Gordon Murray may be busy working on his T25 family city-car, but the creator of the McLaren F1 has not abandoned plans to work on a successor to the landmark supercar.
“It will be the world’s next F1,”Murray told CAR Magazine. “However, it will be a dramatic step backward in power and top speed.”
Murray said that [...]
Used-car dealer Bill DeHaan cringes every time he sees a clunker destined for the shredder.
“All the stuff getting scrapped? That’s the stuff I sell, the $4,000 and under cars,” DeHaan said at his Holiday Auto Sales dealership, 1129 W. Fulton St.
One problem is supply.
The small, independent dealer typically carries 12 to 20 used cars on [...]
The Transportation Department has approved use of cash-for-clunkers funds for purchases of certain cars not yet on dealers lots, after consumers have complained about the low inventories of fuel efficient vehicles at many dealerships.
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“Dealers and consumers who have reached a valid purchase and sale agreement on a vehicle already in the production pipeline will [...]
Preston Tucker may be the most famous auto manufacturer to never produce a salable car. Tucker designed his innovative 1948 Tucker at his Ypsilanti home and began production in a Chicago factory. But the company collapsed in scandal after just 35 prototypes were built.
Another 16 vehicles were later assembled from parts in the factory. The [...]
During Akio Toyoda’s first major address to the American audience, the new president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corp. didn’t start off his press conference by talking about how well the 2010 Prius was selling or about how Toyota lost $4.3 billion last year and will work harder this year.
Instead, 53-year old Toyoda, who was [...]
What you’re seeing here are the first “shots” of the upcoming BMW concept scheduled to make its debut next month at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. After announcing that BMW will no longer compete in Formula One, the automaker said that it will reallocate freed up resources “to the development of new drive technologies and [...]
