Just One Man’s Opinion
27
May
Here’s something different. I’m sure everyone has seen the vinyl wraps on cars, trucks and Hummers advertising everything from the local handy man to the local health spa. Well, the crazy Swedes at Volvo as upped it a notch. How about a whole car vinyl wrap for your trendy C30? For about 18,750 SEK (or [...]
22
May
BMW is going to make a hatchback 5-Series…kind-of. This isn’t a traditional hatch, it’s what is called a “TwinDoor’ feature, which means it has the lines of a sedan, yet with the seats down, the back opens up larger, like a hatchback. The “TwinDoor” allows you open the back like a regular truck door, or [...]
21
May
Alfa Romeo will be coming to the U.S. soon. Alfa’s will be sold through the Maserati dealerships. They are planning on bringing over the 159 (a sporty FWD sedan), Brera (a 2+2 Coupe), Brera Spider (a two-seater one a shortend Brera platform) and the image making 8C Competizione. The 8C will be the first car [...]
20
May
(*Note: Photo shows old logo)
Not to be out done by its sister company Vauxhall, GM’s Opel brand will also unveil a new logo when it launches the new Insignia, an upper-medium car, later this year. The new lightning bolt badge will be on display at the London auto show in July.
Vauxhall will also display it’s [...]
19
May
Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot-Citroen announced today they will set up a joint venture in Russia to produce cars starting in 2011.
The factory in Kaluga will produce a midrange SUV for all three brands, and a midsize vehicles for Peugeot and Citroen.
Mitsubishi Motors builds 4X4 vehicles such as the C-Crosser and Peugeot 4007 under an existing [...]
13
May
The Dutch supercar maker Spyker is going to join forces with Lotus. The Parts and Platform Commonality Agreement will allow Spyker use Lotus platforms and parts. Also includes a Design and Engineering Agreement relating to all of Spyker’s future models. This clears the way for the future Spykers to be based on the new [...]
13
May
Ferrari today sent out the first official photographs of the beautiful 2009 Ferrari California. This Prancing Horse will have a mid-front V8 position, a first for Ferrari and exclusively as a convertible with a folding hard top. Both chassis and bodywork will be aluminum.
The California’s 4.3-liter V8 will be direct fuel injection and sprint from [...]
12
May
Well, chalk this one up to I just thought they were already here, Lamborghini picks L.A. for U.S. headquarters today. I thought they would have already set this up, but come to find out, Automobili Lamborghini has created a separate sales for its North American operations, a first business unit outside of Italy. It will [...]
9
May
GM announced today that driver John Heinricy was about to push the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V to a record-breaking time of 7:59:32 around the famous Nurburging, Nordschleife track. This is the fasted “documented” lap by a sedan.
All I can say is that’s one fast V8!! It’s estimated that 2009 Caddy CTS-V will produce an estimated [...]
8
May
Chrysler has come up with a new gimmick to get you to buy a new Dodge, Chrysler or Jeep. Chrysler is going to help keep the gas price at $3.00/gallon. For the next three years, Chrysler will pay anything above the $3.00/gallon. So how will this work? You register a special gas car that is [...]