Posted by uspostAutosWednesday, December 14th, 2011
Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that the 2012 Ford Focus Electric will be the first 5-passenger electric vehicle to get the equivalent of 100 miles per gallon. Ford is joining the 100 MPG club, or at least plans to soon. The automaker announced today that it expects the upcoming 2012 Focus Electric hatchback to carry [...]
Chrysler is recalling more than 367,000 Dodge and Chrysler minivans because the air bags can go off unexpectedly. It’s the second recall of the 2008 Chrysler Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans for a similar problem. Those vans were recalled in January because water from the air conditioner could leak onto the computer [...]
Mercedes-Benz has released the first official photos of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster, 4 months ahead of the car’s public debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. The 2012 SLS AMG Roadster goes on sale this fall in the US. AMG is presenting a new dream-car: the 2012MY Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster. This [...]
Jaguar will take on the Porsche 918 on the road, if not the track, with its C-X75 hybrid supercar, Its name will change, and Jaguar will build just 250 examples at a price of 700,000 pounds or more, depending on the market and taxes. That “base” price comes to $1.151 million based on recent exchange [...]
The Japanese automaker has been selected to produce the “Taxi of Tomorrow” after submitting a bid based on its NV200 minivan design, sources said. Mayor Bloomberg is set to make the announcement Tuesday morning at City Hall. Sources tell NY1 the Taxi and Limousine Commission has selected the automaker’s design as the “Taxi of [...]