Posts Tagged ‘turf’

British Motor Show Preview: Opel Insignia to debut in hatch and sedan forms

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
click the Insignia for a high-res galleryGM's European branch is planning a big debut later this month at the British Motor Show in London for one of its most important mainstream models. The new Insignia is replacing the venerable Vectra name plate and brings with it a whole new design language. We......

Holden and Ford trading punches before Falcon arrives

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Holden and Ford have been fighting the battle of Commodore vs. Falcon for many years, and with the recent announcement of the new Falcon range, the war has heated up. Holden's very competent Holden line has been given quite a jolt in anticipation of the Falcon's release, with many offerings trumping......

7-seat Lexus RX on its way

Sunday, June 10th, 2007
With annual sales of over 100,000 units, the Lexus RX350 is the crown jewel of Toyota's luxury marque. The CUV started the luxury crossover craze, but a recent comparison test by Motor Trend concluded that the Hyundai Veracruz was perhaps the better all-around crossover. Lexus fully intends to prote......

Pickup truck wars heat up: GM offers 0% financing

Sunday, May 27th, 2007
A few weeks back, the top brass at GM stated that they intended to remain competitive in the hyper-competitive full-size truck market, and now we know just how serious the General is about protecting its truck turf. Beginning last Saturday, all 2007 extended and crew cab Silverados will have zero-pe......

Fabia for India!

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Skoda is going to launch Fabia - a compact car in India by the end of 2007.The first generation fabia has sold about 15lakh in Europe and other countries. The world premiere of the new generation of the Skoda Fabia will take place at the Geneva Auto Show in March 2007 subsequently it will be launche......

UPDATE: Ford “Tough Box” available to commercial customers this Spring

Saturday, January 20th, 2007
PickupTruck.com is now reporting that the two extra doors in the bed of this F-150 mule are not destined for the 2009 model, but rather will be an option available as soon as this spring to commercial customers. As a few of our commenters noted in yesterday's post, the option is called the "Tough B......

VIDEO: Haven’t we seen this before? TT takes to the pipe

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
L1UVQsCa4kQWe're a little unclear as to why automakers have decided to enlist the help of CG artists to make their cars do unrealistic things on what's been formerly skateboarder's turf. First, it was the Nissan Qashqai hitting the pipe in a decidedly uncool viral ad, now the classy folks over at Au......