Posts Tagged ‘new test’

LA Preview: GM releases teaser pic of 2010 Buick Lacrosse

Monday, August 25th, 2008
Click above to enlargeOh sure, we've already shown you spy shots of the 2010 Buick LaCrosse that reveal the kit and kaboodle, but don't let that take away from GM's release of a teaser shot showing the upcoming sedan's new grille. Along with the pic, GM confirmed that the new LaCrosse will debut at ......

GMC cutting next-gen Acadia and Lambda-based SUT?

Monday, June 30th, 2008
General Motor's "commercial grade" truck unit may be losing two of its planned products, leaving some to contemplate the future of the nameplate in general. It's too early to consider GMC dead, but with the apparent cancellation of the next-generation Acadia CUV as well as the planned unibody truck ......

GM may divorce trucks and full-size SUVs

Friday, May 9th, 2008
When the current GMT900 SUVs hit the market in 2006, gas prices were already near $3.00 per gallon, but the super-sized transports sold in prodigious numbers anyway. The reasoning from the General and its customers was that there were still people with big boats or trailers to tow, and unibody CUVs ......

Strike at Malibu plant averted for now, Lucerne and DTS production to resume

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
GM is still dancing with the UAW over contract issues, now its doing it with local plants regarding items that weren't in the national agreement. However, The General has managed to wring two more days to negotiate before workers at its Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, KS, walk out. The 2,600 ......

Buick Lucerne Super finally arrives, brings CXL Special Edition with it

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Lucerne CXL Special EditionWho knows what took so long, but the Buick Lucerne Super that was first shown over a year ago at the 2007 New York Auto Show is arriving in dealerships this month, and it's brought a friend in the form of a the new Lucerne CXL Specia......

Aston Martin opening Nürburgring test center

Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Click image to enlargeSeeing as they spend a lot of time testing vehicles at the Nürburgring, Aston Martin has decided to set up shop with a permanent test/engineering facility at the famous circuit. The automaker has obtained an existing structure and is busy preparing the facility for a May 2008 ......

VIDEO: The Brilliance BS6’s 3-star crash test

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
As we reported yesterday, Chinese automaker Brilliance appears to have addressed a number of the shortcomings in its BS6 sedan that caused it to spectacularly fail a Euro NCAP crash test conducted earlier this year by Germany's ADAC. The car has been re-tested, this time in Spain (again, according t......

Get ready for mileage to drop: new EPA rating system unveiled

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
For the first time in more than 20 years, the US Government is changing the way they calculate the estimated fuel mileage on window stickers. The changes will be seen starting with 2008 model year cars in the form of a newly styled window sticker and a new test procedure to better reflect the actual......

Ford assembles $6 million worth of Focus hydrogen sedans… ABG drives one

Monday, September 4th, 2006
AutoblogGreen's Sam Abuelsamid recently had a chance to drive one of Ford's new test fleet cars. And it wasn't just any new car. It was one of the new fuel cell powered Focuses (Foci?). The test drive was held as part of the opening of a new hydrogen filling station in Taylor, MI. Ford rolled out 6 ......

DOT, NHTSA release full proposal for mandatory electronic stability control

Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Monday's rumor became reality Thursday when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its proposal to require auto manufacturers to install electronic stability control as a standard feature in all new cars.Standard equipment ESC would be required on passenger vehicles under 10,000......