At a media event in Lordstown, Ohio, earlier this week, General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner told reporters that the Hummer brand has some interested suitors. GM said earlier in the year that the company plans to sell it. The reasons are easy enough to see.
Baltimore, Maryland General Motors announced today it will add a 1.2 megawatt solar power installation to the roof of its transmission assembly plant in White Marsh, Maryland.The system will be deployed under an agreement with SunEdison, North America's largest solar energy services provider. Under the agreement, SunEdison will finance, install, operate and maintain the system.
It's big, it's boxy, and it's Swedish. It can only be a Volvo. Forget your flat-pack wardrobe laden V70s, though - this is way cooler.
- Intelligent implementation of new manufacturing processes manages quality, cost - Two-mode hybrid technology provides fuel-saving benefits of a full-hybrid system, including electric-only operation.AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chrysler LLC's Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) began rolling off the assembly line this week at its Newark (Delaware) Assembly Plant.
BMW Motorrad has had a 650cc off-road-ready adventure bike in its line since 2000, but the new one for model year '09 is vastly different than its predecessor. The bike is completely new and highlighted by a new parallel-twin engine that now displaces almost 800cc -- the same as the more powerful but more expensive F 800 GS. The two models [...]
DETROITâ "In its recent past, Chrysler LLC's efforts to roll out new vehicles quickly to keep them fresh in the marketplace hurt their designs, according to the company's new design chief.But Ralph Gilles says that's one of the things that will change now that he's in charge of the way Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles look both inside and out.
LORDSTOWN, Ohioâ "General Motors Corp. Thursday said it would invest $500 million (U.S.) to build a new fuel-efficient, small car the automaker says will show it can make money in head-to-head competition with its Japanese rivals as it fights to return to profitability.The new Chevrolet Cruze, which also will be sold in Europe and Asia, will be built at [...]
The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione may have completely sold out, but a supercar club can help you get behind the wheel.Marque ll are the first and only high performance sports car club to offer the heavily anticipated 8C, of which 500 were built.The prestigious super car club could be the only way to sample the V8 power and exotic Italian beauty, certainly from [...]
Supermotos inhabit the wild, impractical end of the motorcycling spectrum: these are hot motocross machines, often full-on competition bikes, their off-road wheels and gentle brakes replaced by sticky road rubber and powerful sports stoppers. There's no purpose except having a laugh.Why, then, should you consider Suzuki's new DR125SM (SM125 for short) for going to work every [...]
'Why would you want a Jagwah when you could have a Kuga?'Ford has defiantly mangled the name, but what about the soft-roader itself? Will it prove to be a wildcat or a tame pussy?The current advertising campaign for the Ford Kuga has got me irked.
It looks as if off-roading giant Hummer has got its range all wrapped up. The latest special edition from the struggling 4x4 maker â " the Black Chrome edition â " is as bling as its name implies. Coming exclusively to Europe, it gets â gangstaâ black chrome finish on the grille, kick plates and 21-inch wheels.
THE new Nissan Navara that was launched in 2005 has been a fantastic success for the Japanese firm.It was a quantum leap forward from the old model in terms of power, ride and handling and is now the No 1 seller in the 4x4 sector.It is also the current holder of the coveted title of 'Best Working Vehicle' in the 2008 Fleet News [...]
Q: How do I remove the rear 3 spark plugs on my 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan with the V-6 motor? The car stalls as I am driving, but when taken out of gear seems to run fine. Could this be a TPS, clogged fuel filter or converter problem? I replaced the front 3 plugs and the van ran decent. It drove for a while then died again.
LORDSTOWN, OHIO: General Motors Corp is readying sales documents for its Hummer brand and has initial expressions of interest from potential buyers that it hopes to develop into formal sale talks, the automaker's CEO said on Thursday.GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said the formal sale process for Hummer had not yet begun. "We haven't really fired the starting gun, but [...]
The TSCO Vegas to Reno race, part of the Best in the Desert off-road racing series, is 457 miles long through the Nevada sand and scrub. From start to finish takes many racers 12 hours or more, and a driver that goes the entire distance is known as an "Ironman." For this year's edition, Emily Miller of Team HUMMER plans on [...]Some will undoubtedly think it crazy to try winning off-road races in an H2, but Miller's teammate Josh Hall has won the race three years in a row in his H2 SUT.
DETROIT (AP)Â -- In its recent past, Chrysler LLC's efforts to roll out new vehicles quickly to keep them fresh in the marketplace hurt their designs, according to the company's new design chief.But Ralph Gilles says that's one of the things that will change now that he's in charge of the way Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles look both inside and out.
The first thing to say about the Dodge Journey is that it's not what it looks like. There will be people who watch a Journey drive past and think, consciously or otherwise, that it's an SUV, but that just ain't so. This is actually an MPV - officially a five-seater but actually capable of carrying seven people - with an SUV appearance which may [...]
GM Maryland plant to become first in N America to use solar panels.WASHINGTON -- General Motors Corp.
Car enthusiasts who lusted for nearly 20 years after Nissan's Skyline GT-R sports car are going ga-ga over the new-generation GT-R that's arriving on U.S soil."Incredible," read the headline in Car and Driver magazine.
Are fuel cell-powered vehicles the future? Well right now, Nissan has an X-Trail 4x4 whose only emissions are water vapour.
