Posts Tagged ‘parity’
Check it out. We've completely revamped By the Numbers to convey more sales information than before in a much easier to digest way. Now we'll be reporting both the change in monthly sales volume for each brand and automaker as well as the change in their Daily Sales Rate or average number of vehicle......
Car Accessories - skirts for swift and civic
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Pimp Your Ride - Car Accessories…So you’re gonna buy a new car. What’s it going to be like? After eliminating all the nice cars in the ground of fuel economy and overall price, what you are left with is a handful of not-so-hot looking sedans and (mostly) hatchbacks. After the new-car thing has......
SEAT Ibiza Cupra unveiled
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the SEAT Ibiza Cupra.In Europe, budget-minded pistonheads have a treasure trove of hot hatches to choose from, and SEAT will be adding another model to the mix later this year.The Ibiza Cupra will be officially unveiled in Paris, but Seat has dropped the first f......
BMW helping disabled vets get back behind the wheel
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Kudos to the crew at BMW, who recently donated a few cars, a handful of instructors and one of its test tracks to an injured Marine training class. A group of soldiers wounded in Iraq were invited to the track to learn performance driving techniques behind the wheel of some seriously desirable machi......
Nissan to take on domestics with commercial truck in 2010
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Sensing the ripe market opportunity, Nissan will start producing various light-commercial and medium-duty trucks in 2010. The targeted segment is currently dominated by Ford and GM, where the miscellaneous cabs and frames are used to produce such vehicles as dump trucks, tow trucks, and school buses......
Spy Shots: Maserati Gran Turismo Spyder
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Never underestimate a car guy on holiday. That's the lesson to be learned by Maserati, which apparently left a Gran Turismo Spyder mule in a lot somewhere in Modena.An eagle-eyed tourist snapped off a handful of pics showing the two-piece roof and articulating trunk in its earliest stages of develop......
All VW and Mercedes diesels eligible for tax credit
Monday, August 11th, 2008
We knew last month that the Jetta TDI was qualified for the tax credit. Now, word is out that all of the new-generation clean diesels for Volkswagen (TDI) and Mercedes-Benz (Bluetec) will be joining the elite handful of vehicles that qualify for a federal alternative-powertrain tax credit. Formerly ......
Ford talks tough on quality, promises best-built small cars
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Ford FiestaNot wanting to take second place to anyone, especially Toyota, Ford is vowing that its new line of Euro small cars, including the new Fiesta and next-gen Focus, will launch in the U.S. with the best quality in the industry. That's the official ......
Shelby Distribution to offer aluminum-bodied Daytona Coupe
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
The Shelby Daytona Coupe is the embodiment of classic American motorsports. The only problem is that putting a genuine Daytona Coupe in the garage is nearly impossible. There are only a handful in the world, and the price tag would be in the millions of dollars (if you could find an owner willing to......
Pics aplenty: BMW M1 Hommage Concept
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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We were completely taken with the BMW M1 Hommage concept car that was introduced at the Concorso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este earlier this year. It's blend of modern and retro design is a fitting tribute to the original M1 road car, and we'd have no objection to......