People will often pay through their nose to be the first to have something. In the technology industry it is called being an early-adopter – and you definitely pay to be one. With cars, Concours d’Elegance shows and auctions like Barrett Jackson in Arizona usually offer a chance to be first. Sometimes a catalog like [...]
On again, off again. Such has been the status of the Volkswagen BlueSport Concept. Last month the project was said to be on hold. Volkswagen engineering head Uli Hackenberg spoke to Autocar about this. He said the engineering work was all done, but the problem was finding sales numbers. He said sales volumes weren’t adding [...]
Who are the Huet Brothers? We’ll forgive you if you haven’t heard of them before; it’s the same situation here. They are a company based in the Netherlands (two brothers, as their name implies) that is making a splash with their just-announced Coupe model. They’ve made a throwback (and we mean really throwback, no retro [...]
Since the Paris Auto Show in 2010, Lotus has been talking up big plans. It is part of a plan by Chief Executive Officer Dany Bahar to make the company profitable. For years, Lotus has been owned by Malaysian company Proton, and during that time it has never turned a profit. The Lotus name is [...]
Despite a slew of pure electric cars on the horizon from a variety of mainstream manufacturers, analysts are projecting sales will not increase as much as many had hoped. A big reason is the very-present issue of range anxiety that many consumers have. For most, electric vehicles are completely ruled out as a first car [...]
The Chicago Auto Show is just around the corner; the media days take place on February 8th and 9th. Volkswagen isn’t waiting until then to introduce the latest engine variant of the Beetle, the TDI model. VW has probably championed the diesel engine in the U.S more than any other company in recent times. For [...]
Many of you seen the Lamborghini special of Ultimate Factories, or many of the other “How Lamborghinis are Made” videos floating around, but not nearly as many videos have been made about the actual history of the Italian company, and even fewer go into detail about specific models and the culture surrounding them. Car-News.tv just [...]
The Fiat-Chrysler partnership has opened up all kinds of interesting possibilities. Chrysler and Lancia are now paired together, Dodge and Alfa Romeo are sharing platforms and Fiats are making their way to the United States. For those not attuned to the automotive industry it can be confusing. Unthinkable a few years ago would have been [...]
