GM Lends New Models to ...

Hoping that hands-on experience and knowledgeable employees will help sell vehicles, GM has announced the Vehicle Plant Tour, which puts new GM products in the hands of assembly-line workers. Through December, the company will ship four sets of six new vehicles to 40 GM assembly plants...

Ferrari Publicly Bitch-...

A blog post on the “Horse Whisperer” section of Ferrari’s website wants you to know something: The Italians are not little bitches. Most of Formula One is little bitches. Speed is not for the meek. Vaffanculo , ladies! If you were a legendary Italian marque with an...

Man Trades In $1.6 Mill...

A Texas Chevy dealer just accepted the trade-in of a red-on-black $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron for a $100,000 Corvette ZR1. We knew the fiercest of all ‘Vettes was a world-beater, but this is ridiculous! Exclusive photos, details below. UPDATE! All American Chevrolet of Midland,...

What The Google Street ...

Google Street View captured this truck — and its, er, pointed graphics — on the E65 motorway in the Czech Republic. Let’s get this straight: Blurred-out serial numbers but intact NSFW? What? [ Google Maps ] See original here: What The Google Street View Censors...

Cordia? What the Heck I...

Yes, we know we’re in for a barrage of hate mail from the International Mitsubishi Cordia Zealot League- because every car, no matter how obscure, has a club- but do the rest of you remember the Cordia? Sure, you remember the name , but can you close your eyes and visualize a...

1971 Volvo 1800E [Down ...

Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Lurking around the local Volvo shop gave us this 262C Bertone … and now this genuinely sporty Volvo. This 1800E- which could be a ‘70,...

Tesla’s 244-mile Rang...

Two hundred forty-four miles. That is what Tesla Motors claims is the range of its Lotus-derived Roadster. I found out the hard way that the claim is slightly optimistic. My plan was to head to a birthday party in Saginaw, Michigan, and return the same night in time on one charge. From...

Chrysler, Ford, GM, Hyu...

Several manufacturers are reacting to Toyota’s throttle-pedal and floor-mat recalls by offering current Toyota owners incentives to purchase vehicles. Below, a rundown of what’s being offered: Chrysler: $1000 trade-in cash for owners who trade in a Toyota Tundra, Tacoma, or...

GM and Sichuan Tengzhon...

You didn’t think GM would sell off a brand with ease and on time, did you? We hadn’t heard anything from GM or Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd, regarding the sale since it was announced in October . Now that the January 31 deadline has passed without...

Toyota Announces Fix fo...

Toyota has a fix for the 2.3 million vehicles recalled last month for possible sticking throttle pedals . Parts are being sent to Toyota dealers and technicians are being trained on how to install them to remedy the vehicles. There is also a solution that will allow Toyota to restart...