Posts Tagged ‘oxymoron’
Volkswagen's plan for the next ten years includes streamlining production, cutting development costs and creating four new platforms so it can boost sales to 10 million units a year and give Toyota a run for its money. Architecture development is key to that strategy.The first – dubbed MQB – wil......
Frankfurt 2007: MINI Clubman debuts in a club, man
Friday, July 6th, 2007
Click image to see the media pic gallery with new live shots added from FrankfurtWith the DJ dutifully spinning his vinyl, the Clubman finally had its coming out party, and what a real party it was. The full range of standard, S, and D were all on hand to show off that new stretched shape with its ......
Forbes names “Most Affordable Luxury Cars”
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
One of our favorite non-auto-publications-laughably-doing-car-stories, Forbes has just issued its list of the most affordable luxury cars available today. Sound like an oxymoron? Well, it is, sort of, but their point is a logical one. Even the entry-level models from most luxury players are getting ......
Hyundai wants a halo car
Sunday, May 28th, 2006
In its bid to become the world's fifth largest automaker, Hyundai knows it needs a halo car to get there. Not that a halo car would increase the automaker's sales by much (Pontiac plans to sell less than 20,000 Solstice convertibles a year), but a highly desirable vehicle will draw customers into sh......