A planning document given to lawmakers by General Motors reportedly shows that the Detroit-based automaker plans to ship 17,335 autos from China for sale in the U.S. in 2011. If GM succeeds in importing vehicles to the U.S. from China, it could be the first automaker to do so.
The document doesn’t show which vehicle would [...]
The small crossover segment, where the neo-sorta-trucks live, is one of the hottest battlegrounds for consumer dollars. Small skirmishes go on in the border regions; confused vehicles don’t know whether to be mud-slingers with brash attitudes or optioned-up urban sophisticates. Toyota’s RAV4 certainly brings sophistication, and though it can venture off road a bit, it’s [...]
There was plenty of hype leading up to Mecum’s Spring Classic Auction this weekend, and rightfully so. Up for grabs was the 1965 Shelby Daytona Coup — one of six ever made — that clinched the FIA World Championship. Bidding was expected to reach into eight figures, with the potential to break several records for [...]
If you’re an Autoblog reader and plan to be in the New York metropolitan/tri-state area the weekend of June 6 and 7, you ought to be making tracks to Connecticut for the annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park. The concours is this blogger’s favorite event of the year, and for good reason. [...]
While we’re big fans of the Mini Cooper and Cooper S, the Convertible has left us wanting on several levels - visibility and weight being our biggest gripes. However, the remedy may be on the way this September when Mini takes the wraps of the Cooper Roadster at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
According to L’Automobile, the [...]
After yesterday’s impromptu internet unveiling of the 2010 Opel Astra, General Motors has finally let the details out on its next-generation compact before its official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show this September.
The 2010 Astra’s design is inspired by the Opel Insignia, sporting all-new sheet metal that takes cues from its mid-size sibling and packages [...]
Opel’s Astra hasn’t exactly gone down a storm here in the U.S. while wearing a Saturn badge, but the four-cylinder econocar lineup is pivotal stuff in Europe, and the next-generation model could still find its way to America - even if it doesn’t wear a planetary badge.
Regardless of whether or not a stateside version is [...]
Germany only gets its own top-tier international auto show every other year, with the Frankfurt Motor Show alternating with the Paris salon. So when the circus rolls into town, you can bet Germany’s giant auto industry will embrace the opportunity to reveal their latest. Audi’s tipped to unveil its A5 Sportback and revised A8, Mercedes [...]