Posts Tagged ‘overlords’
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel / Vauxhall InsigniaThe first official look at the Opel Insignia's interior leaves us with the impression that Opel / Vauxhall's new sedan is going to be a nice place in which to log some miles. Put simply, the cockpit is identical to the one first shown......
Tags: 1 billion, Acoustic Research, arrival date, aspirated, b9 tribeca, beira v8, BeiraV8, CompactSuv, convenience package, digital instrument, dives, elise, financial assistance, ford lincoln mercury, Gensis, gm, gpma, group lotus, heart, james bond bentley, lamborghinis, lip spoiler, nascar events, overlords, padlocks, PlusConran, Russels Point, saab 900 turbo, SaleenS5, stock motor, supplier, town of lind, wage gap, wards, wilmington delaware
Posted in Sedans/Saloons, gm | No Comments »
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
click above for more high-res images of the Saab 9-4X BioPower Concept
The doors have been unofficially thrown wide open on the Saab 9-4x BioPower concept after a Dutch media outlet spilled the beans earlier today. The 9-4x is badged as a concept, but the reality is that we will see new CUV probably......
Tags: 9-4X, audi bmw, classic saabs, cuv, design language, detroit, detroit 2008, dutch media, fender vents, fru fru, gm design, gm models, high res images, mercedes benz, nesbitt, new cadillac, overlords, saab, saab styling, saab-9-4x, saturn vue, scandinavian design, stewards, swedes, windscreens
Posted in Crossovers/CUVs, detroit auto show, green, saab | No Comments »
Monday, October 1st, 2007
"So...wanna see a pensioner drive?"Michael Schumacher casts a pretty big shadow over all of F1, and nobody knows it better than Kimi Raikkonen. That's bred a little animosity by Ferrari's latest world champion to his septuple-crown predecessor, but that hasn't stopped either from fulfilling their c......
Tags: ad, animosity, bravo, camaraderie, Commercial, contractual obligations, english subtitles, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, fiat, fiat spot, kimi, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mercedes benz, michael, michael schumacher, new fiat bravo, overlords, pensioner, predecessor, raikkonen, riding shotgun, rivals, schumacher, spot, television, tjet, TV, video, world champion
Posted in Marketing/Advertising, Motorsports, Videos, ferrari, fiat | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Though Toyota sells a helluva lot more cars around the world than Honda, sometimes we think it suffers from an inferiority complex with its cross town rival. C'mon, in addition to cars, Honda makes jets, motorcycles, generators, lawn mowers and ASIMO, the creepy walking, running, dancing robot that ......
Tags: claim to fame, cross town, degree grades, dexterity, fifty years, inferiority complex, joints, lashes, lawn mowers, no doubt, overlords, porcelain toilet, robot wars, siberia, terminator 2, thanks a bunch, toyota robots, toyota violin robot, ToyotaRobots, ToyotaViolinRobot, unobtanium, violin, violin playing robot, violin robot, ViolinPlayingRobot, ViolinRobot, Wheel Chair, whips
Posted in Etc., toyota | No Comments »
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
It looks like Chrysler is going to give car shoppers a holiday gift as incentive to signing on the dotted line. After a rough year that saw the automaker break away from its Daimler overlords, Chrysler wants to end 2007 on a high note. To that end it will be offering rebates on virtually every vehic......
Tags: automotive news, car shoppers, chrysler, chrysler pacifica, chrysler vehicles, ChryslerPacifica, crossfire, daimler, defunct models, dodge, dodge magnum, DodgeMagnum, dotted line, great time, high note, holiday gift, jeep, overlords, pt cruiser, pt cruiser convertible, PtCruiserConvertible, rebate, rebates, wall street, wall street journal
Posted in Car Buying, Convertibles, Coupes, Marketing/Advertising, Wagons/Estates, chrysler, dodge | No Comments »
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Click image for a gallery of the VXR8GM loves to tease its American customers. While we patiently await the arrival of the Pontiac G8 GT, in Australia, multiple high-performance flavors of the VE Commodore its based on are available from HSV. In the UK, one of those cars, the HSV Clubsport R8, is of......
Tags: american customers, australia, cars, flavors, g8 gt, g8 gxp, G8Gt, G8Gxp, high performance, horsepower, horses, hsv clubsport r8, HsvClubsportR8, lb ft, overlords, pontiac, pontiac g8, PontiacG8, supercharger, tap, tenths, tires, torque, vauxhall vxr8, ve commodore, vxr8
Posted in Euro, Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, vauxhall | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
Looks like the sometimes-suicidally-prone manufacturing robots at General Motors are taking jobs away from some real people. The Australian is reporting that up to 600 Holden employees will be getting their pink slips in the company's Elizabeth plant in South Australia. The Elizabeth plant is where ......
Tags: australian operations, automot, business strategy, buyouts, competitiveness, critical factor, cutbacks, downsizing, Elizabeth plant, ElizabethPlant, general motors, high technology, holden, holden commodore, holden ltd, HoldenCommodore, layoffs, other vehicles, overlords, pink slips, plant efficiency, pontiac g8, PontiacG8, retraining, robots, south australia, SouthAustralia, ve commodore, vz commodore
Posted in Hirings/Firings, Plants/Manufacturing, gm | No Comments »
