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We just got word from GM PR that Bob Lutz will be a guest on The Colbert Report on Comedy Central at 11:30 PM EST tonight. As with all episodes of The Colbert Report, it will also be replayed several times tomorrow and we expect the segment to appear on Comedy Central's website, as well. We'll be wa......
Official Kia Forte brochure leaked
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Kia ForteThe Kia Forte has been caught out again, this time in more press photos and the official Korean-market brochure. The 2009 Spectra replacement is a looker... even if it borrows some of those looks from other vehicles. Regardless, those shapely front fe......
Cobb Tuning gives the GT-R a serious bump in power
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Cobb Tuning has re-engineered its AccessPort control unit for the new R35 Nissan GT-R. For those of you lucky enough to own a GT-R and not content with its performance out of the box, the $995 AccessPort will reflash the ECU to any one of six different tuning levels.There are three levels each for S......
Audi R8 test drive ends with a swim
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
There have got to be cheaper ways to go for a swim, but one driver apparently couldn't find one. The 33-year-old Dutch man from the town of Woerden in the Netherlands went by his local Audi dealership to check out a brand spankin' new R8 supercar... and then proceeded to drive it into the nearest ri......
Rendered Speculation? 2010 Porsche Cayman leaked
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Click above for more renderings of the 2010 Porsche Cayman SWe're already smitten by the current-generation Porsche Cayman and its older brother, the Boxster, and it now appears as if the iconic German automaker is poised to improve the breed even further. What first began with forum rumblings now a......
Nissan boosts price on Murano, Sentra and bumps destination charges
Friday, July 11th, 2008
While most of the attention Nissan has been getting recently revolves around the GT-R sportscar, its bread-and-butter models, like the Sentra S and the new Murano, have gotten slight bumps in price. The compact sedan sees an increase from $16,930, which included a $660 destination charge to $17,030,......
Show them the money: Chrysler raises ‘08 prices by 2%
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
It's hard to think of a way to make the Chrysler Sebring or Jeep Compass even less attractive, but a 2% price increase is a good start. It's not like Chrysler has control over the price of commodities, which is part of what's driving the increase that begins June 16th. Dealers will have to cough up ......
Only 5-10% of customers choose Chrysler’s $2.99 gas guarantee
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
It looks like car shoppers have been smart enough to see past Chrysler's cheap gas guarantee. Despite Chrysler's extension of the offer for an extra month, a very small percentage of actual consumers have actually chosen the gas guarantee over the old fashioned cash back options. As we've reported i......
2009 Dodge Ram up to 20% more fuel efficient than before
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Dodge RamDodge announced today that its redesigned 2009 Ram 1500 will be 20% more fuel efficient than the 2008 model it replaces. The new Ram's reduced appetite for fossil fuels can largely be attributed to the truck's new, more aerodynamic styling and a ......
2009 Mercedes G-Class comes in for subtle revisions, more power
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
The Mercedes G-Class is like the tux and tails -- its remains in vogue no matter what's happening in the world around it. And like the tux, it looks pretty much like it did when it first arrived, and changes to it still don't come quickly.For the '09 model, the G has been given Mercedes' new corpora......