Auto Show Headlines
Lightning GT -- An Electric Ferrari-Killer with Four Motors
Posted: Jul. 24, 2008 10:07:40 a.m.
Despite a global downturn in the automotive market, one of the most important new vehicles appearing at this week's British Motor Show is an exotic sports car with an asking price higher than that of some Ferrari and Lamborghini products.
The British-built Lightning GT is a jaw-dropping beauty, but that's not what makes the car significant, either. The reason the GT matters is its appetite. It doesn't use a single drop of gasoline.
Motor Trend explains, "The ...
British Auto Show Starts This Week
Posted: Jul. 21, 2008 11:07:08 a.m.
The 2008 British Auto Show begins in London on Tuesday, July 22. Edmunds Inside Line says it's "gearing up for some notable world premieres." These include the V6-powered Lotus Project Eagle, a 2+2 sports car that is the automaker's first introduction since the Lotus Elise. Motor Trend says Lotus will produce "2000 Project Eagles per year with deliveries beginning in Spring 2009."
There's also the Honda OSM, a low-emissions two-seat roadster concept. A press release on ...
British Auto Show Preview: First Mexican-Built Car for World Market
Posted: Jul. 17, 2008 11:07:30 a.m.
The British International Auto Show opens next week, and for 2008 it indeed goes "international." While U.S. automakers are struggling, a tiny Mexico-city based automaker plans to introduce its first high-end sports car in London next week, and while no one has yet driven a working prototype, the little car puts some impressive numbers on paper.
Top Gear reports, "The Mastretta MXT - the first car ever designed and built in Mexico," will make its first appearance at the London ...
Press: New York Marks End of an Era for Muscle Car
Posted: Mar. 27, 2008 10:03:21 a.m.
MSNBC comments that this weeks New York Auto Show "with its focus on muscle and power, signified nothing less than the end of an era for some who attended its preview days last week." The centerpiece of the show was the 2009 Dodge Challenger, "a reinvention of Dodge's iconic muscle car meant to appeal to baby boomers with the cash to indulge their nostalgic fantasies." The Challenger will compete against other retro muscle cars in the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro ...
Press Not Sure What to Think of El Camino Remake
Posted: Mar. 24, 2008 08:03:24 a.m.
The automotive press has had a week to react to GM's introduction of the Pontiac G8 Sport Truck, a cross between a sport coupe and a pickup truck that calls to mind the El Caminos of the ‘70s and ‘80s. But that doesn't mean they know what to make of it.
The Los Angeles Times notes, "Not all retro attempts have been successes...the Thunderbird, resurrected in 2001, was a notable flop, and Ford dropped it after the ...
Pontiac Solstice Coupe Revealed
Posted: Mar. 19, 2008 10:03:21 a.m.
Business Week reports, "Pontiac is unveiling a hardtop coupe version of its eye-catching Solstice roadster at this week's New York International Auto Show." The Solstice Targa features a 31-pound removable roof panel "which culminates in a rear spoiler."
Autoblog adds, "While the roof panel doesn't fit in the car when removed, there's no need to be concerned (too much) about getting caught in the rain. A soft roof cover can be stashed in the back and put ...
Dodge Premiers Less Expensive Challenger Options
Posted: Mar. 19, 2008 09:03:36 a.m.
Dodge took the automotive press by storm, and dominated the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, with the debut of its upcoming Challenger muscle car. The Challenger appeared in Chicago in SRT8 trim with a top-of-the line 6.1-liter V8 rated for 425 hp.
"If your budget can't take the blow of a $40,000 coupe, however,"Autoblog reports, "the folks at Chrysler have debuted a couple more models at the 2008 New York Auto Show that will cost quite a ...
New York Auto Show Features Cars Ready for Market
Posted: Mar. 18, 2008 11:03:44 a.m.
The New York International Auto Show opens for a 10-day run on Friday. Seeking pre-show publicity, automakers have offered an early glimpse of many of the vehicles we'll see there. "With American car sales falling and some automakers predicting the numbers could be the lowest since at least 1998, the industry is looking toward 2009," according to the New York Times. The emphasis in New York won't be on concept cars and technologies for the distant future, but ...
New York Auto Show to Push Muscle, Not Mileage
Posted: Mar. 17, 2008 11:03:24 a.m.
The Geneva Motor Show, which closed last week, featured a record number of small cars, hybrids and other alternative-fuel vehicles as the auto industry put on its most environmentally-friendly face in decades. Don't expect the same as the New York Auto Show opens this week. AutoWeek reports, "Instead of a long list of world debuts for hybrids and other gasoline-saving technologies, the show will concentrate on redesigns of current models, a few doses of high-horsepower V-8s and, of course ...
GM Tries To Revive Pontiac
Posted: Mar. 17, 2008 10:03:05 a.m.
The AP reports, "Pontiac wants to beef up its performance credentials with two new rear-wheel-drive vehicles that will debut at next week's New York International Auto Show." The models include a high-performance edition of the G8 sedan, the 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP, and a new V8-powered "sport truck." The vehicles are seen as part of a GM effort to re-build the struggling Pontiac's reputation as the performance unit of the world's largest automaker. But some analysts say ...
