MotorAuthority

News, Jul 06 2009 to Jul 02 2009

Today

• Range Rover, HUMMER H2, Other Luxury Cars Costly to Insure
  That luxury sport-utility vehicle you're eyeing could come with lots of street credentials--as well as a hefty insurance bill. It's no surprise that expensive rides can cos...
• MINI One D Bests Insight with 60 MPG
  The MINI Cooper isn't the first car you'd associate with the environmental movement, but with its frugal four-cylinder engines and the new MINI E battery-operated version, the...
• Aston Martin Cygnet: Handcrafted, Too?
  Whatever you make of Aston Martin's wacky plan to take the Toyota iQ city car and turn it into a swan of its own, you have to credit the British luxury car maker. Not only wil...
• Last Saab 9-5 rolls off the line after 12 years of production
  The Saab 9-5 is one of the oldest vehicles still in production, having first appeared as far back as 1997 and only experiencing one major update since then. Now, just months o...
• Report: Chevrolet Camaro heading to Europe
  Small, economical cars may be all the buzz in Europe right now but that doesn’t mean automakers are neglecting the big cube performance market. One of America’s heavy hitt...
• New images of Jaguar’s lime green XKR ‘Goodwood Special’
  The UK's historic Goodwood Festival of Speed has just completed another running of its famous show and hillclimb events, and today Jaguar has released new images of its unique...
• Report: Toyota plans to mass produce plug-in hybrids by 2012
  Toyota has already confirmed it will release a plug-in hybrid vehicle powered by next-generation lithium-ion batteries in Japan, the U.S. and Europe sometime next year but pro...
• Mini sells 1.5 millionth new generation model
  Just weeks after celebrating Mini’s 50th birthday, another milestone was reached today as the 1.5 millionth car rolled off the Oxford production line, since the launch of th...
• Bankruptcy court approves GM asset sale
  General Motors is one step closer to emerging from bankruptcy, with a judge on Sunday approving an asset sale to allow the most profitable assets to exit bankruptcy protection...
• Hyundai plug-in hybrid sports car coming to U.S. in 2012
  Hyundai is moving into the hybrid business quickly, with its first petrol-electric model expected to debut in South Korea this July and the U.S. by next year. A couple of year...
• Chrysler PT Cruiser will live on
  On the back of falling sales and a model run that has lasted more than nine years, Chrysler decided back in January to end production of the PT Cruiser by the middle of this y...

Yesterday

• Toyota demonstrates electric wheelchair controlled by the mind
  While it may not be strictly car news, we just couldn't resist writing this story up about Toyota’s new 'Brain Machine Interface' technology. While it may sound like somethi...
• Restructured ‘Chrysler Group’ completes formation of new board
  With Chrysler’s bankruptcy process now well and truly behind it, and the appointment of a new name and CEO taken care of, the final steps of the company’s restructuring ar...
• Britto-Bentley combines traditional luxury with modern pop-art
  For his exhibition "Come to my World" in Berlin, famous artist Romero Britto chose a Bentley Continental GT as a canvas for his latest work. For those who don’t know, Britto...
• Report: Buick LaCrosse hybrid in the works
  The new 2010 Buick Lacrosse has made waves with its attractive design and overall build quality since its unveiling at the Detroit Auto Show in January. Soon after that Genera...
• Pagani unleashes Zonda Cinque Roadster
  So you want one of the world’s most exclusive supercars, and you want something hand-made, but the typical Italian exotics just don't do it for you? Well, then the Pagani Zo...

Sat Jul 4

• New images of Hurst’s ‘Competition/Plus’ Dodge Challenger
  The Dodge Challenger has been a welcome arrival for many muscle-car fans. Willing to overlook its hefty weight for the old-school looks and meaty Hemi power, they've already p...

Fri Jul 3

• Japan looking to make hybrid vehicles noisy
  Although the relative silence of hybrid vehicles has made them the choice of TV gangsters for drive-by shootings, the rest of the world is less than enamored with the difficul...
• Power and style with latest Senner Tuning Audi A5 upgrade
  Unlike many of their competitors, the designers at Senner Tuning don't do the European version of tacky, flashy tuner cars. Instead, they focus on adding minor enhancements th...
• Speedcar racing series collapses, A1GP could be next
  As the global economic recession bites, two prominent motor racing series are in dire straits. For the Middle East and Asia-based stock car series Speedcar, the end of the roa...
• Britain's Lightning Company plans three more electric cars
  America’s Tesla Roadster is currently the electric car king when it comes to zero emissions performance cars but British car company Lightning is hard at work preparing a ne...

Thu Jul 2

• Report: Porsche planning hardened Panamera GTS flagship
  Automakers love to build as many models as possible from a single platform as this helps them spread initial investment costs, as well as risk, that can often run up into the...
• New images of Spyker’s jet-inspired C8 Aileron supercar
  Concept cars are exciting, but as often as not, they're also huge letdowns. Why? Because you know they'll be so neutered by the time they make production that it's the same ca...
• Spy shots: Mercedes Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ up close
  The successor to the Mercedes Benz SL Gullwing (and replacement for the SLR) has been spotted in prototype form in and around Germany’s Nurburgring test circuit for several...
• Trio of rally-spec Ford Fiestas to tackle X Games
  Ford's Fiesta small car is just beginning to make its mark in the U.S. with a trial-run for social-media types ahead of its expected American debut early next year. To help ge...
• Bridgestone scraps 'tire gap' policy for remainder of 2009 F1 season
  Bridgestone has scrapped its policy of leaving a gap between the two types of tire compounds supplied to formula one teams in 2009. At the remaining rounds of the season fo...
• Porsche bringing collection of legendary 917 race cars to Goodwood
  The Porsche 917 is one of the most stark raving mad automotive creations ever dreamt up by humanity, offering a performance level that remains as impressive today as it was du...
• Report: Cadillac XTS to replace DTS as full-size sedan
  Rumors of a replacement for Cadillac's aging DTS sedan have circulated the web for ages now, but today brings a report of what's finally going to happen. The new Caddy will ge...
• Video: Steeda previews the 2010 Sport Edition Mustang
  Steeda carries a strong reputation within the Ford community as a builder and innovator of original custom parts and equipment. Nowhere is that rep stronger than amongst the M...
• Audi celebrating 100th anniversary with huge sculpture at Goodwood
  Centennial celebrations have been a common occurrence of late as the industry as a whole begins to push past the 100-year mark. This year marks Audi's 100th, and it's celebrat...