Miscellaneous

“What's in a name?” Sir William Shakespeare wrote in "Romeo and Juliet," the most famous story of “Family Feud” gone horribly wrong. “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” It’s an excellent question to ask considering the car market today, whether ...    Read more

Turns out, Groupon might not be the best way to advertise for a new car dealership. Last week, we reported that Groupon, the popular internet voucher company, had teamed with LaFontaine Buick GMC Cadillac in Highland, Michigan, for the billion-dollar company’s ...    Read more

Nominees for the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this week and the auto industry is accounted for with three nominations in the "Outstanding Commercial" category. Chrysler, Nissan, and Subaru all received nods for their respective ad spots. Old Spice, American Express, and McDonalds rounded out the nominations for ...    Read more

The Subaru Impreza and the performance-oriented WRX model may be parting ways, Motor Trend reports. These two vehicles have shared the same basic body style since 1992, but it appears their time together has come to an end. Expect to see drastic changes to the WRX ...    Read more

The Web has been ablaze with speculation over how the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 will flex its muscle: twin-turbo or supercharger? Through the haze, emerges an answer: A supercharger, a Motor Authority source suggests. Additionally it appears that the 2014 debut will thunder out of the gates with more than ...    Read more

The 2011 Dodge Durango R/T with a Hemi V-8. Loud noises. Nostalgic appeal. These are the ingredients to a great car video. Just press play, crank up the volume, and listen. That sound you hear is not the climactic beating of drums or the up-tempo swing of a fade-in guitar riff. No, ...    Read more

The Toyota Camry has been a best-seller in the U.S. market for years, but the 2012 model has an uphill battle to maintain its most popular position with new entries like the Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, and 2013 Chevrolet Malibu stealing the spotlight. So what must the 2012 Toyota Camry ...    Read more

For cars, small is big again. But unlike the cars of yesteryear, choosing a subcompact no longer means settling with cramped penalty boxes that have less space than they do personality. It no longer means facing the scary reality that merging onto the highway has to be done with the ...    Read more

The first episode of “The Car Show” aired last night on the Speed channel, and the results are in: It's no match for the original U.K.-based “Top Gear.” But after one episode of the highly anticipated car show hosted by Adam Carolla and Pulitzer Prize-winning auto writer Dan Neil, ...    Read more

When Volkswagen was founded in the 1930s, few would have guessed how wildly popular the Beetle would become around the world. The iconic vehicle was introduced far before airbags, power windows, or air conditioning were options. From the original model to the 2012 Beetle, the car has come a long ...    Read more

Car enthusiasts, rejoice, as the Speed Channel’s much-hyped new series, The Car Show hosted by Adam Carolla , premieres tonight at 10 p.m. ET. Featuring the show’s comedian namesake as well as former NBA star, John Salley; award-winning automotive journalist, Dan Neil; and automotive web journalist, Matt Farah, the ...    Read more

With word leaking from General Motors insiders that Chevrolet will have a diesel Cruze on sale in the U.S. within two years, it will mark the first time in more than a quarter of a century that the company will sell an oil burner in a passenger car ...    Read more

As the oldest automaker in the world, you tend to attract a few enthusiasts and classic car owners along the way. The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Irvine, California celebrates the automaker's rich history and recently celebrated its fifth birthday. The Center boasts 28,000 square-feet and acts both as a working shop ...    Read more

In an independent study conducted between July 2010-July 2011, 3254 mystery shoppers revealed that Mercedes-Benz dealerships are really, really good. Pied Piper, which sells its Prospect Satisfaction Index research to manufacturers and dealer groups, sent its operatives to dealerships of the 34 major brands selling new cars in the United States ...    Read more

Some might assume that improving a vehicle's seat comfort level involves designing a seat and having consumers evaluate the design, but not at Chevrolet. The American automaker is using a steel, plastic, and aluminum mannequin-like simulation tool named Oscar to help engineer a comfortable interior for the ...    Read more

Driver-assist programs are going retro. Ford announced that it plans to offer a live operator option on its high-end Sync Services.  The move signals the need to quell frustration some users experience with voice-recognition software. When Cadillac introduced OnStar in the 1990s, it was advanced technology. At the touch of a ...    Read more

The next-generation Volkswagen Beetle hits the market as a 2012 model with two new special edition models: the White Turbo and Black Turbo. These new Beetles will be based on the high-performance Beetle Sport 2.0 TSI DSG with its 200-horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. For ...    Read more

Maintaining a healthy vehicle inventory size has been an issue for Audi's booming U.S. division. In order to increase production, Audi has confirmed to Automotive News that it will be building a vehicle assembly plant in North America. While details of the plant, including models, location, and capacity are ...    Read more

The newly announced Infiniti Personal Assistant technology will do everything, it seems, but feed the driver. Featuring 24-hour access to a live team of professional assistants through the owners mobile phone, with either Bluetooth or hands-free systems, the new service is available on new Infiniti M, ...    Read more

When a car wants you to drive it, you should never say no. Not that you’d avoid driving it when said car is an Audi R8 5.2 Stasis Challenge Extreme Edition. Motor Trend's Nate Martinez, in fact, never says a word throughout the video as he’s pursued by the R8 Stasis. ...    Read more

It's a sad time for driving enthusiasts who consider themselves purists: Lamborghini will no longer offer manual transmissions on their cars, according to a Motor Trend report. Just 1 to 2 percent of the cars rolling out of the Lamborghini's small Sant’Agata Bolognese factory are equipped with three pedals, says Maurizio ...    Read more

Father’s Day has come and gone, but every day, more soon-to-be dads are encountering a familiar conundrum (the wife’s-mandate): dump the hot rod, get a family car. Fear not, new daddy-o, just because the hollowed-out hatch you’ve spent years tweaking for the track won’t carry a Recaro child’s seat doesn’t ...    Read more

Like a fight in a schoolyard, crowds gathered along a wall near two relics of General Motors’ past, two G-Body coupes from the 1980s, a Buick Regal and an Oldsmobile Cutlass. Jeering started at one end as a man instigated trash-talking through his bull horn. Onlookers formed groups by their ...    Read more

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In hopes of continuing its sales momentum in the U.S. and abroad, Subaru has announced a five-year management plan for fiscal years 2012-2016. Subaru claims that under the five-year plan, the company will stress core values of enjoyment and peace of mind while producing safe and more efficient vehicles. By focusing ...    Read more