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IIHS Reveals Largest List of Safest Vehicles
IIHS Reveals Largest List of Safest Vehicles
Welcome to the year 2011! As we make new resolutions on bettering our lives, some of us will be venturing into a new car dealership to refresh your transportation choice. While we attempt to change for the new year, 2011 vehicles have also resolved themselves to a new level of safety and...
Paris To Test Banning Gas-Guzzlers – BMW’s Megacity Vehicle may arrive right in time
Paris To Test Banning Gas-Guzzlers – BMW’s Megacity Vehicle may arrive right in time
In a recent interview with Dr. Philip Koehn, Head of BMW Vision EfficientDynamics program, we talked about the upcoming BMW Vision vehicle and other electric vehicles that will join the BMW fleet in 2013. Among other interesting subjects, Dr. Koehn mentioned the possibility of several European...
Nissan X-Trail 2WD pricing announced (AU)
Nissan has released prices of the 2011 X-Trail 2WD in effort to sway customers to the compact SUV market and away from mid-sized sedans and SUV’s. The base ST 2WD with a manual transmission has a price tag of $27,990, making it the cheapest X-Trail to hit the Australian market. This comes equipped...
Advancing Technologies for the Next Electric Vehicles
Advancing Technologies for the Next Electric Vehicles
Fully electric as well as gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles have received ridicule for being unproven and expensive. However, dedicated electric automakers such as Tesla, Coda and Fisker as well as even established car manufacturers Toyota, General Motors along with Ford are banking that they are taking...
German luxury cars in high demand, but not in Germany
German luxury cars in high demand, but not in Germany
Detroit News reports on the increased demand for luxury automobiles around the world, but with a lower request for premium vehicles in Germany. In the first eleven months of the year, luxury sales were down 25.2 percent in Germany, while demand for BMW, Mercedes and Audi vehicles has increased especially...
Editorial: 5 Predictions For BMW In 2011
Editorial: 5 Predictions For BMW In 2011
2011 is upon us and for BMW brand the new year is announcing to be quite exciting. If 2010 was a recovery year, the upcoming 2011 is expected to be a turning point for BMW with car sales increasing in Europe and North America, and especially in China. With over twenty new models coming out in the next...
2011 Top Safety Picks: Audi A3, A4, and Q5
Many of us choose to buy Audi cars because they’re stylish and perform well, but those with families (or who want to live through a crash, for that matter) are looking for safe vehicles. Well, look no further. The influential Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) chose three Audi models...
Manfred Braunl Named President, BMW Canada
Manfred Braunl Named President, BMW Canada
Change is in the air at BMW where many top executives have been trading jobs internally and moving around both the company, and the World. BMW Canada has not escaped these changes, as current (until January 1st 2011) President of BMW Canada, Franz Jung is about to be replaced by Manfred Braunl, a well...
Kia to Introduce Kitschy KV7 Concept in Detroit
Kia to Introduce Kitschy KV7 Concept in Detroit
With only days remaining in 2010, Kia Motors has aligned themselves for the best year in their company’s 66-year history. Enjoying a 16.8 percent sales increase in the North American market for 2010 on the end of November, Kia Motors has been raking in praise for their vast improvement in creating...
Timely Expense for Capturing an Exotic Car Lifestyle
Timely Expense for Capturing an Exotic Car Lifestyle
  So the exotic ride of your dreams is unlikely to be awaiting you in the new year? The ultra-elite stimulant of a six or even now seven-digit automobile is untouchable for many motorist taste buds to ever comprehend. While those in the possession of an extravagant automobile needs little assistance...
Gearhead Gift Guide: OBDII Scanners
Gearhead Gift Guide: OBDII Scanners
If you have a Gearhead on your gift list this year and you’re clueless as to what to get him, we’ve got you covered. Below, we explain what an OBDII scanner is, why your Gearhead wants one, and go over the differences of a few units based on skill level and what they need it for. OBD-II...
MINI Lineup Advances with Paceman Concept
MINI Lineup Advances with Paceman Concept
Recently, MINI has been growing to accept a broader range of admirers. As the longer wheelbase Clubman arrived on sale in 2008, the most awaited promise for the past two years was MINI’s first ever crossover vehicle called the Countryman. Showing off their interpretation of four-door configuration...
Detroit Preview: GMC Sierra All Terrain HD
Detroit Preview: GMC Sierra All Terrain HD
With the economy recovering, sales of full-size trucks and SUVs are on the upswing. The American manufacturers have been a big beneficiary of this, with Ford in particular garnering a lot of attention with its redesigned F-150 and the addition of EcoBoost V-6 power. The Ford truck we have our eyes on...
Audi Eye Candy and Flickr Photo Groups
As an aspiring photographer, I enjoy browsing through pictures of Audi cars on Flickr and finding inspiration for my own photos to post on The Unofficial Audi Blog’s Flickr photostream . Today I came across this little piece of eye candy – a picture of the 2009 Audi R8 with a gorgeous backdrop...
Chevrolet Volt Charged by First Buyers; First Impressions
Chevrolet Volt Charged by First Buyers; First Impressions
Through the past two years, General Motors and Chevrolet has done everything possible to get motorists charged up on the idea of the plug-in hybrid Volt. Weathering the company’s bankruptcy with the promise that the Chevrolet Volt would employ a new way Detroit would build automobiles. Following...