Nissan’s Nismo performance unit is about to undergo a major expansion, kicked off by the 2013 Juke Nismo and 2014 370Z Nismo at the Chicago show earlier this month. The next phase of the expansion sees Nismo’s headquarters moving to Nissan’s Powertrain Engineering complex, along with a range of performance Nissan variants including a GT-R [...]
American Suzuki Motor Corp.’s impending bankruptcy provides the perfect opportunity to look back at the history of the brand, which arrived on American shores in 1985.
Replacing petroleum is a tough challenge. And although many alternatives have been developed, America still doesn’t know what to do with them all. At a recent conference in New York City, we caught up with Dan Sperling, arguably the godfather of the alternative fuel movement in the United States, and he brought the vision into sharper focus.
Among his insights shared:
Oil isn’t running out, but time is when it comes to climate change. And from an economic security standpoint, every new barrel of oil…
It’s no secret that Lotus has been experiencing some difficulties. The trouble began earlier this year when investment firm DRB Hicom purchased a stake in Proton from the Malaysian government. Proton was owned by the Malaysian government for years, and DRB Hicom’s purchase put a hold on Lotus development and production. Following this, Chief Executive Officer Dany Bahar was ousted, kicked out the door with an ongoing lawsuit.
Bahar (and advisors like Bob Lutz) had hatched an ambitious, f…
It’s no secret that Lotus has been experiencing some difficulties. The trouble began earlier this year when investment firm DRB Hicom purchased a stake in Proton from the Malaysian government. Proton was owned by the Malaysian government for years, and DRB Hicom’s purchase put a hold on Lotus development and production. Following this, Chief Executive Officer Dany Bahar was ousted, kicked out the door with an ongoing lawsuit.
Bahar (and advisors like Bob Lutz) had hatched an ambitious, f…
Lewis Hamilton – image: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
With just a few races remaining on the 2012 calendar, Formula One now heads into its “silly season,” where drivers on the bubble scramble to find rides for next year, while top-shelf stars near the end of existing contracts quietly shop their wares among other (presumably higher-paying) teams.
While rumors of Lewis Hamilton’s departure from McLaren have been circulating for months, it was hard to imagine the British driver moving to another …
Honda is shifting production of the Civic Hybrid out of Japan and over to the United States, as part of a plan to boost their Indiana assembly plant.
The Greensburg plant will get a boost in capacity, allowing it to produce 250,000 vehicles per year. The $40 million upgrade will add 300 new jobs, and bring production of the Civic Hybrid to the plant, which currently produces the standard Civic sedan, Civic Natural Gas and the Acura ILX.
Honda’s CEO has mentioned that a strong yen is making Japane…
General Motors will announce tomorrow that their consolidated line at Oshawa, currently building both the Chevrolet Equinox and Chevrolet Impala, will close. 2,000 of the 4,000 jobs at the Oshawa plant are located at the consolidated factory, and GM apparently won’t be re-investing in the facility.
Under the new plan, GM would move Chevrolet Impala production to the Detroit-Hamtramck plant, and any overflow production would not return to the Oshawa “flex line” because the 2014 Impala …
Like his brother, Austin Dillon, before him, Ty Dillon is steadily moving
up the ranks of his grandfather’s race team, Richard Childress Racing. RCR
announced on Tuesday that Ty Dillon will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series
debut Saturday in the 200-mile event at Dover (Del.) International
Speedway. He’ll be behind the wheel of the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet.
"I’m very excited to get my first start in the Nationwide Series at Dover
in the South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet,&qu…