Toyota Suspends Production
Toyota suspends production in some North American plants and withdraws vehicles from sale.
Fiat Halts Production
Fiat has announced that it plans to halt production at it’s five plants in Italy for a two week period next month. BusinessWeek is reporting that the production halt become necessary because sales of Fiat vehicles have declined to the point where they are worse this year than at the same time last year
New Honda Odyssey Coming to America
Honda has announced that it will be displaying a concept version of the next American Built Honda Odyssey at the Chicago Auto Show next month.
GM Has Finally Sold Saab!
Has GM sold a corpse to Spyker or is there some life still left in the Saab brand?
General Motors to Build an Electric Motor Plant
GM is to become the first car maker to build their own mass-production electric motor plant
Honda Civic Type R
This is definitely one very mean rally machine
Hyundai Blue-Will Plug-in Hybrid
Sadly it’s unlikely that we’ll ever see this car in production.
BMW 130i -No Faults in 100,000km
What car can travel 100,000km without a fault? This one can.
Toyota Prado 3-Door – a Female’s View
After two days in a 3-door Toyota Prado SX I’ve already decided that it’s not for me.
Honda Jazz – Best Car for Retained Value in the UK
Small cars do tend to hold their value … at least for the first couple of years.
New BMW 3 Series Coupe and Convertible
These new versions should be in the showroom mid-year
Nissan Patrol and X-Trail Drivers Now Have Help to Avoid the Traffic
I guess finding your way out of the city can be hard for some people.
The MINI Countryman
In the old days there was just one Mini … these days the variants just keep on coming and the MINI Countryman is the latest.
Dejavu – Muscle Cars Turn the Full Circle
Here we go again – another journo thinks fatal accidents are caused by fast cars.
Volkswagen Golf – 2009 Wheels Car of the Year
Volkswagen’s Golf has been awarded the 2009 Wheels Car of the Year. The multi-award winning Golf has outclassed a field of 22 cars to collect what is widely considered to be Australia’s most coveted award. To have been selected for this award, the Golf had to impress eight judges over an extensive week of testing. […]
Chrysler Recalls 24,000 Vehicles Because of a Brake Problem
Dodge and Jeeps are included in this recall
The Mitsubishi ASX SUV
An all-new compact SUV that will hit the showrooms in Japan next month.
Nissan GT-R to race in the FIA GT1 World Championship
Nissan Motorsports International Co., Ltd. (NISMO) has announced that it has signed the official partnership agreements for the FIA GT1 World Championship with Sumo Power GT (UK) and Swiss Racing Team (CH). Both teams will run two NISSAN GT-Rs respectively in the inaugural World Championship. NISMO will provide technical support to its new racing partners.
VW Wins the 2010 Dakar Rally
For the second year in a row VW has won the Dakar Rally with in emphatic style. Three VW Touregs finished in the top three positions with just 2 minutes and 12 seconds separating the first and second car. VW sees the race win as a clear indication that the efficiency and reliability of the […]
The Renault Clio RS 197
Lots of car makers describe their three-door hatches as a “hot hatch” but here’s one that really is.