In case you are wondering why many automakers are rushing to roll out electric vehicles despite overall weak sales for models already introduced or on the road, this can have something related to it: In line with this story by Jerry Hirsch within the New york Times, EVs behave as halo cars for a certain [...]

The trendy Volkswagen CC four-door is at line for any mild makeover with the 2013 model year. The population turns into a start looking in the makeover for the Los Angeles auto show later this month. On the lateral side, high-intensity-disch?arge headlamps with the active system that directs light in collaboration with the controls are [...]

Nissan has announced new appearance packages for that 2012 Frontier and Titan. Smaller of these two workhorses will jump into the new model year using a Sport Appearance Package on King Cab and Crew Cab SV iterations. The kit packs 18-inch aluminum alloy wheels, and also a front grille with a Dark Hyper Silver, body-color [...]

Reports of your Honda Ridgeline‘s demise are actually greatly exaggerated, in accordance with Honda. “Reports in the media that individuals have intends to discontinue the Ridgeline pick up truck are false. On the contrary, Ridgeline includes a significant role inside the Honda lineup, and it’s also likely to continue in the foreseeable future,” says Honda’s [...]

Stung by slumping U.S. quality scores, Nissan Motor Co. will overhaul quality control inside a bid to capture Japanese and Korean rivals boasting better client satisfaction. The revolutionary strategy concentrates on two locations Nissan acknowledges it trails your competition: perceived quality and soft quality, or customer perception of quality through touch and feel, fit and [...]

A similar UAW release confirming the fact that Ford Transit van will probably be assembled and sold in the U.S. also contains a line about a small-displacement V-6. In reference to Ford’s Lima, Ohio, engine plant, the UAW says that “a new industry-leading small V-6 is going to be included in the plant at an [...]

In typical form, Fiat been able to raise both this writer’s eyebrows in a single day. First, it announced that Alfa Romeo will begin production of a fresh 1.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engine in 2013. (Much more about why that’s weird within a second.) But hidden in the news became a mention that Fiat’s sporty [...]

Why don’t we get this aside right this moment: The Chevy Volt is a wonderful car to begin with, no matter its nouveau powertrain. We’re fully aware its forte is returning mega-mileage numbers for anyone with short commutes, but this 4-day, 1,400-plus-mile adventure inside the Volt works as a real-time type of how readily this [...]

Motor Trend is quoting unnamed sources within Bloomberg just who confirm the early rumors that the Hyundai-Kia Group is working away at a 10-speed transmission. What is this great comes just a couple of months after an 8-speed gearbox, developed in-house because of the South Korean automakers — delivering increased fuel efficiency with help from [...]

Nissan is working on some interesting experiments for one more generation of connected cars. They won’t just be linked to the Internet as well as to each other–they’ll get in touch in your brain. If the driver ponders turning left, your vehicle would prepare for the move, center itself within the lane and being braking [...]