In the first IPO of an automaker since Ford went public in 1956, Telsa Motors has filed with the SEC an application to sell shares to the public and become a publicly traded company.
This is seen as a victory of sorts for the Silicon Valley start-up company that has been plagued with difficulties, controversies and […]
Posted on January 31st, 2010 by Lyle
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What a difference a year makes. The domestic auto industry (forgetting Fiatsler for a moment) is seemingly firing on all cylinders, while Toyota and Honda are hitting road bump after road bump. Which begs the question, can GM take advantage?
For years a trip to the doctor or dentist’s office meant the forced […]
Posted on January 30th, 2010 by Statik
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Fall 2009 was supposed to be the next golden age of the racing game, with the genre’s two heavy hitters - Forza Motorsport 3 and Gran Turismo 5 - scheduled for release. While Xbox 360 owners were rewarded with an incredibly good Forza 3, several delays of GT5 wrecked the plans of many a Playstation 3 owner, this writer included.
But since we were hell-bent on a new racing game, the decision was made to take a chance on another new racing game that was receiving some good press: Need for Speed Shift. We’ve spent the last two months playing Shift on PS3 to keep ourselves busy until GT5 is finally released. Were we disappointed or pleasantly surprised with the dark horse of the racing game pack? Hit the jump to find out.
Gallery: Need For Speed Shift
Continue reading Review: Need For Speed Shift fills gap between Forza 3 and GT5
Review: Need For Speed Shift fills gap between Forza 3 and GT5 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on January 29th, 2010 by Chris Shunk
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Today’s photo comes from Ozan.
Be sure to look at all of Ozan’s photos and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
Posted on January 29th, 2010 by Will Stewart
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As my recent Drive Electric Cars video illustrated, there are a great many divergent reasons why people want to drive electric cars.
There appears to be three largest groups; those concerned about energy security, those concerned about global warming, and those concerned about peak oil. Almost as polarizing as abortion and capital punishment, members of each […]
Posted on January 29th, 2010 by Lyle
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Filed under: Car Buying, Convertible, Coupe, Sedan, Performance, SUV, Wagon, Europe, Crossover, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Luxury
It’s been nearly a year since a large number of Europeans have been able to drive home in a brand new Cadillac or Corvette. Up until March of 2009, Dutch-based firm Kroymans Import Europe was employed by General Motors as a third-party to distribute Caddys and Corvettes in nearly half of the 25 European markets (not including the U.K. or Russia). After that company went bankrupt, GM was forced to pull its wares out of these important markets.
In order to rectify that nasty little situation, GM has reportedly been in talks with 30 different dealerships all over Europe with the goal of bringing the Cadillac and Corvette lines back to the market. All variants of the Corvette will be made available, while the Cadillac lineup will consist of the CTS (sedan, coupe and wagon), CTS-V, Escalade and SRX. No details as of yet on what the cars will cost in Europe or when they’ll officially be available for purchase.
Gallery: 2009 Cadillac CTS-V
[Source: Autohaus (translated) via The Truth About Cars]
Report: Cadillac and Corvette to go back on sale in Europe originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Jeremy Korzeniewski
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Today’s photo comes from HarleyPilot.
Be sure to look at all of HarleyPilot’s photos and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Will Stewart
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GM engineers have rightly been assiduously concerned and careful about ensuring the Chevy Volt’s battery will last 10 years or 150,000 miles and deliver its stated range and power.
The Nissan LEAF electric car, also expected to arrive at the end of the year, apparently isn’t so meticulously engineered. Or so says Wired.com in an article written by Daryl Siry, former marketing head of […]
Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Lyle
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Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Truck, Videos, Chevrolet, Humor, Off-Road
Oh dear. See that big bad truck up above? It’s about to jump over some dirt. The landing is not going to go well. How not well? According to our sources you are looking at $350,000 worth of truck. We’re not modified truck experts, but we’d be willing to guess that the truck is worth substantially less than $350,000 after said jump. Speaking of jumps, you should make our jump to watch the video and then read the world’s quickest technical break down of exactly what went wrong. Tip of the desert flap hat to Brad!
Video: Leaping SEMA truck proves the meek and well engineered shall inherit the earth originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Jonny Lieberman
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Oh dear. See that big bad truck up above? It’s about to jump over some dirt. The landing is not going to go well. How not well? According to our sources you are looking at $350,000 worth of truck. We’re not modified truck experts, but we’d be willing to guess that the truck is worth substantially less than $350,000 after said jump. Speaking of jumps, you should make our jump to watch the video and then read the world’s quickest technical break down of exactly what went wrong. Tip of the desert flap hat to Brad!
Video: Leaping SEMA truck proves the meek and well engineered shall inherit the earth originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Jonny Lieberman
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