Just One Man’s Opinion
30
Jul
We have a new number 3 in the quest for world domination global sales. Ford slipped to fourth as Volkswagen increases its sales for the first half of 2008.
Ford lost number 2 spot in 2003 to Toyota, whom moved ahead of GM as the worldwide sales leader during the first half of 2008. So from [...]
30
Jul
I’m not sure what this says about Tata Motors, but Fiat has agreed to take on the management of auto financing for Jaguar and Land Rover in Europe. Fiat has a joint venture with French bank Credit Agricole. They will take on all of Jag and LR financing activities with the move completed by June [...]
29
Jul
Looks like 2011 will be a good year for small cars in good ol’ U.S.A. With the SUV/Pick-up truck market crashing, Mercedes-Benz is going to export the next generation A-Class and B-Class cars. Both cars are currently being sold in Europe and should be noted that they are small, subcompacts cars. So this is [...]
23
Jul
Car and Driver did an interesting comparison test. No, it’s not which car is more boring, the Toyota Camry or the Honda Accord. It’s “Surprise Speed Tournament”. In this case, it’s not Ferrari v. Lambo v. Viper v. ‘Vette. No this is all about straight-line speed, but against cars you wouldn’t think about racing against [...]
18
Jul
According to Autonew.com, all Mercedes-Benz cars will be turbocharged by 2010. With legislation in Europe and the U.S. forcing automakers to reduce emissions, turbo can help. Plus they are able to install smaller and lighter fuel-efficient engines without sacrificing performance.
The long-term goal for M-B is to go with zero-emission. The 2009 S Class will be [...]
17
Jul
Dodge is taking the new Challenger to the limits. Drag racing limits that is. At the Mile-High Nationals in Colorado, Dodge showed off two Challenger “drag-race-package” prototypes. Dodge plans on building 100 cars to meet NHRA requirements, starting late summer with a price in the low $30,000 range.
The drag-race-package Challenger will be eligible to race [...]
15
Jul
According to AutoWeek, Volkswagen’s new Jetta TDI cars are just about sold out before they hit the showroom. Why? Even though diesel is close to $5 a gallon, most see the advantage of a diesel over the gas counterpart. The TDI gets 33 to 35% better gas mileage, in the Jetta that equals 29 mpg [...]
10
Jul
Once again, the boys at velocenews find something interesting to blog about. How about a custom car coffin? Colourfulcoffins.com offer an interesting designs from art and music to football (soccer) to cars and even F1. .
Yes, they are out of the U.K and nothing mention about price. However, I wonder if we can find one [...]
9
Jul
Ford UK gets all the fun. The all new Ford Focus RS in the UK will be a hot hatch with 295-hp and 302-lb ft of torque with a top speed of 155 mph. Even though its 2.5-liter five-cylinder turbocharged engine is FWD, the engineers say it doesn’t need AWD. It should sprint from 0-60 [...]
8
Jul
Today Fiat and BMW are planning to cooperate on platforms and components. The collaboration is putting the possibilities for joint use of components and systems in the MINI, Fiat Grande Punto and Alfa Romeo MiTo. Fiat owns Fiat and Alfa Romeo while BMW owns MINI. Fiat has industrial alliances with PSA, Suzuki and Tata. BMW [...]