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Main > Car Makers News > Hyundai > Sneak peek: 2011 Hyundai Genesis | detnews.com | The Detroit News Hyundai is readying the Genesis for a freshening. Originally scheduled for the 2012 model year, the refreshening may be moved up to 2011. Exterior updates will include new front and rear bumpers, updated headlamps and new signature styling on the grille, which will give an immediate tie-in to the Equus flagship. Also anticipated is a new eight-speed automatic transmission and -- sources say -- a supercharged version. [source] Full article... Article added: 2009-09-07 18:08:08 Article Views Rating: 87 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler, Fiat to share Frankfurt Auto Show spotlight | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat SpA will offer the public a family portrait of sorts at next month's Frankfurt auto show. To mark the alliance of the two automakers, cemented on June 10 after Chrysler LLC exited bankruptcy, the brands of both companies will share a display hall at the Frankfurt show, which opens to the press on Sept. 15. That means Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep, for the first time, will be in the same building with members of the Fiat Group, including Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Lancia, Ferrari... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:16 Article Views Rating: 123 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Big 3 sales fade as 'clunkers' wraps up | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The Detroit Three automakers' share of "cash for clunkers" sales fell sharply, compared to foreign nameplates, in the final week of the $3 billion incentive program. General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC sold 38.6 percent, or about 266,000 of the nearly 700,000 clunker replacements. That's far below their combined 45.3 percent share of 2009 auto sales. The U.S.-based companies said they were hampered by a comparative shortage of small, fuel-efficient vehicles that buyers were... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-27 07:30:13 Article Views Rating: 51 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM seals deal to sell Saab to Koenigsegg | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- General Motors Corp. on Tuesday said it has signed a final agreement to sell all shares in its unit Saab Automotive to Sweden's Koenigsegg Group AB, confirming the preliminary deal revealed in June. GM said the contract is subject to the conditions that Saab receives the necessary funding commitments from the European Investment Bank, guaranteed by the Swedish government, and transitional assistance from GM. "We will continue to work with all parties to define the final details and ensure a fast... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-18 10:50:17 Article Views Rating: 136 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Japanese sales climb in 'clunkers' program | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Japanese automakers have gained significant ground on domestic automakers in the U.S. government's $3 billion "cash for clunkers" program. General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC saw a dropoff in sales while those of foreign rivals rose in the latest tally of "cash for clunkers" sales, as Toyota Motor Corp. dethroned GM as the top seller. Toyota has sold 18.9 percent of vehicles purchased through the clunkers program, surpassing GM's 17.6 percent. Through the first two weeks of the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:53 Article Views Rating: 56 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 'Clunkers' program gives Ford a boost | detnews.com | The Detroit News As the federal government looks to add billions more to the "cash for clunkers" program, at least one Detroit automaker is attributing a boost in July sales to the popular effort. Ford Motor Co. will report its first monthly year-over-year sales gain in nearly two years today, thanks to a much-needed push from the program, company officials said Sunday. The Dearborn automaker would not provide specific figures until today. The $1 billion federal program to retire less efficient vehicles is all but out... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:14:59 Article Views Rating: 87 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Detroit cars still in teens' daydreams | detnews.com | The Detroit News "Dad, would you buy me a Camaro?" Before I could muster an answer to my 17-year-old daughter's question, she spotted a new Ford Mustang. "That's a cool car, too," she said, as I drove her to school one morning. There followed a brief and poorly received lecture from me on why a powerful rear-wheel-drive sports model is probably not the best choice for a teenager's first car. Further efforts to ascertain what makes the Mustang and Camaro "cool" in a 17-year-old's opinion did not reveal much. But the... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:12 Article Views Rating: 93 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto dealers: Ease up credit | detnews.com | The Detroit News The banks need to loosen up. That's the message from a month's worth of interviews with consumers and automobile dealers nationwide. It's also the conclusion of a new study by Accenture, a global management consulting company. The banks need to be less stingy with credit. That would do as much to help the struggling automobile industry as the latest government bailout. Tight credit is strangling the industry, putting suppliers, dealers and consumers at risk. It's not so much that consumers are on strike... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:12 Article Views Rating: 115 Main > Car Parts > Other > Hyundai Nuvis concept Hyundai Nuvis concept was unveiled at the New York Auto Show in all its gullwing door glory. The crossover with a hybrid powertrain has exteriors designed to create an illusion of perpetual motion, much like the way water flows around the hull of a boat. The exterior creates the effect of a tall, premium urban vehicle. Interiors have a blue acrylic theme, the center stack and ambient lighting are blue as well. Fabric on the seats comes from recycled soda bottles. The hybrid powertrain combines a 2.4-l... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-18 06:56:39 Article Views Rating: 395 Main > Car Makers News > Hyundai > RMR Hyundai Genesis Coupe starts Formula D season with Nissan power When Rhys Millen debuted the new Hyundai Genesis Coupe at the season's first Formula Drift event at Long Beach, not all was what it seemed. When the factory-supported drift program was announced in February at the Chicago Auto Show, it was still in its formative stages. The original press release noted that the car would be powered by a stroked and turbocharged 4.1-liter version of Hyundai's Lambda V6 cranking out 550 hp. However, Hyundai didn't give final approval for the drift program with... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-16 06:19:28 Article Views Rating: 353 |
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