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  Chevrolet Volt named as the North American Car of The Year – Ford Explorer takes the truck title

  11 January 2011 / 4 comments

  At the NAIAS, the Chevrolet Volt and Ford Explorer have been named as the 2011 North American Car and Truck of the Year respectively by a panel of 49 US and Canadian auto journalists. The […]

   

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  Detroit 2011: Ford unveils Vertrek Concept SUV

  11 January 2011 / 7 comments

  Ford has debuted its new Vertrek Concept SUV at the NAIAS – the four-seater design shows the direction the company is looking to take as it works to move forward from the Escape and Kuga […]

   

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  Detroit 2011: Hybrid Porsche 918 RSR racer is a stunner

  10 January 2011 / 11 comments

  Not exactly a production 918 Spyder, but this Detroit show car is widely believed to be close to the real thing. The Porsche 918 RSR is described as a race car that combines the “technology […]

   

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  Chevrolet Sonic hatchback and sedan launched at Detroit!

  10 January 2011 / 54 comments

  General Motors has released details and images of the new Aveo that will be unwrapped later at Detroit, just that it’s not called the Aveo, but Sonic. Like the car it replaces, the B-segment Sonic […]

   

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  Honda Fit Shuttle leaked – Jazz wagon is the new Airwave!

  10 January 2011 / 36 comments

  Some of you might know the Honda Airwave, a wagon version of the Jazz and City brought in by grey importers. That compact station wagon (as it was called by Honda) was launched to the […]

   

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  GMC Sierra All Terrain HD Concept – Check out that grille!

  10 January 2011 / 14 comments

  Here’s a recap – with some additional photos – on the GMC Sierra All Terrain HD Concept, which will make its debut at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It’s shorter, wider […]

   

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  Volkswagen NMS is called Passat, bigger than Euro model

  10 January 2011 / 22 comments

  This is the Volkswagen’s New Midsize Sedan (NMS) that it has talked about since 2009, and it will wear the familiar Passat badge. To be unveiled at Detroit, this car will split the Passat name […]

   

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  Proton in talks with Hindustan Motors for Indian contract manufacturing deal – annoucement expected in February?

  10 January 2011 / 32 comments

  More news has emerged about Proton’s anticipated move into the Indian market – the company is said to be in talks with Hindustan Motors, India’s oldest automaker, to sign a contract manufacturing deal in which […]

   

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  Ford Falcon gets Prodrive developed supercharged V8

  10 January 2011 / 12 comments

  Click to enlarge Prodrive has developed a supercharged 5.0-litre V8 engine for the Australian Ford Falcon, a full sized RWD rival to the Holden Commodore. There will be two states of tune for this ‘Miami’ […]

   

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  Cadillac to debut CTS-V Coupe race car in Detroit

  7 January 2011 / 21 comments

  Cadillac will be unveiling its new CTS-V Coupe race car – which is set to take part in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge GT racing series this season – in Detroit at […]

   

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  Suzuki to build its first small car engine in 16 years

  7 January 2011 / 29 comments

  According to reports, Suzuki is planning to build its first new small car engine in 16 years. The planned block is a 660cc unit, which is expected to deliver a fuel economy figure of 27 […]

   

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  2012 ‘Baby Buick’ Verano revealed ahead of Detroit debut

  7 January 2011 / 20 comments

  This is the “baby Buick” that will make its world debut at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show. Verano, as it is called, is a “compact sedan” (in US terms of course) based on General Motors’ […]

   

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  Porsche 918 Spyder coupe set to debut in Detroit

  6 January 2011 / 11 comments

  Porsche is set to lift the wraps off a coupe version of its 918 Spyder next week at the Detroit show. The 918 Spyder hybrid, which made its debut last year as a concept in […]

   

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  Hyundai Veloster Coupe – opening doors to a new take

  6 January 2011 / 11 comments

  Click to enlarge It does get convoluted with doors, sometimes, what with two-, three-, four- and five-doors to contend with, mentally speaking. You can imagine a coupe or hatch for the first two designations, a […]

   

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  America’s top 10 of 2010 – Ford F-Series reigns supreme

  5 January 2011 / 43 comments

  The vehicles sales data for 2010 is out in America, and we see the usual suspects from both the truck segment and the family favourites. There aren’t any surprises in the top 10 of 2010 […]

   

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