Filed under: Concept Cars, SUVs, Plants/Manufacturing, HUMMER, Military, Special/Limited Editions It sure ain’t pretty, though beauty, in this case, is likely in the eye of the beholder. A few years back, a new take on the taxi was provided by Standard Taxi, a company based in Troy, Michigan. The design for the purpose-built people hauler [...]
Filed under: Motorsports It always seems a bit presumptuous when a “world champion” is declared for a sporting event played in America. After all, other countries have leagues for baseball, basketball, football, etc. Formula Drift, the most well known drifting association in the United States, isn’t about to declare world superiority in the art of [...]
Filed under: Coupes, Videos, Audi, Chevrolet The LS3 Corvette and the Audi R8 are have a similar purpose, but go about their jobs in completely different ways. The ‘Vette is all about a big engine, with big power and pushing the rear wheels. The R8 utilizes a high-revving 4.2L V8 and AWD to keep the [...]
Filed under: Trends, Euro, Earnings/Financials Russia has just passed Germany as Europe’s largest market for new car sales — for the first half of the year, at least. In fact, Russian consumers managed to snatch up 41% more cars for the first half of this year as compared to the previous year. Not only that, [...]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Etc., Ford, Lincoln, Mercury Back when it was virtually guaranteed 20% US market share, Ford would redesign its vehicles every five or more years. The Ford Ranger, Focus, and Crown Victoria changed even slower, with mostly only new lights and grilles. When competitive pressures started to put the Blue Oval into [...]
