by Ken Zino | Apr 9, 2010
General Motors Company is testing a “production-intent” hydrogen fuel cell system that can be packaged in the space of a traditional four-cylinder engine and be ready for commercial use in 2015. No cost or performance information has been released by GM....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 9, 2010
As many as 200 Toyota engineers have been put on call and will be poised to respond to any customer reporting a problem with a runaway car, the maker says. Any report of sudden acceleration will be dealt with in less than 24 hours by the new Swift Market Analysis...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 9, 2010
The chances of General Motors finding a buyer for the Hummer brand continue to fade. GM has quietly told Hummer dealers to wrap up their operations by the end of October and has approved wind-up payments to dealers so they can begin the process of closing their...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 8, 2010
It’s a good thing they’re building all those new roads in China. You’ll need a good stretch of tarmac to enjoy the new 2011 Ferrari 599 GTO, which is set to make its formal debut at this month’s Beijing Motor Show. If the look is familiar, that’s because the...
by Ken Zino | Apr 8, 2010
It looks like engineers at General Motors have caught Ford napping once again as the 2011 Camaro DOHC V6 engine is now rated at 312 horsepower at 6500 rpm, and 278 lb-ft of torque at 5100 rpm. That’s a lucky seven horsepower more than Mustangs brand new V6. Camaro...
by Ken Zino | Apr 8, 2010
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced that the DOT is starting pilot programs in Hartford, Connecticut and Syracuse, New York to test whether increased law enforcement efforts can get distracted drivers to put down their cell phones and focus on the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 8, 2010
Newly-released documents show that Toyota officials in Japan and the United States spent months debating how to handle problems with defective accelerator pedals, even though the company was required to disclose safety-related issues to the U.S. government within five...
by Ken Zino | Apr 8, 2010
Another milestone in the history of the Fiat 500 and the Fiat Auto plant in Tychy, Poland, where the car is manufactured, occurred late in March as the 500,000th current generation model rolled off the production line. The 500 in question was finished in “Funk White”...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 7, 2010
When the Norwegian electric vehicle maker, Think, started looking for a site to build a U.S. assembly plant, it was deluged by offers from states and communities lined up coast-to-coast. In the end, it chose the Northern Indiana town of Elkhart for the plant, which...
by Ken Zino | Apr 7, 2010
In an attempt to wring out some final sales from the old Viper, Dodge is building a limited production run of 50 2010 Viper SRT10 “Final Edition” models. They will be part of 500 2010 model year Viper coupe and roadster models, which went into production...
by Ken Zino | Apr 7, 2010
In his remarks at an investor conference this morning, Akio Toyoda ignored the potential financial impact of what are the largest civil fines in U.S. history on the Japanese company he heads. On Monday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that the...
