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July 13, 2010
Yes. This is the Aston Martin Sean Connery drove as James Bond in the movies Goldfinger and Thunderball. This iconic Aston Martin DB4 1964 will be up for auction in London at RM Auctions’ Automobiles on October 27. It is expected to go as high as $5 million because if its rarity. It is only [...]
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July 6, 2010
Spyker has announced that the Dutch supercar manufacturer has completely paid General Motors for the purchase of Saab. The purchase was split into two payments, the last of which was due on July 15, but Spyker opted to send the full $24 million to Detroit ahead of time. The builder of the C8 Aileron says that the funds [...]
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June 24, 2010
It seems likely there will be great demand for the Volt when it arrives. Those of us who are hoping to be among the first drivers are what GM calls the early adopters. As GM VP Jon Lauckner has previously said, “there will be a lot of people who want to be part of that first group and [...]
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June 21, 2010
Nissan says that it has accepted 14,000 orders for its upcoming Leaf EVso far – and of those reservations, about 90 percent are from people who don’t currently own a Nissan product, meaning the Leaf is bringing in a new audience. Those 14,000 reservations – $99 each – are refundable if buyers decide against the car [...]
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June 18, 2010
Audi and Google this week were named the winners of the “Best Embedded Telematics Navigation Product” award at the Telematics Awards 2010. The MMI navigation system in the new Audi A8 luxury sedan is available in selected markets with a variety of Google services and information via the internet. These include Google Earth, which has [...]
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April 29, 2010
“We have experience you can’t buy,” said Sid. “Last year showed the auto industry can survive anything… last year was survival, now I’m looking for opportunities.”
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April 26, 2010
This morning Nissan announced their new vehicle. They are calling it the Juke. A sport cross much like the Nissan Rogue, only it’s smaller. It looks to be in the same class as the Kia Soul. A new breed of small SUV’s along the lines of the old Suzuki Samari or Sidekick. Only these new [...]
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April 14, 2010
Chrysler and NASA have finally joined forces in what we can only assume is the pursuit of a dream long delayed in the auto-verse: flying cars. But as usual, both parties are towing the company line, throwing around buzz phrases like “technology sharing” and “resource synergy”. In what will be a three year alliance, Chrysler [...]
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April 6, 2010
Wow—what a trip! I had a refreshing time in New York, first with NADA and then an overview of the New York Auto Show that opened later that week. NADA has appointed me to the Industry Relations Committee on a National basis, so I get to help with the reports each year to each manufacturer [...]
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March 31, 2010
When a corporation as large as Ford decides to do something as simple as shutting down its computers at night, the savings can be astronomical. In the case of Ford, powering down computers can save the company $1.2 million each year. The new program, called PC Power Management, utilizes energy saving settings provided by Microsoft [...]
