Archive: June 2008
California, Texas and Canada offer cash incentives to dump old cars
With North American auto sales expected to reach 15-year lows by the end of the year and further declines expected as customers hold on to their cars amid a weakening economy, record fuel prices and rising car prices, some states in the U.S. and Canada are investigating plans to boost sales by...
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Chrysler cuts production, closes plant and extends summer holiday
Rampant speculation about the short-term future of Chrysler has been circulating the web for the past week or more, with pundits and analysts alternately claiming bankruptcy... June 30, 2008 by Nelson Ireson 2
BMW reviving M1 Procar series at Hockenheim for two days in July
Thirty years ago BMW's M1 was built explicitly for Group 4 homologation purposes, in part to allow the car to compete in the BMW M1 Procar series, which proved to be a... June 30, 2008 by Nelson Ireson
Mitsubishi Motors cutting U.S. production, jobs
While Honda's sales in the U.S. are actually increasing, and Toyota and Nissan are losing only single-digits of production, Mitsubishi has decided to cut production and jobs... June 30, 2008 by Nelson Ireson 3
Update: Tesla confirms new electric sedan to be built in California
Tesla announced today plans for its second model, a new hybrid sedan to be called the Model S. It will be manufactured at a new plant in California, though Tesla did not... June 30, 2008 by Siddarth Raja 5
California plans to label new cars with emissions ratings
Rating vehicles on a scale of 1 to 10, the new labels will take into account the particulate and greenhouse gas emissions and assign a corresponding score, to be displayed on... June 30, 2008 by Nelson Ireson 5
Audi R8 named official safety car of DTM series
Two of Audi's R8 sports cars have been handed over to the German Motorsport Association at the Norisring Speed Weekend event. One will be used as the official safety car for... June 30, 2008 by Nelson Ireson 1
Spy Shots: 2009 Audi RS6 sedan
Early this year, Audi revealed pictures and statistics for its monstrous 580hp (432kW) twin-turbo V10-powered RS6 Avant, but there has still been no official release of the... June 30, 2008 by Nelson Ireson 3
New teaser for VW Scirocco 'R' model
Update: VW has confirmed this teaser is not an official release. More speculation that a performance ‘R’ variant of the new Volkswagen Scirocco coupe is in the... June 30, 2008 by Kenneth Hall 4
New Spectra will spawn Kia's first coupe model
Kia will launch its first ever coupe model next year with the launch of the next-generation Spectra (Cerato range). The new model, which is expected to draw heavy influences... June 30, 2008 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 3
Spy shots: Aston Martin Vantage V12 RS
Updated with new photos Aston Martin teased us with a V12-powered concept version of its Vantage coupe late last year, which officials claimed was built only as a styling and... June 30, 2008 by Kenneth Hall 7
Update: Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir limited to just 15 cars
Update: Bugatti promised to build only 300 examples of its Veyron supercar in total but this number also included a number of special edition models such as the recently... June 29, 2008 by Alex Kaufmann 12
J.D. Power predicts further U.S. sales decline in June
May sales in the U.S. were the first firm indication of the fuel-price and economic downswing-driven sea change in American car buying habits. Now a preliminary J.D. Power... June 28, 2008 by Nelson Ireson
eBay Watch: <em>Gone in 60 Seconds</em> 1967 Ford Shelby Mustang 'Eleanor' up for sale
One of the original ‘Eleanor’ Mustangs from the movie Gone in 60 Seconds is currently up for sale on eBay with bidding set to close on July 4. The car is in fact... June 28, 2008 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 8
Toyota could overtake GM in June U.S. sales
Toyota has already overtaken General Motors in the global sales race, selling 8,808,000 vehicles worldwide in 2006 versus 8,679,860 for GM. Now the Japanese giant is on the... June 28, 2008 by Kenneth Hall 1
Alfa Romeo boss rules out 8C Competizione platform for new 169 sedan
Alfa Romeo sees the introduction of more rear-drive performance models as a key factor in establishing itself as a genuine rival to premium European rivals such as BMW and... June 28, 2008 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 6
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