Source: Wall Street Journal
By Yoree Koh TOCHIGI, Japan—As Nissan Motor Co. seeks to jump-start its premium Infiniti brand, the auto maker's ambitious expansion plans have found a timely friend in the weakening yen."I am very hopeful that this new trend o ...
Full article at: Wall Street Journal
More like this 6 days ago, 5:50am CDT
Source: The Truth About Cars
I am about to graduate college (this week in fact) and before I start my new job I need a new/used car. I am lucky enough to be graduating college debt free and with an excellent new job lined up. I will be moving from bo ...
Full article at: The Truth About Cars
More like this May 13 2013, 6:43am CDT
Source: WalletPop
Last April, Fisker Automotive missed the very first payment on the $192 million it had borrowed from the U.S. government to build luxury hybrid sports sedans that are priced over $100,000 - in Finland. That def ...
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More like this May 7 2013, 12:35pm CDT
Source: Los Angeles Times
In its zeal to push electric cars into the market, the state has created a system in which Tesla can make as much as $35,000 extra on each sale of its luxury Model S electric sports sedans. That's becaus ...
Full article at: Los Angeles Times
More like this May 5 2013, 8:18pm CDT
Source: Jalopnik
I always have a number of slow-simmering automotive investigative projects going, and one of those is about cars named like, well, people. Cars whose name is a normal, everyday name. Cars like the Nissan Cedric, the famous Mercedes, and even ...
Full article at: Jalopnik
More like this May 3 2013, 2:27pm CDT
Source: SCMP
To mark its 20th anniversary four years ago, Japanese carmaker Infiniti unveiled a concept car intended to embody the very essence of its design philosophy - the DNA to be instilled in all future models. The Infiniti Essence is a 600 ...
Full article at: SCMP
More like this May 2 2013, 5:05pm CDT
Source: Digital Trends
They say there’s no replacement for displacement, but carmakers are being forced to prove that assertion wrong. Tightening emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards mean even the makers of high-end performance cars are d ...
Full article at: Digital Trends
More like this Apr 25 2013, 12:15pm CDT
Source: Digital Trends
In the grand scheme of things, carbon fiber has kind of been like hydrogen. It appears to be a logical building block of the automotive future but remains at the moment just out of reach for mass-produced vehicles. BMW might have cracked tha ...
Full article at: Digital Trends
More like this Apr 24 2013, 6:41pm CDT
Source: Automotive Blogs
With the 2014 Cadillac CTS moving up in both size and price and eliminating its coupe and wagon variants, it gives the Cadillac ATS lineup a little more wiggle room to expand. The first new version out of the ...
Full article at: Automotive Blogs
More like this Apr 23 2013, 5:35pm CDT