Posts Tagged ‘new vehicles’
The view above your left knee in the 2009 Infiniti FX.In the last 24 hours, we've been accosted with more high-tech, in-car wizardry than we've ever asked for. And while you'll have to wait until next week to read our review of the new Infiniti FX, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has wei......
IIHS midsize smack down: Side impact ratings better, rear crashes, not so much
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety just wrapped up its latest battery of batterings and most of the tested contenders in the mid-size segment faired well. The Dodge Avenger and Chrysler Sebring, along with the Infiniti G35, Nissan Altima, Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura, Mitsubishi Galant and ......
2009 Nissan Murano earns IIHS Top Safety Pick rating
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just finished the latest round of their long running series of crash tests of new vehicles. This time around they evaluated nine different mid-sized SUVs and CUVs. IIHS does front, rear and side impact testing on each of the vehicles and in the l......
GM to dealers: You’re not getting a Pontiac Trans Am
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Since Buick, Pontiac and GMC dealers are in the process of consolidating their showrooms, many were likely hoping for a halo product that could draw customers into the showroom. Hey, wouldn't a version of the upcoming Chevy Camaro badged as a Pontiac Trans Am revival do the trick? Maybe, but at the ......
Crash Landing: 2009 Honda Pilot design deemed boring
Monday, November 19th, 2007
click above to view more high-res pics of the Honda Pilot PrototypeWe were there when Honda trotted out its Pilot Prototype in Detroit, and our snoozy first impression is apparently what the public at large is feeling, too. Sales of the current Pilot have dropped off by nearly 25 percent, so Honda's......
Mazda RX-8 Convertible rolled out at shipment ceremony
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
click above image to enlargeMazda held a traditional sending off ceremony yesterday for its first shipment of vehicles to leave its headquarters in Hiroshima, Japan in the new year. This is done at the beginning of every year and all the big execs come out to watch new vehicles like the Mazda2 and ......
Mazda RX-8 Convertible rolled out at shipment ceremony
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
click above image to enlargeMazda held a traditional sending off ceremony yesterday for its first shipment of vehicles to leave its headquarters in Hiroshima, Japan in the new year. This is done at the beginning of every year and all the big execs come out to watch new vehicles like the Mazda2 and ......
SAIC buys Nanjing, finally gets MG
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
The twisted saga of MG's resurrection from the ashes at the hands of Chinese automakers has come full circle. Last year both SAIC Motor Corp. and Nanjing Automobile Corp. fought tooth and nail for the right to build MGs in England, and Nanjing, the smaller of the two automakers by far, won. Since th......
Report: Volvo to cut dealer network, U.S. corporate operations
Friday, October 12th, 2007
Things at Volvo haven't been going well for some time and the higher-ups at the brand are finally beginning to recognize that sacrifices have to be made. Sales of the Swedish marque have steadily declined since 2004, with an average of 400 new vehicles being sold at each of the 350 Volvo franchises,......
SEMA honors four vehicles as most accessory friendly
Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Because so much of what SEMA is about concerns the aftermarket, each year the organization honors the most accessory-friendly vehicles with an award. This isn't to say that these are the best vehicles on the market, but rather that each represents a car or truck where the manufacturer has worked wit......