by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 14, 2009
There’s something special about feeling the wind blow through your hair, but the feeling will likely be more like a hurricane should you stomp on the throttle of the 2010 Audi R8 5.2 Spider. The long-awaited convertible version of Audi’s hot-selling sports car makes...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 14, 2009
Though there are bound to be some tweaks and changes made by the time a production version of the e-Up concept vehicle makes it into production, Volkswagen officials confirmed, during a preview of the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, that they will put the battery car into...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 14, 2009
One of the most talked-about products at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show actually won’t make an appearance at the sprawling Frankfurt Messe convention center. That’s because the Bugatti 16C Galibier is at the company’s headquarters, in Molsheim, where it’s been shown,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 14, 2009
The shotgun marriage of sports car manufacturer Porsche and the German automotive giant, Volkswagen, will be a “good thing, but not easy” to pull off, said Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, the chairman of the smaller company’s supervisory board, and grandson of the company’s...
by Ken Zino | Sep 14, 2009
Are their secret supplications in a Volvo owner’s heart to own a sports car? Well, maybe like the tweaks to the C30 that make it more responsive they are largely hidden from view. What aren’t hidden in the latest Volvo that debuts at the Frankfurt Motor Show are the...
by Ken Zino | Sep 14, 2009
Mitsubishi Motors North America is recalling almost 7,000 Lancer models from the 2008 and 2009 model years, according to a finding of a safety defect from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The subject vehicles are distributed in the United States by...
by Henny Hemmes | Sep 14, 2009
Toyota is determined to keep its leading position as a manufacturer of “sustainable” with the ultimate eco car as one of its main goals, whatever that means. The Japanese company is striving for more diversity of energy usage and see the plug-in hybrid (PHV) as...
by Henny Hemmes | Sep 14, 2009
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG that will be revealed in Frankfurt now has official photos. The car has an aluminum space frame with gullwing doors, an AMG 6.3-liter V-8 front-mid engine developing 571 horsepower and 650 Nm (470 lb. ft.) of torque and dry sump lubrication....
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 14, 2009
Toyota Motor Corporation’s legal problems are unlikely fixed any time soon as plaintiff’s lawyers have taken dead aim at the automaker. Dallas attorney Todd Tracy, an expert in suing carmakers, has jumped into the Toyota fray by filing a federal lawsuit in the...
by Ken Zino | Sep 14, 2009
The Volkswagen Group will continue its expansion in China during the next few years despite uncertainties about the global economy. Between 2009 and 2011 VW will invest in a total of €4 billion in the world’s largest automotive market to introduce new vehicles...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 14, 2009
Be careful what you ask for, goes the old axiom, as you just might get it. Someone should have told that to Harold “Red” Poling, the former Ford Motor Co. Chairman, who liked to taunt the Japanese, back in the early 1980s, to “build them where you sell them.” Back...
by Henny Hemmes | Sep 14, 2009
How do you define a hit in today’s automotive market? Take BMW, which once limited its offerings to a handful of sedans, coupes and convertibles. These days, the Bavarians offer an alphabet soup of offerings, with still more models on the way – notably including the...
