uno was auctioned off Thursday at a charity benefiting prostate cancer, and amazingly the 550 hp monogrammed s......
Hyundai resets its sights on 500,000 units in 2008
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
In 2007 Hyundai had a US sales target of 555,000. That number was set by HQ in Korea, and when it was clear they weren't going to make it, they revised it downward to just over 500,000. By the time the bell rung, even that number proved a little beyond Hyundai's reach: they sold 467,009 cars last ye......
Bad motor mount halts sale of Saturn Outlook and GMC Acadia
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
While we applaud carmakers that can streamline the design and production process to bring new vehicles to market quicker, we don't like thinking that they're skimping on the important stuff in the process. First Ford made all kinds of hoopla over their interesting and capable Edge (and it's Lincoln ......
Dodge’s drifting Charger debuts
Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Amidst the hoopla surrounding the release of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Universal Studios held a Drift Party in its parking lot where Dodge quietly parked its Mopar-powered Charger drift car that will eventually be driven in the Formula D professional drift series by Samuel Hubinette.Dod......
Sauber lauch 2005 F1 challenger
Thursday, April 7th, 2005
In all the auto show hoopla last week, Sauber Petronas F1 launched the C24, their 2005 Formula One challenger. The C24 will carry former world champion Jacques Villeneuve and former Ferrari test driver Felipe Massa, and in its royal blue and green livery, if the C24 is not quick, it will at least lo......
Toyota a part of Big Three by 2009?
Thursday, March 24th, 2005
I love these prediction pieces. If everything goes their way (which recently it has) Toyota has been predicted to overtake DaimlerChrysler by 2009 in the US. DCX numbers include Mercedes Benz. Toyota is including Lexus and Scion. The biggest obstacle in this prediction is not taking in account the ......