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General Motors has said it will cover half the cost for repairing defective fuel gauges in 2005- through 2009- model-year Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Saab 9-7X sport-utility vehicles. GM’s agreement to pay half the repair costs puts an end to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s probe, opened earlier this year. NHSTA was checking into reports that the [...]
Volkswagen has revealed prices for the new up! will start at £7,995. Limited-edition flagship models will cost £11,180. Order books have already opened, and the car will arrive in showrooms next spring. Revealed at theFrankfurt Motor Show, the three-door up! will be available with a choice of three 1.0-litre, three-cylinder petrol engines – one of [...]
General Motors is delaying the addition of a second shift at its Michigan assembly plant that makes the Chevrolet Volt. In May, GM said that it would add a second shift at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant by late this fall to double Volt production. Instead, a plant overhaul completed this summer, along with a more-modest addition of workers, [...]
Fisker’s third car based on the Karma’s underpinnings, the Sunset, will arrive in 2013, company CEO Henrik Fisker confirmed Tuesday at the Frankfurt motor show. The eye-catching convertible was revealed at the Detroit auto show in 2009?, and has been largely overshadowed by Fiskers ambitious product goals. The company revealed the Surf, a five-door wagon, at Frankfurt. It’s based on [...]
The car Volvo unveiled Tuesday at the Frankfurt motor show follows in the path of the Universe concept shown in Shanghai, with more sporty styling and strong emphasis in the interior. Chief designer Peter Horbury says the fastback shape was dictated by customer preferences. Although the Volvo Concept You features rear-opening “suicide doors” at the [...]
From the Chevrolet Nomad to the Dodge Magnum, station wagons occasionally display the style and flair required to turn heads. And with a few strokes of a pen, Henrik Fisker is attempting to craft his own interpretation of the modern family hauler. The five-door Surf is breaking cover this week at the Frankfurt motor show, and [...]
Opel used the Frankfurt motor show to debut its new Astra GTC three-door compact. And with more than 15,000 preordered so far, the German brand could have a hit on its hands. The Astra has a HiPerStrut suspension setup in front and a Watts link configuration in the rear. Opel says such as setup will offer stability [...]
Land Rover pulled a bit of a surprise Tuesday at the Frankfurt motor show, revealing the open-air DC100 Sport concept. The Sport version complemented the fixed-roof DC100 concept, which is a vision of what the next Defender could look like. It’s confirmed to arrive in 2015, though Land Rover hasn’t said if it’s coming to the United States. The [...]
The redesigned Porsche 911 is headed for a debut at the Frankfurt auto show in September. Porsche has even touted the new car–albeit camouflaged–in teaser photos and video. On Wednesday, though, these photos–purportedly undisguised views of the new car–spread across the Internet. Is this the new 911? A Porsche spokesman says he can’t confirm that. We’re going to have [...]
Wouldn’t it have been great if instead of Boris Said and Greg Biffle squawking at each other on Monday at Watkins Glen, it had been, oh… say… Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Or maybe Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick? Or even Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart? Talk about a real feud for radio, TV, [...]