You can find some classic cars in some very unusual locations. One of my sons and I went to a small historic engine display today and there on the other side of the car park were these two beautiful Ford Mustangs.
Last month Toyota took the top sales spot from GM on a world-wide basis. This month Toyota decied to cut back it’s global production by 20%.
That means that Toyota will cut back on last year’s production figures of 8.2 million vehicles to 6.5 million vehicles. I’ll let you do the maths but when you divide [...]
It’s an unusual way of saving fuel but the new Kia cee’d ISG (Idle Stop & Go) models offer up to 15% fuel savings
Kia has come up with new and very different way of saving fuel and even the name is a little unusual. Called Idle & Stop Go – or ISG for short [...]
Toyota unveils the FT-EVÂ a fully electric concept car and says it will be here by 2012 – but the range is limited.
“The FT-EV concept shares its platform with the revolutionary-new iQ urban commuter vehicle. Already a huge hit in Japan, the iQ is lightweight and seats four passengers in comfort and security, while delivering exceptional [...]
Now those of us who have driven a Scania truck or bus at some time in our lives know that they’re a fairly decent piece of machinery … and even the non-turbo versions can really motor … but just how much better might they go if Porsche was involved?
Well it’s probably never going to happen [...]
The Detroit Auto Show started today and GM is there in force with it’s hybrids and it’s electic concept cars. Among those concept cars is an electric Cadillac that displays some very nice flowing lines … and a range of just 64 kilometres.
The Mini E will cover around 250km … obviously it’s a much smaller [...]
Without the US government bailout of GM and Chryslerboth are insolvent according to the Sean McAlinden, Chief Economist for the Centre of Automotive Research in Ann Arbor Michigan … just down the road from Detroit.
McAlinden also suggests that GM is not in a position to meet the initial loan conditions set down by the government but [...]
Sales of new cars in Australia in December were down by 11.3 per cent … a far cry from the 36 per cent drop in sales recorded for the same period in the United States … and we should expect a further decline during January.
But then again maybe not for retail sales figures are showing [...]
Even though it’s only lunch time there’s been some good and not so good news announced for Aussie car makers.
In an announcement that must have stunned many in the car industry Toyota announced yesterday that it was going to close it’s plants for a total of 11 days in February and March because demand for [...]
