Ford Motor Company revealed to its employees that its long-awaited subcompact car for the U.S. and other markets will be based on the new Mazda2. Ford’s President of the Americas, Mark Fields, revealed the news during his weekly Webcast. Unlike its GM, Toyota and Honda (to a lessor extent Nissan), Ford does not offer a […]

Mitsubishi has announced prices for its all-new 2008 Lancer sedan. Mitsubishi has had a strong start to the year, with sales up 23.7 percent for the year, and the aggressively styled Lancer will help keep the automaker’s rebound going. The 2008 Lancer will start at $13,990 for the base DE model, which includes a segment […]

The 2008 Porsche Cayenne will go on sale in North American dealerships starting this Saturday, March 3rd. The restyled and reengineered Porsche Cayenne models receive new direct injected engines, which deliver the holy grail of engines: more power, better fuel economy and lower emissions. The Cayenne features a 3.6L V6 with 290-hp (up 40-hp), the […]

Sales numbers are in for February 2007. As expected Ford Motor and Chrysler Group had bad months, with sales off 13.5% and 8%, respectively. Part of Ford’s drop was a 30% cut in fleet sales, but Ford retail was still down 8% and that’s not good news. In a shocker, General Motors sales were […]

With February sales of its Ram pickup down 4 percent and the Durango SUV off by 43 percent, Dodge has announced that March will be “National Truck Month.”
As part of the “National Truck Month” marketing campaign, Dodge will give buyers the option to get the Ram 1500 or Dodge Durango with the 5.7L HEMI V8 […]

Ford has announced U.K. pricing for the all-new Mondeo. The new Mondeo starts at £14,995 for an Edge 1.6L and rises to £24,195 for the 2.5T Titanium X estate. On average the new Mondeo is priced £300 below the outgoing equivalent models, while also coming from £700 in additional equipment. The new Mondeo will be […]

Jaguar has revealed its refreshed XJ sedan ahead of its debut at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show next week. The mild facelift gives the XJ a more aggressive, sportier look, which comes at the cost of some of the car’s elegance. Based on rumors of the next-generation XJ’s styling, Jaguar is diving head-first into its […]

General Motors has announced that it will end production of the Monte Carlo this summer, according to reports citing automaker sources. According to an email received by a member of the GMInsideNews forums, the Monte Carlo will be avilable for order until May 4th, and the last Monte Carlo will roll off the assembly line at […]

General Motors and Ford today said their U.S. sales declined in February as they continued to back away from sales to daily rental fleets. While GM said its February U.S. sales would likely be off 6 to 7 percent from February 2006, the automaker expects its retail sales to be flat for the month.
Ford said […]

Just last week we reported that GM’s Australian arm Holden was looking at additional exports markets for its Commodore sedan. Today the U.K.’s Vauxhall announced its new VXR8, a rebadged Holden Commodore HSV Clubsport R8. Both are the product of Holden Special Vehicles (HSV), the officially designated performance vehicle division of Australian motor car manufacturer […]