http://www.toomanycars.info Just One Man's Opinion Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s official, I can update the Automotive Family Tree! GM has complete sale of Saab to Spyker Cars NV. Surprisingly this is the first successful sale of one of four GM brands. The transaction will combine 3,400 employees with Spker’s 110(ish) workforce. Spyker is paying GM $74 million in cash ... http://www.toomanycars.info/auto-news/spyker-bought-saab-from-gm/ I found this kind of interesting. Ford’s fancy partnership with Microsoft to bring you SYNC, will be a free upgrade on a 2011 Ford Fiesta if you make your reservation by online or by text. All you have to do is text the word “reserve” to 4Ford (43673) by April ... http://www.toomanycars.info/auto-news/2011-ford-fiesta-free-sync-by-text-or-online-reservation/ What is going on with Toyota? It looks like the 2009-10 Toyota Corollas could be next on the recall list. Not for gas pedal, or for brakes, but for steering. Can Toyota make anything right? After recalling a few million cars for carpet getting stuck under the gas pedal only ... http://www.toomanycars.info/auto-news/toyota-corolla-next-on-recall-list/ At this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, Fiat’s performance division Abarth, will show a 695 Tributo Ferrari, or a supped up Fiat 500. This will be one hot hatch with a 1.4-liter turbocharged engine with 180 HP, F1-style 6-speed transmission, tuned suspension, red (of course) Brembo brakes with 17-inch alloy wheels. No ... http://www.toomanycars.info/auto-news/fiat-695-tributo-ferrari/ If you’re looking for proof of globalization in the automotive manufacturing, here it is. Ford announced that it has suspended production of its full-sized commercial vehicle in China because it uses the same supplier that is involved in the Toyota recall. Jiangling Motors Co., Ford’s partner, reports there has been ... http://www.toomanycars.info/auto-news/ford-suspends-china-transit-because-of-yotoya-recall/ So, you really, really, really want a Bugatti Veyron. You win the lotto and have $2 million to buy the $1.5 million Bugatti. But do you have enough for maintenance? Bugatti recommends new tires every 4,000 k or 2,500 miles and new wheels and tires (yes wheels) every 10,000 miles. The ... http://www.toomanycars.info/auto-blog/300000-yearly-maintenance-for-a-car/ It took me awhile to update, but I’ve made some minor tweaks to the Automotive Family Tree for the end of 2009. We’re still waiting on GM to figure out what they are doing with SAAB and what Ford is doing with Volvo. I think for the most part, all ... http://www.toomanycars.info/uncategorized/updated-automotive-family-tree/ Hummer is on hold until GM seals the deal. By the end of the week, GM will stop producing Hummer as the brand is being sold to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company. GM will not comment on the state of negotiations, but the U.S. government has signed off on ... http://www.toomanycars.info/auto-news/hummer-production-on-hold/ For the next 5 days you have the opportunity to bid a car once owned by Sharon Stone. What car is CharityBuzz.com auctioning, you asking? Is it a Ferrari or a Porsche or a Rolls-Royce? Nope. It’s the classic 1972 Ford LTD convertible. Can we say, “Cleaning out your closets?” ... http://www.toomanycars.info/auto-blog/sharon-stone-charity-car-auctions/ Quote according to Hyundai PR man Dan Bedore. Pirates hijacked the ship some 600 miles off the coast of Somalia. The 2,300 small cars were en route from Korea to Saudi Arabia. Nobody was injured, but makes you wonder what the pirates were thinking holding up a Hyundai ship? It’s expected ... http://www.toomanycars.info/auto-news/even-pirates-seem-to-be-switching-to-hyundai/