It looks like there is a new Jeep in town. A new diesel Jeep to be exact. Earlier this year (June 21, 2011 to be exact), Jeep introduced its new line of diesel powered Grand Cherokees, unveiled at the recent Geneva Motor Show, to Australia. They were set to arrive in June or July of [...]
Mazda Motorsport just recorded a prosperous finish to its Targa Wrest Stage campaign, acquiring a class win as well as a second placement within Hobart Challenge. The last day in Hobart didn’t launch off as arranged with the Mazda3 MPS associated with Reeves and in addition to Vandenberg fighting a temporary electrical issue on the [...]
According to the numbers that are available for 2010, car sales in Australia were the second highest ever on record in the country. New car purchases in Australia for 2010 were over the one million mark and were up ten percent over last year’s sales numbers. It breaks down to 1,035,574 new vehicles sold, an [...]
The United States Government has levied a fine totalling $32.4 million dollars against the Japanese auto maker, Toyota. These new fines from the US Government comes on the heels of a record $16.4 million judgment on Toyota from back in the early part of the year. The new fine brings the total to a whopping [...]
Honda will increase its Hybrid range presenting four new models by 2012, and the company hopes to re-light Australia with enthusiasm for these cars. Next month this car manufacturer will be begin its march into the country with the small Insight. It will be the country’s cheapest at just under $30,000.00. Next, this manufacturer will [...]
In what was the largest public initial offering in financial history, General Motors, Inc. stock price opened on its first day on Thursday at $33 a share. By the closing bell on Thursday afternoon, company shares had risen to $36 a share and another big increase was expected to happen on Friday. General Motors was [...]
Tesla (tsla) has once again team up with another company by allowing the sale of their stock .This time Toyota has invested 60m to buy into the company shares. Panasonic has also participated in a separate 30m deal as well as Mercedes. The goal of these companies is to further improve production of the EV [...]
Toyota sales went down dramatically in October 2010 compared to sales for October 2009. The company reported 124,383 vehicles sold, down by 2.8%. The cars that were most affected were the Yaris at 36%, Corolla 24.9%, Camry 13.9%. Venza 26.9%, Avalon 9.8%, Prius 9.9% and Scion xB 5.8%/ Toyotas Hybrid sales 12.0%. The Tacoma and [...]
Nissan’s groundbreaking electric car, the Leaf, is almost here. This is the company’s first car that passes by the low emission hybrid and boasts being zero-emission and all electric. The Leaf is promised to be easily rechargeable as well as functional. Nissan began taking orders online in April 2010 and has since closed pre-sales until [...]
In October of this year, 2010, Nissan recalled more than 2 million vehicles; vehicles that had a faulty ignition relay that could “cause the engine to stall or fail to restart.” This recall covers a dozen models; models that include the March/Micra and the Cube. It seems that the majority of the recalled cars were [...]
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