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Main > Car Makers News > Other > MX-5 Miata owns the entry-level sports car market | detnews.com | The Detroit News For two decades, despite challenges here and there, Mazda's MX-5 Miata has owned the popular-priced sports car market. It was a sensation when it appeared in 1990 as the embodiment of the traditional open two-seater, dominated for generations by roadsters and convertibles from Great Britain. They included the Austin-Healey Sprite, 100 and 3000; Lotus Elan; MG TC, TD, A, B and Midget; Triumph TR and Spitfire, and Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger. All offered top-down exhilaration with a low center of gravity and... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:54 Article Views Rating: 66 Main > Car Makers News > Other > MX-5 Miata owns the entry-level sports car market | detnews.com | The Detroit News For two decades, despite challenges here and there, Mazda's MX-5 Miata has owned the popular-priced sports car market. It was a sensation when it appeared in 1990 as the embodiment of the traditional open two-seater, dominated for generations by roadsters and convertibles from Great Britain. They included the Austin-Healey Sprite, 100 and 3000; Lotus Elan; MG TC, TD, A, B and Midget; Triumph TR and Spitfire, and Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger. All offered top-down exhilaration with a low center of gravity and... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:37 Article Views Rating: 28 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Big 3's hybrid message: We will survive; we will be green | detnews.com | The Detroit News Kicking off the most important auto show of a crucial year, Detroit's Big Three automakers unveiled stylish, fuel-efficient and high-tech vehicles Sunday aimed at winning back customers from import brands and countering doomsayers and critics in Washington and across the country. "You can't look at the array of cars that we've brought up on stage today and say these guys don't get it, these cars are ugly, and these cars don't perform," said GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, the Detroit industry's most eloquent... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-12 06:34:09 Article Views Rating: 245 Main > Car Makers News > Lotus > Lotus developing new electric sports car Lotus is laboring on an electric sports car to compete with Tesla’s Roadster and Fisker’s Karma. The CEO of Lotus, Michael Kimberley, said the company is already “working on the technologies that will go behind” the electric Lotus, and that buyers should not be “surprised to see an electric Lotus shortly”.The news emerges after the latest revealing of the Lotus Evora 4-seater, for which there is already a long list of celebrities expressing interest. The Evora and the latest electric Lotus... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:51 Article Views Rating: 196 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Guilt-free speedster: Tesla turns electricity into fine art | detnews.com | The Detroit News LOS ANGELES -- When Tesla Motors offered me a chance to get behind the wheel of its roadster, I couldn't turn them down. I had heard and read about the amazing electric car from California -- zero emissions, instant torque, and blistering fast speed. It's the guilt-free green speedster. There was no way I was going to miss the chance. Walking into the Tesla showroom in L.A., I was surprised at how small the roadster looked. It's built with Lotus and while there's a Lotus look to it, only 7 percent of... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-22 05:54:27 Article Views Rating: 90 Main > Car Makers News > Other > DETROIT AUTO SHOW: The Most Comprehensive List Of What Cars Are Coming in 09'. Which One Excites You Most? It's hard to believe that the 2009 Detroit Auto Show is only weeks away, amidst all this end of the world bailout talk.Thank God, the wizards at one of our favorite print mags maybe even our favorite, CAR Magazine have compiled an exhaustive list of what they know is coming in 2009!Alfa Romeo MitoMini-rivalling premium hatch with supercar styling cuesAlfa Romeo 149147 moves upmarket to take on A3 and 1-seriesAlfa Romeo 169We're due to hear more on Alfa's 167 later next yearAlfa Romeo 8C SpiderStunning... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-17 13:21:39 Article Views Rating: 262 Main > Auto Shows > Other > Tesla Builds a 4-Door Tesla is making some big moves, literally. The company is planning to relocate from its current headquarters in San Carlos, California, to a $250 million facility in San Jose, California, the construction of which will begin in the summer of 2009. The reason? The Model S, an all-new 4-door 5-passenger zero-emissions luxury sedan powered by a lithium-ion battery pack. Unlike the Tesla Roadster, which is built in partnership with Lotus in the U.K. and based on a stretched Elise platform, the Model S will... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-16 06:54:59 Article Views Rating: 247 Main > Auto Shows > Other > 2009 Yes Roadster A small boutique car manufacturer called Funke & Will AG opened its doors 10 years ago and produced its first vehicle, the Yes Roadster, in 1999. The firm sold 200 of the first generation of its scratchbuilt two-seaters before redesigning the car two years ago. Now, Funke & Will AG is making a push to sell its second-generation Yes Roadster in the U.S. through YES North America, Inc. The Yes Roadster, or Yes! as the company calls it, made its North American debut at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show on... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-16 06:42:00 Article Views Rating: 252 Main > Car Makers News > Lotus > Ecotricity planning wind-propelled electric vehicle based on Lotus Exige Eco-friendly electricity supplier Ecotricity has been vending green electricity for over ten years now, but its originator Dale Vince has determined to take on a grander venture, which is to make a sports car that is both attractive and wind-propelled electric. At present, Vince is laboring with a crew of engineers and developers a total conversion of a Lotus Exige coupe.The present improvements on the vehicle can be viewed on the blog of Vince, Zerocarbonista, and also at the present time the Exige has... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-08 06:20:25 Article Views Rating: 165 Main > Car Makers News > Lotus > Ecotricity planning wind-propelled electric vehicle based on Lotus Exige Eco-friendly electricity supplier Ecotricity has been vending green electricity for over ten years now, but its originator Dale Vince has determined to take on a grander venture, which is to make a sports car that is both attractive and wind-propelled electric. At present, Vince is laboring with a crew of engineers and developers a total conversion of a Lotus Exige coupe.The present improvements on the vehicle can be viewed on the blog of Vince, Zerocarbonista, and also at the present time the Exige has... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-08 06:19:48 Article Views Rating: 155 |
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