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2 June 2007 posted in Euro 5 views
Rendered speculation: Mercedes A-class When Mercedes decided to aim for the entry-level luxury market in the U.S., the best they could come up with was the C230 Sport, which, because of an anemic powertrain and a high cost of ownership, ne ...
Tags: minivan, new mercedes, cues, merc, c class, resemblance, audi a3, bmw 1 series, google, drawing board, fruition, primetime, design elements, mercedes a class, cost of ownership, luxury market, luxury class, populace, b boys, right combination
6 April 2007 posted in Concept Cars 4 views
Bertone-Fiat negotiations falls through With just days to go before its investors meeting later this week, it's back to the drawing board for Bertone. According to emerging reports, a proposed deal that would have seen Fiat come to the resc ...
Tags: assembly line, rivals, fiat, sibling, drawing board, automotive news, coachbuilder, bertone, lancia, italian design, business case, negotiations, fiat grande punto, viable business, sergio marchionne, camper vans, person workforce, viable enterprise, deadlock, staff members
7 March 2007 posted in Geneva Motor Show 5 views
Profits are up, but is there still cause to worry about VW? We've been all over the Geneva Motor Show the past couple of days and there's an awful lot to report in terms of new concepts and product unveilings. Europe's biggest fish of all, Volkswagen, hasn't h ...
Tags: wolfgang bernhard, detroit news, drawing board, sales leader, arguement, morgan stanley, geneva motor, bernd pischetsrieder, martin winterkorn, car manufacturer, investment firm, future source, ferdinand piech, jetta wagon, golf variant, grand slam, product pipeline, ambitious goal, vw boss, investment community
21 February 2007 posted in Concept Cars 4 views
RUMOR: NSX development halted, Acura going back to drawing board We (and many of you) were blown away by Acura's Advanced Sports Car Concept when it was unveiled at NAIAS in January. Though we were a bit disappointed the concept was only a non-running turntable tea ...
Tags: sports car, car concept, supercar, acura, high performance, show car, blown away, next generation, drawing board, sport coupe, naias, gr 1, nsx, asc, tease, tokyo auto show, turntable, best effort, winding road, advanced sports
12 February 2007 posted in Chrysler 6 views
Back to the drawing board: DCX working on more rebuilding, more sharing DCX could end up sharing more platforms going forward Oh, how time flies when you're paying attention to the domestic auto industry. About a year and a half ago the Chrysler 300 was selling like crazy ...
Tags: chrysler 300, detroit news, chrysler group, c class, nice things, cost cutting, drawing board, class platform, auburn hills, chrysler product, domestic auto industry, buyouts, blue collar jobs, resounding success, chrysler employees, 3rd quarter, chassis components, white collar, share holders, quarterly financials
27 November 2006 posted in Green 4 views
TH!NK about it: former Ford company returns in 2007 TH!NK fast! Remember those tiny electric cars Ford was showing off around the time the world was caught in the throes of Y2K? They were tiny matte-finished Norwegian runabouts that promised 50 miles o ...
Tags: car connection, smart car, top speed, new model, electric car, electric cars, drawing board, car program, cars ford, electric windows, original model, ford company, norwegian team, runabouts, station car, chief technical officer, according to plan, sales director, throes, nk
10 October 2006 posted in Sports/GTs 3 views
Porsche plans 10 new models by 2010 Motor Trend put together a list of future vehicles to come out of Stuttgart over the next few years and although most of the vehicles listed have either already debuted (Targa, GT3 RS) or are common k ...
Tags: carrera gt, motor trend, brick wall, displacement, cayenne, drawing board, foray, big brother, tenths, panamera, dsg transmission, power upgrades, mid engine, body style, order of business, dakar rally, common knowledge, gt3 rs, new carrera gt, technological hurdles
2 August 2006 posted in Trucks/Pickups 3 views
Pickup wars begin with debut of 2007 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra So they're here, what do you think?click on any image to enlargeThis morning marked what could be a monumental moment in the turnaround of General Motors. The world's largest automaker officially intr ...
Tags: automakers, gas prices, spy shots, general motors, blue oval, drawing board, nissan titan, gmc sierra, largest automaker, chevy silverado, new trucks, dodge ram 1500, 2006 dodge ram, 2007 f 150, 2007 chevy silverado, seat fabric, 2006 nissan titan, monumental moment, hardcore work, 2006 dodge ram 1500
21 July 2006 posted in China 4 views
Geely goes back to the drawing board to design US-spec car Li Shufu, the chairman of Geely Automobile, has decided to put on hold his plans to export a Chinese produced vehicle to the United States by 2008 that would start at $10,000. The reason? According to ...
Tags: autoweek, chinese automaker, coo, drawing board, soil, s market, usa inc, nanjing, geely usa, john harmer, geely automobile, spec car, geely automobiles, domestic cars
11 July 2006 posted in Japan 6 views
Toyota delays new Corolla until 2008 Automotive News reported yesterday that Toyota has decided to leave the current Corolla on the market for an extra year and delay its replacement until 2008. This will be the current generation's sixt ...
Tags: toyota, launch, honda civic, honda, camry, detroit news, corolla, steam, drawing board, automotive news, real reason, new civic, tradition, six months, critical success, new corolla, engineering resources, redistribution
8 July 2006 posted in Etc. 8 views
3-D Technology to watch for car safety Tyzx, Inc., an electronics firm specializing in developing affordable hardware, software, and integrated systems that view the world in all of its glorious three dimensions, will now be applying its 3 ...
Tags: europe, pedestrians, japan, drawing board, deployment, auto safety, sensors, safety systems, hardware software, pr newswire, integrated systems, new laws, automotive safety, pedestrian injuries, d technology, electronics firm, takata, car safety, three dimensions
15 June 2006 posted in Convertibles 5 views
BMW closer to a decision on the 2010 Z8? Automobile Magazine lends a little credibility to last week's Autobild news that another BMW Z8 is on its way. The former claims that business plans for a Z10, which would be on par with the likes of ...
Tags: bmw, hp, automobile magazine, 0l, price tag, 4l, drawing board, mercedes slr mclaren, new z4, credibility, bmw z8, autobild, z10, sounds like fun, z6, business plans
6 May 2006 posted in Concept Cars 14 views
The making of the Camaro Concept With the return of Chevrolet's Camaro all but certain, we're pretty much reduced to playing the speculation game over option levels... and waiting. In the meantime, as thoughts of smokey burnouts and ...
Tags: speculation, veteran, camaro, chevrolet, parking lot, game, paragraphs, drawing board, insight, popular hot rodding, detroit auto, imagination, quotes, camaro concept, tom peters, red tape, smokey burnouts, 3rd gen camaro, tape source
14 January 2006 posted in Concept Cars 10 views
VIDEO: Building the Camaro Concept Along with the pics GM released of the Camaro Concept being built (probably at the 11th hour before the Detroit auto show), we also found some video of the car that chronicles it through various parts ...
Tags: gm, camaro, designers, rick wagoner, drawing board, detroit auto, camaro concept, rsquo, 11th hour, drawing room
5 December 2005 posted in Tuner Tuesdays 9 views
New Honda Civic: too mainstream? Honda desperately needed to update and replace its best-selling car. Though at one time the Civic was the golden boy of the tuner crowd, that bunch began to look elsewhere after the late Nineties when ...
Tags: scion, honda civic, ponies, corolla, detroit free press, truth about cars, car of the year, nineties, tachometer, drawing board, speedometer, mainstream, new civic, sheetmetal, best selling car, motor trends, new honda civic, blanch, voila, constituency
24 May 2005 posted in Sedans/Saloons 5 views
Cadillac's European family Not like we didn't see this coming. Early this year, GM trademarked four names that tie into the new European B-class offerings from Cadillac. The first car was the BLS, a sedan based on the Saab 9-3. ...
Tags: gm, first car, cadillac, equinox, saab, architecture, drawing board, caddies, wagon version, bls, class offerings, blw, blc, european reaction
24 May 2005 posted in Convertibles 6 views
Solstice gets a removable hardtop A removable hardtop option will be available for the 2007 Solstice according to sources cited in AutoWeek. The hardtop will be the cheapest way for GM to squeak the Solstice in Sports Car Club of Amer ...
Tags: gm, autoweek, popularity, squeak, tank, solstice, drawing board, model line, removable hardtop, solstice gt, sports car club, sports car club of america
30 March 2005 posted in Sports/GTs 13 views
New Aston Vantage on tap Due to appear sometime in 2008, a successor to the Vanquish coupe is "on the drawing board now." The man responsible for Aston Martin's coupes, Henrik Fisker, has left to start his own coachbuilder bu ...
Tags: hell, aston martin, new car, coupes, designers, canvas, vantage, drawing board, henrik fisker, coachbuilder, car sports, tap
15 March 2005 posted in Sedans/Saloons 8 views
Porsche Panamera looks more real, photo doesn't AutoWeek is saying that Porsche registered the name Panamera at the same time as the new Cayman sports car. While the Cayman is looking as real as can be, the Panamera is still on the drawing board. T ...
Tags: sports car, porsche, hp, autoweek, photo, v8, rwd, autocar, drawing board, variants, footsteps, porsche panamera, design style
14 December 2004 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 13 views
GM, Chrysler hybrid plans include two-mode system Yesterday we reported on the agreement made between GM and Chrysler to work on hybrid technology together. Today I want to take some time to explain what is on the drawing board. What these two giants ...
Tags: fuel economy, mileage, hybrid technology, hybrids, automatic transmission, rick wagoner, size trucks, hybrid propulsion, highway mileage, truck application, hybrid technologies, auto tranny, fuel savings, pulling power, single mode, drawing board, perfect fit, entire system, dieter, pigs