Filed under: Coupes, Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, Infiniti, Nissan We knew this was coming, it was just a matter of getting confirmation. According to Autocar, Nissan has suspended plans to create a compact, rear-wheel-drive successor to the Silvia due to Nissan’s financial difficulties and Carlos Ghosn’s pledge to reduce costs. The first indication that Nissan was working on [...] [...]
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Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Chevrolet Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt One intriguing prospect of GM’s upcoming Voltec technology — the drivetrain used on the 2010 Chevrolet Volt — is the ability to drastically alter the vehicle’s dynamics through a software update. Such improvements will be implemented on the fly and they [...] [...] Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Hybrids/Alternative, Sports/GTs, Hatchbacks, Chevrolet, GM Click above for high-res gallery of the Transformers cars from GM In addition to the Corvette Centennial Concept, Chevrolet showed three more AUTOBOTS at the Chicago Auto Show that will make their big screen debuts in the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen live action flick, along [...] [...] Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Volkswagen Each year, MotorWeek uses the Chicago Auto Show as an outlet to release its annual Drivers’ Choice Awards, and we often have reason to question their rankings. This year, though, Television’s Original Automotive Magazine manged to compile a list that mostly meets with our approval. Best of [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green, Nissan, Earnings/Financials Nissan is the first Japanese automaker to confirm that it has asked for funds from the U.S. Department of Energy. The amount of the request is not yet known, but it would be used to upgrade Nissan’s assembly plant in Smyrna, TN and would ostensibly be used to develop [...] [...] What about Union solidarity? Dropped something off at my local school today, and I was struck by the lack of American made cars in the teacher’s parking lot. Teachers in LA are beginning strike talk – over conditions created by the recession – yet they don’t buy American-and-UNION-made cars? Isn’t their lack of UNION-support hypocritical? At least [...] [...] An American-made foreign oil dependency fighter? Now that Toyota is offering buyouts for US workers and cutting pay for everyone, a new US plant to develop Prius hybrids – in America – appears dead. Do you care? Many don’t because it’s a foreign company. Yet, when the first Chevy Volt hits the street in 2010, it will be [...] [...] |
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