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| Corsa Motorsports Ginetta-Zytek hybrid running this weekend
May 16, 2009 at 7:51 pm
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|   The Corsa Motorsports Ginetta-Zytek 09HS hybrid LMP1 car is running in competition for the first time this weekend at the Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports park. The new car arrived from the UK just last weekend and prior to hitting the track in Utah has run only once since being completed. |
| Shelby Daytona Coupe a $6.8 million no-sale at Mecum auction
May 16, 2009 at 7:44 pm
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|   Click above for a high-res gallery of the Shelby Daytona Coupe CSX2601 There was plenty of hype leading up to Mecum's Spring Classic Auction this weekend, and rightfully so. Up for grabs was the 1965 Shelby Daytona Coup -- one of six ever made -- that clinched the FIA World Championship. Bidding was expected to reach into eight figures, with the potential to break several records for cars sold at auctions. |
| NYC will survey residents on electric cars
May 16, 2009 at 6:07 pm
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|  Mitsubishi i MiEV - click above for high-res image gallery It is common for cities to contribute to the electric vehicle world by working with automakers and/or utilities to build EV charging stations. New York City will be taking a slightly different road when the city's Economic Development Corp. |
| Gotham Dream Cars announces Legends Dream Car Tour
May 16, 2009 at 6:02 pm
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|  It's fantastic enough to get to drive a Lamborghini - any Lamborghini. Be it a Gallardo, Murcielago, Diablo, Countach, whatever... you won't have to ask us twice if we want to get behind the wheel. Gotham Dream Cars, an exotic car rental company based in New York, is making driving some of Italy's finest supercars even more enticing... |
| Franco Uncini's 1982 MotoGP title-winning Suzuki up for auction in Monaco
May 16, 2009 at 5:03 pm
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|  Franco Uncini's 1982 MotoGP World Championship-winning Suzuki 500 XR40 – Click above for a high-res image gallery With the global economy in shambles, classic car collectors have been looking to something more affordable: namely, motorcycles. |
| NREL hosts Colorado middle school teams to race solar, hydrogen models
May 16, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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|  The DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory is hosting a Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competition today out in Colorado. Even though grown-ups won't get any more Federal money for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, students from 29 Colorado middle schools will get to play with compete with toy cars powered by solar panels and hydrogen... |
| REPORT: Opel/Vauxhall dealers want to help, plan to raise 500M euros
May 16, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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|  While General Motors dealers here in the States are awaiting 1,100 retail store losses, Opel/Vauxhall dealers in Europe have opted to take matters into their own hands. Euroda, the Opel/Vauxhall dealer association, is raising 500 million Euros ($667 million US dollars) in exchange for a 10-20% stake in the brand, plus representation on the brand's board of directors. |
| REPORT: Toyota already has 75,000 orders for 2010 Prius
May 16, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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|  2010 Toyota Prius: Click above for the high res gallery Toyota finally has some real hybrid competition with the new Honda Insight, but 2010 Prius orders show that the darling of the green movement is more than game in the battle for hybrid supremacy. |
| iMiEV coming to UK in November for £20,000-£25,000
May 16, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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|  Mitsubishi i MiEV - click above for high-res image gallery Mitsubishi has increased predicted production rates for the i MiEV but there's still a question if supply will be able to meet demand for the electric jellybean. Company officials briefed us on the global strategy during the New York Auto Show last month, and now we know a few more details about how things will play out in the UK... |
| Judge disconnects alleged car-warranty "robo-callers"
May 16, 2009 at 11:47 am
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|  It's official. The Feds are pissed, too. On Thursday, a federal judge did what many of us have wanted to do for a long time now. He handed out restraining orders to two companies the Federal Trade Commission says have been calling you, me, all your friends, your 90-year-old blind grandmother, and anyone else without enough sense to ignore unidentified phone calls. |
| Electrification of the Automobile Will Evolve Car Design in New Ways
May 16, 2009 at 11:09 am
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|   Whereas some were dismayed by these changes, experts agree that these new constraints offer exciting new possibilities. One question is whether the vehicle's design should be a badge of distinction for driver who want to let others know they are driving without gas. Take for example the Prius' unique look or that of the new Honda Insight. |
| L'automobile publishes own list of less polluting cars
May 16, 2009 at 10:52 am
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|  One of France's most prestigious car magazines, l'Automobile, believes that considering CO2 as the only pollutant to adapt legislation is unfair. Hence the magazine editors came up their own list that includes all pollutants coming from the exhaust pipe. |
| British army receives 50 Toyota Priuses for service
May 16, 2009 at 8:51 am
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|  What's the perfect military vehilcle? Humvees? The original Mini Moke? Nope. The British army has leased 50 Toyota Priuses for the White Fleet, the Army's 6,600 non-deployable administrative fleet of cars for administrative uses - did you think they would install a canon on top of it? The cars replace 50 Vauxhall Vectras, which emit 154 grams of CO2 per kilometer compared to 104 from the Prius... |
| Bankruptcy key to cuts
May 16, 2009 at 2:07 am
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|   General Motors Corp.'s ability to carry out its plan to trim 1,100 underperforming dealerships appears heavily dependent upon the automaker filing for bankruptcy reorganization, experts agree. Without bankruptcy, the dealerships slated to lose their franchise contracts with the automaker -- 18% of GM's total U.S. dealer network -- have greater standing to challenge the decision in court. |
| Chrysler to go on with about 1,200 suppliers
May 16, 2009 at 1:04 am
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| Chrysler LLC plans to keep doing business with about 1,200 automotive parts suppliers -- the vast majority of its supply base, the automaker says -- as it transitions out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Late Thursday, Chrysler released the list of suppliers with whom it wants to maintain contracts for parts shipped to its U.S. factories. Many of the companies on the list are based in Michigan and other Midwestern states. |
| TOM WALSH: No escaping mournful dealer-closing notices
May 16, 2009 at 1:03 am
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| This was a week for wakes and weeping in automobile showrooms across America. It was a week for mourning the loss of dealers who have peddled Dodges and Jeeps and Pontiacs for generations and who have supported untold numbers of Little League teams and breast cancer walks along the way. There is no way to put a happy face on Chrysler's move to eliminate 789 of its 3,200 dealers or General Motors' plan to eliminate 1,100 dealers. |
| HEADLINES: Tucson Citizen ends print edition
May 15, 2009 at 10:45 pm
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| Arizona's oldest continuously published daily newspaper, the Tucson Citizen, will publish its final print edition today after its owner failed to find a buyer. The closure makes Tucson the latest two-newspaper town to lose one of its dailies. The Citizen published in the afternoon while the Arizona Daily Star has appeared mornings. |
| UAW contests GM restructuring
May 15, 2009 at 10:45 pm
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| WASHINGTON -- The UAW urged Congress and the Obama administration Friday to force changes in General Motors Corp.'s restructuring plan, saying a planned shift in imports from Canada to Asia would lead to U.S. job losses. The move comes about two weeks ahead of a deadline for GM to either win concessions from bondholders or be steered into bankruptcy by the Obama administration. GM has been reworking its cost-cutting plans under growing pressure to maintain U.S. production. |
| GM's turn to ax dealers
May 15, 2009 at 10:32 pm
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| The announcements by Chrysler and GM this week that they would stop doing business with a combined 1,900 dealerships show that the struggling automakers are finally getting serious about fixing long-entrenched business problems. Taken together, the reductions represent the most massive downsizing ever of U.S. dealerships. | | | 
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