Posts Tagged ‘poor performance’
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Colt Ralliart Version R Special.Alex and I share an unbridled lust for the Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Version R. We've imagined a death match between the souped-up Colt and the Honda Fit, but Mitsu insists that there's no market for a flickable fuel miser here......
2008 Lexus GS priced: $245 gets you 52 HP more than last year
Sunday, August 12th, 2007
The 2008 Lexus GS 460 will only go up in price by $245 to $52,620, despite a power surge from 290 HP to a much more satisfying 342 ponies. The GS 350 and 450h will stay in the same price range as the outgoing 2007 model, despite tweaks inside and out. The GS (AWD version) has been under fire of late......
Tornado destroys Vegas
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
No, not Las Vegas. Vegas, as in more than one Chevy Vega. Three, to be exact, when a tornado took out a Michigan barn, totally destroying three of the infamous hatchbacks.Normally, this would be cause for not much more than a little giggle for the removal of three more examples of a Chevy nightmare.......
Eight is Enough: Ford expected to report eighth straight quarterly loss
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Today Ford will report its second quarter earnings for 2007, and analysts expect the Blue Oval to ink another losing quarter in the books for the eighth time in a row. The No. 2 automaker in the U.S., for now, lost $282 million in Q1, and analysts expect Ford's aggressive use of incentives to sell c......
Mercedes-Benz miffed at performance in Consumer Reports Reliability Survey
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
In the recently released 2006 Annual Car Reliability Survey by Consumer Reports, seven models from Mercedes-Benz were rated as Least Reliable. The last generation S-Class, CLS, E-Class, SL, CLK, V6 SLK and the M-Class SUV were all ranked least reliable based on the Consumer Reports survey comprised ......
EEStor ceramic electric motor
Sunday, August 6th, 2006
Alternative-fuel engines of different sorts all suffer from one major drawback or another: poor range, hard-to-find filling stations, high cost, poor performance. EEStore is out to change all that with a revolutionary new kind of "battery". We put "battery" in quotation marks because the unit doesn'......
Autobild has info on 2008 VW Golf Mk VI
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
As we reported earlier, Volkswagen is rushing the sixth generation Golf (now the Rabbit again in U.S. and Canada) to market two years ahead of schedule because of the current fifth generation's poor performance in the marketplace. VW's main task for the 2008 Golf Mk VI is to build it cheaper, faster......
Good news for GM, new minivans safer
Sunday, May 29th, 2005
Everyone loves crash test ratings. Unless of course you're an automaker and your latest vehicle gets dinged for poor performance. GM's new line of sibling minivans including the Saturn Relay and Buick Terraza all received "good" ratings in a recent round of testing. This should help GM's image since......
Good to be Chrysler, Managers get bonuses
Sunday, May 8th, 2005
We're not sure what is more mind boggling: The fact that Chrysler Group alone has 10,000 managers or the fact these entry to midlevel employees will receive bonuses for a strong 2004. The bonuses are expected to be 8.5 percent and is considered higher than the $1,500 profit-sharing checks that went ......