Reaching an end to another year, 365 days can be summed up by a number of successes and failures; the same can be said for the automotive field of 2012. Vehicle premiere, discontinuation of models, safety recalls and other tidbits of news have been the subject matter for this as well as other automobile [...]
Considered the cornerstone to the future of Ford vehicles, the EcoBoost name is attached to a family of high-tech engines designed to provide crisp performance while facilitating impressive fuel economy. Debuting in late 2009 as a 3.5 liter V-6 engine, gasoline direct injected and twin-turbocharged, the 365 horsepower produced from the EcoBoost V-6 made the [...]
For the past several months around the Detroit area, automotive paparazzi have been a little anxious to capture an image of General Motor’s latest mechanical celebrity. The seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette (known popularly as the ‘C7′) has the entire car world waiting in anticipation for its pending debut. Undercover and incognito, peaks at a masked Corvette C7 have [...]
Officially going on sale this month, the 2013 Ford Escape reinvents the pivotal small utility product offering from the blue oval brand. With only about a week available to driving customers, the 2013 model year vehicle has to manoeuvre itself through a safety recall. The problem necessitating the recall for over 8,200 newly produced 2013 [...]
As one of the top-selling single vehicles in the world for General Motors, the Chevrolet Cruze has been on the receiving end of much-needed praise after decades of obtaining a winning small car formula. A regrettable but necessary move places the popular compact sedan into the headlines for a more dubious reason. On Thursday, a [...]
The ownership experience of a Porsche is viewed as one of the most sensual in the global sports car market. While the Porsche line-up has expanded to include vehicles like the crossover Cayenne and four-door Panamera, the essence of the German sports car company has remained based on the rear-engined 911 model. Balanced, thrilling [...]
We knew it was only be a matter of time when an automotive safety alarm bell would sound over an electric vehicle. One of the heaviest promoted vehicles unleashed on the North American marketplace in the past few years, the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt represented a new way that automobile producers and customers could view [...]
June, 2010 – The all-new Ferrari 458 Italia, replacing the F430, goes on sale. July 8, 2010 – The first incident of a 458 Italia randomly catching on fire is reported. Many more catch on fire after that, suspiciously all in the same place. Sept. 1, 2010 – Ferrari recalls all 1,248 of the 458s [...]
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