Quick Spin: Hennessey V700 is crazy, fast [w/video]
Silly. Insane. Brutal. Pick the descriptor and they all fail to describe the lunacy of Hennessey’s 700+ hp Cadillac CTS-V.
Five days to the Ford Focus RS500
500 is an interesting number and Ford’s released a teaser video of the Focus RS500 a few days ahead of its official release. [...]
Filed under: Government/Legal, Saab, Earnings/Financials, Spyker
After the Saab sale transaction went through, Spyker Cars CEO Victor Muller held a 34.3-percent stake in the Dutch sportscar maker. And according to local law, having more than 30 percent in equity meant that Muller would be obliged to make a public bid for the rest of the company’s [...]
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchback, Mazda, Humor
Mazda2 see-saw parking – Click above to watch the video after the break
Mazda’s commercial advertisements have long relied on the “Zoom Zoom” catchphrase, denoting that the assorted vehicles from the Japanese automaker are more fun to drive than their more staid competition. But eventually even Mazda drivers need to [...]
Filed under: Government/Legal
California’s controversial “cool cars” guidelines have been laid to rest. According to a report from The Detroit News, the ill supported legislation is no more and automakers can rejoice. The pressure was too much for the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to handle any longer, and automakers, law enforcement officials and crime victim [...]
Filed under: Government/Legal, GM
Last December General Motors began repaying its debt to the U.S. government by making a $1 billion payment to its U.S. debtors and another $192 million to Canada. Company CEO Ed Whitacre promised that the payments would keep coming every quarter until the loan was paid off in June, 2010, and with [...]
