January 23, 2015
BMW names former Audi executive as Mini boss
BMW named former Audi executive Sebastian Mackensen as head of its Mini brand. Mackensen, 43, will succeed John Goller, who has headed Mini since 2013, BMW said in a statement. Goller, 48, will move to China to take over responsibility for sales and…
January 13, 2015
Ford stuns onlookers in Detroit with GT
June 2016 will mark 50 years since Ford prevailed against the Ferrari juggernaut in the premier Le Mans endurance-race category. To commemorate that feat, the company will build a new, 600-plus horsepower GT road car and race it at the legendary…
January 7, 2015
The LaFerrari FXX K
Just when you thought Ferrari’s naming conventions were as weird as possible, say hello to a car that’s inseparable from innumerable vulgar jokes. The Ferrari LaFerrari FXX K represents the pinnacle of the automaker’s race engineering, insofar as…
January 5, 2015
Shelby celebrates 50th Anniversary of Cobra 427
The iconic Shelby Cobra, based on the British-built AC Ace roadster — first left Carroll Shelby’s shop in 1962 with a 4.3-liter, V-8 engine under its hood. It took the Cobra name only a few months to become famous and Carroll quickly turned to…
December 30, 2014
VW recalls 2015 Jettas for headlight glitch
Volkswagen is recalling 25,007 Jetta models from the 2015 model year in the U.S. to fix a software glitch that can affect the operation of the low-beam headlights. Because of incorrect software within the headlight control module, the low-beam…
December 15, 2014
JA Motorsport Nano is world’s cheapest car, accelerated
The Tata Nano was meant to be an affordable way to get India off mopeds and mobile. The 21st Century answer to the VW Beetle, if you will. Fair to say it failed in that grand ambition, the Nano managing a deplorable 10,200 sales during the first…
December 3, 2014
Light trucks, holiday discounts drive volume up 5%
Spurred by a 20 percent gain at Chrysler Group and aided by Black Friday discounts and light-truck demand, U.S. light-vehicle sales jumped 5 percent last month, pushing the annualized pace of deliveries above 17 million for the second time this…
November 25, 2014
Gov’t bans importation of used and reconditioned vehicles
A decision by Cabinet in Antigua to ban the importation of used cars older than five years has met strong condemnation from segments of the population. The DAILY OBSERVER media received a press release from the Environment Division that read:…
November 20, 2014
Honda shows off new hydrogen fuel cell car
Honda is planning to release a hydrogen-powered car in March 2016 that, in an emergency, could even power your house. The clean-energy car called the FCV, which emits only water as a waste product, will have a range of 300 miles (480km) and seating…
November 15, 2014
VW Golf wins Motor Trend ‘Car of the Year’
Volkswagen's new-generation Golf models are the Motor Trend Car of the Year winner, the automaker and the publicatin announced today. It's another in an unusually strong award showing by the latest Golf models. They are VW's best-sellers worldwide,…