Parts shortages could delay GM’s plan to offer 26 hybrids by 2014

General Motors ambitious viability plan announced a fortnight ago called for up to $16.6 billion in additional aid and the reduction of more than 47,000 jobs across the company’s global resources, but there was another major announcement in the plan that went largely unnoticed. GM also pledged to increase the number of hybrid vehicles it [...]

Opel Ampera revealed ahead of Geneva Motor Show

The 2009 Geneva Motor Show isn’t even officially underway yet and already the reveals are coming. The latest is the Opel Ampera, revealed in a single shot of the Opel-branded Volt plug-in hybrid car.
The new Ampera is essentially Opel’s version of the Chevrolet Volt and it is set to make its full debut in [...]

Suzuki’s SUVasaurus Enters the Wrong Period

Suzuki’s latest advertising efforts are centering around the “Live Large. Drive Small” advertising campaign, which kicked off with the SUVasaurus commercial. The commercial is cute, comical, and truly well-executed, but Suzuki missed its chance to entice people to run to their nearest Suzuki dealer to by a Grand Vitara.
First, SUVs are not gone, and they [...]

Fisker to announce European pricing and availability for Karma at Geneva Motor Show

California’s Fisker Automotive used last month’s Detroit Auto Show to unveil the production version of the new Karma plug-in hybrid luxury saloon and today the company announced that it will use the upcoming Geneva event to unveil its European strategy for the car. This strategy will include European pricing and availability details, along with vehicle [...]

Toyota reveals pricing for 2010 Camry and Camry Hybrid

Toyota revealed its facelifted Camry sedan last month at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, which for the 2010 model year has been given a new look both inside and out and has received an upgraded 2.5L four-cylinder as the base engine. Today pricing was revealed, with a six-speed base car starting out at just [...]

Harman to supply Mercedes Benz with ‘hybrid’ navigation system

Carmakers are working closely with electronic component suppliers to develop a new generation of low cost navigation and infotainment systems designed for both vehicle and personal use. Renault recently launched such a system in its facelifted Clio hatch called the Carminat TomTom GPS and now Harman International has confirmed plans to supply a similar system [...]

Lexus prices 2010 RX 350 to start at $36,800

The RX line of SUVs has been Lexus’ best-selling luxury utility vehicle since its launch in 1998, and the new generation takes the vehicle into a larger, more powerful realm, while at the same time adding new efficiency-enhancing measures in the hybrid model. Launched in Los Angeles at last year’s show, the RX today received [...]

Facelifted Seat Leon hatch set for Geneva Motor Show

The current Seat Leon hatch has been in production for a little over four years and in that time we have seen the launch of a number of special edition models and even a TwinDrive hybrid concept. The Spanish carmaker has now revealed details about a facelifted version of the Leon, which will be making [...]

Preview: Production Opel Ampera plug-in hybrid

General Motors has announced on several occasions that its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid would be launched in global markets, hinting early on that Europe would be one of the first to receive it. There was, however, much debate as to whether the car would be badged as an Opel or remain a Chevy but all [...]

Spy shots: New images of the facelifted BMW X5

In the past months we’ve seen BMW testing prototypes for a new high-performance version of the X5 SUV that will be released later this year as the carmaker’s latest M-Division model, but that isn’t the new only X5 model in the works. Later this year BMW is expected to reveal a new hybrid version of [...]

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