What’s the best way for BMW to highlight its ConnectedDrive system? Thievery, of course. BMW’s latest online spot features the ConnectedDrive Vision roadster from this year’s Geneva Motor Show and details how the system’s connected functionality can help out in your next jewelry heist. It’s easier to highlight in motion, so hit the jump to [...]
“That’s a big Hyundai.” The Equus uses a stretched version of Hyundai’s rear-wheel-drive BH platform – the same one that underpins the smaller Genesis sedan. At 203.1 inches long, the Equus adds 7.2 inches to the length of a Genesis, riding on a wheelbase that’s been stretched by 4.3 inches. Width hasn’t changed in creating [...]
MUNICH — BMW AG is introducing a car-sharing scheme in two German cities that will be extended across Europe and possibly to the United States. The German premium automaker has set up a 50-50 joint venture with Sixt, Germany’s biggest car rental company, to run the scheme. The venture is called DriveNow and it aims [...]
Honda is recalling 36,656 of its 2006- and 2007-model-year Civic hybrids to replace the DC-to-DC convertor. The converter may fail and cause the engine to stall and the headlamps to malfunction. The DC-to-DC converter is part of the Integrated Motor Assist hybrid-control system, according to Honda. There have not been any crashes or injuries reported [...]
Some cars are unfairly derided as “chick cars,” like the Mini Cooper or the Mazda MX-5. Less so the Renault Twingo. While we’re sure it’s a good car for its class, it doesn’t exactly ooze testosterone. Which is fine, of course, because not every car is targeted at male customers. But Renault takes things a [...]
The Ford Fiesta is the latest vehicle to offer a rear facing camera screen integrated into its rearview mirror with Ford U.K. offering it as an option on all models from Edge to Titanium. It’s one of those clever ideas that seems obvious once you see it, and it’s slowly gaining traction. Mazda brought the [...]
TOKYO (Reuters) — Suzuki Motor Co. said it will recall a total of 90,617 units of its Swift and three other car models in Japan to fix a possible door mirror defect, with about 192,000 cars sold abroad also possibly subject to repairs. In a filing with Japan’s transport ministry on Friday, the nation’s fourth-biggest [...]
BMW AG will exceed its Chinese 2010 sales target, Ian Robertson, the automaker’s board member for marketing and sales, said at the Paris auto show. “We announced back in April that we would sell 120.000 BMW Group vehicles in China this year. Due to the extremely positive development in this market, we are currently revising [...]
Toyota issued a press release recently to discuss the updates to the 2011 FJ Cruiser. The release goes on to highlight the all-new Trail Teams Special Edition FJ, which wears Army Green paint. The photo above was attached to the release and highlights something else: someone at Toyota might be color blind. Tritanopia, a form [...]
General Motors is continuing its small-car onslaught by showing off the next-generation Chevrolet Aveo at this year’s Paris Motor Show. According to the company, the show car on display will be the spitting image of the actual production version, though we can expect a few small changes to show up as dictated by each market. [...]
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