Archive for the ‘Auto News’ Category

Everyone Wants Gadgets Nowadays

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

In a recent poll from Protcye nearly everyone in America wants to put everything from the kitchen sink into there vehicle. Polls state that the majority of the people wanted a fridge, a bathroom, and even a coffee-machine in there vehicle for those early morning starts.

Ford Lays Off 300 In Detroit

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

The Ford Motor Company is planning to layoff over 300 employees at its Romeo Engine plant in Detroit, because a recent drop in demand for the companies V8 engines. Angie Kozleski, a spokeswomen for the Ford Motor Company had this to say, “The layoffs began Monday and will continue indefinitely”.

BMW M1 Will Not Be Going Into Production

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

The BMW M1 Homage is a concept car of the future, unfortunately this beauty will have to wait a little bit longer to be introduced into the world. BMW announced that the M1 will not be going into production, although they did not announce a date on which it will (or if it ever will for that matter) be going into production. See this post Here where we talked about the debute of the M1 BMW.

2008 GMC Yukon Hybrid

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

The 2008 GMC Yukon Hybrid is said to be the next innovation in Hybrid technology. This vehicle is using the new two-mode hybrid system produced by GMC which gives this vehicle exceptional fuel mileage, yet still this vehicle is a beast the full mileage is not going to be much better.

Chevrolet Volt Concept To Begin Production In 2010

Friday, August 8th, 2008

The new electric car from Chevrolet is on the way, we think. While we wanted to call it their newest hybrid, the company has consistantly expressed their desire for it to be called an electric with “range extender” - considering they only use gasoline to recharge the batteries. Ok, enough with the history lesson…