Posts Tagged ‘introductions’

Tata to (finally) announce Jaguar, Land Rover purchase March 5 or 6

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
In what looks to be a merciful end to the world's longest foregone conclusion, Tata Motors will reportedly announce its purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover on either March 5 or 6. The announcement is expected after the first press day of the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, so as not to steal the limelight fro......

Exclusive First Drive: Tesla Roadster

Sunday, November 18th, 2007
click above for more high-res shots of Autoblog driving the Tesla RoadsterMost people are lucky to experience one life-affirming moment while they're on this earth; I experienced mine last week. AutoblogGreen's Sam Abuelsamid called to ask if I was interested in accompanying him on his exclusive Fir......

New plan to improve Cobo Hall moves forward

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Detroit may be the host of one of North America's largest auto shows, but Cobo Hall is far from the continent's best conference facility. It's dated and small, and larger venues like Chicago's McCormick place and the LA Convention Center are more modern and accommodating to automaker displays. Offic......

Be careful, 007: Aston Martin shows off production DBS

Monday, June 11th, 2007
Click image for galleryThe Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, already the backdrop for the introductions of another special-edition Lexus SC 430 (yawn) and the production Infiniti EX (better), is also the venue for an automobile debut more in keeping with the spectacular vehicles that will be display......

Be careful, 007: Aston Martin shows off production DBS

Monday, June 11th, 2007
Click image for galleryThe Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, already the backdrop for the introductions of another special-edition Lexus SC 430 (yawn) and the production Infiniti EX (better), is also the venue for an automobile debut more in keeping with the spectacular vehicles that will be display......

UPDATE: Ford “Tough Box” available to commercial customers this Spring

Saturday, January 20th, 2007
PickupTruck.com is now reporting that the two extra doors in the bed of this F-150 mule are not destined for the 2009 model, but rather will be an option available as soon as this spring to commercial customers. As a few of our commenters noted in yesterday's post, the option is called the "Tough B......

Porsche Design launching personal navigation system

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
No official word from Porsche, but rumors have Porsche Design teaming up with navigation software specialists Navigon AG to launch a Porsche Design personal navigation product, the P9611.The sleek device sports a 480 x 272 pixel touchscreen, a built-in traffic news radio receiver and Bluetooth commu......

Hybrid sales double

Sunday, April 9th, 2006
Despite a 25-percent fall in April for the Toyota Prius, hybrid sales are alive and well... and over twice as high in 2005 as they were in 2004. Gasoline-electric vehicle registrations jumped 139 percent to 199,148 thanks to new introductions by Toyota, including the Highlander Hybrid and the Lexus ......

P. Diddy rims

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005
I didn't hang around late in the day last week in New York for the P. Diddy press conference announcing his line of "Sean John Wheels", I had other pressing introductions to work on, but USAToday has the info. Sean Combs wanted to "bring some sexy" to the oversized wheel-world and is working with We......

Full list of Detroit debuts

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
The list tops at 65 introductions. Detroit is going to be huge, and of course, Autoblog will be there, covering from the floor and posting every debut we can get our hands on. This is a good list with descriptions of what we intend to see from the show.......