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Volkswagen Suspends Executive Amid Investigation Into 'Dieselgate
The investigation into "Dieselgate" has been filled with its fair share of twist and turns, but Volkswagen has revealed that it has begun the process of punishing key offenders with the suspension of a top executive in the firm's R&D department, according to a report released by a German business magazine and Reuters.
Posted In: Car News, Miscellaneous, Reports
Tags: vw, volkswagen, volkswagen news, vw news, clean air, clean air cheating, EPA, federal government, germany, germany news, german regulators
Toyota builds Marty McFly a new truck...and it's totally rad!
Well, the Chicago Cubs won't be winning the World Series this year, but Back to the Future II got nearly everything else right. And to celebrate, Toyota has given us the truck that Marty would've driven, had he stayed in 2015. So let's dust off our Members Only jacket and check it out...
Posted In: Car News, Concept Cars, Special / Limited Edition, Videos
Tags: 2016 Toyota Tacoma, Back to the Future
Domino's Pizza Gets Into the Car Business: Meet the Domino's DXP
Domino's Pizza delivers some 400 million hot pizzas every year. That's a lot of calories, and a lot of dough (both literally and figuratively). So it makes sense that they would want to have their own custom delivery vehicles. To make this happen, the pizza giant teamed with Roush and a former General Motors R&D executive, to build 100 of these crowdsource-designed Domino's DXP delivery cars. Let's have a look (we promise, you'll be done reading this article in 30 minutes or less)...
Posted In: Car News, Concept Cars, Miscellaneous, Special / Limited Edition
Tags: 2015 Chevy Spark, Domino's, Domino's DXP
GM Vehicles Recalled Over Faulty Ignition Switches and Airbags... Again
Can lightning strike the same place twice? It would seem so, because General Motors is recalling a bunch of their 2014/2015 vehicles to fix bad ignition switches and Takada side airbags. Except this time, they issued the recalls before anybody got hurt...
Posted In: Car News, Recalls, Safety
Tags: 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, 2014 GMC Sierra, 2015 Chevy Suburban, 2015 Chevy Tahoe, 2015 Chevrolet HD, 2015 Buick LaCrosse, 2015 Cadillac XTS, 2015 Chevrolet Camaro, 2015 Chevrolet Malibu, 2015 Chevrolet Equinox, 2015 GMC Terrain
Owners of 427, Z06 Corvettes Take GM To Court Over Engine Problems
General Motors has been navigating through some rough seas lately with the ignition switch recall as well as several other recent recalls. Now, a new legal challenge has appeared with owners of 427 and Z06 Corvettes from the C6 era suing the company over engine failures and the company's handling of the problem.
Posted In: Reports, Car News, Miscellaneous, Safety
Tags: gm, gm news, corvette, chevrolet corvette, corvette news, chevrolet corvette news, legal, lawsuit, gm lawsuit, corvette lawsuit
German Officials Declare VW Too Big To Fail
With the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal now reaching a crescendo in terms of fines and legal penalties, German officials have been hesitant to issue any form of criticism against the automaker with some even showing their support by revealing that the company is too big to fail. This statement was a recurring theme during the Great Recession, and it appears that VW's current dilemma has obviously raised alarm among some members of Germany's government who do not want to see one of its biggest corporations buckle under the financial and legal pressures imposed by the emission debacle.
Posted In: Car News, Hybrid / Green, Reports
Tags: vw, volkswagen, volkswagen news, vw news, clean air, clean air cheating, EPA, federal government, germany, germany news, german regulators
FCA To Axe Dodge Viper???
While many in the automotive industry are celebrating the recent agreement between FCA and the UAW in their labor talks, a small detail in the new agreement suggests that the Viper is slated to be axed within the next few years, due to sluggish sales and the new terms of the forementioned agreement.
Posted In: Car News, Exotics, Reports, Rumors
Tags: FCA, FCA News, viper, dodge viper, viper news, viper discontinued
BMW to Sell 300 Copies of the 2016 BMW M4 GTS in the US
Regardless of how much synthetic nonsense they've crammed into the BMW M4 (electric steering, audio system exhaust note, etc.), it's still an impressive performance computer. And now they've taken the science of speed even further with this limited edition 2016 BMW M4 GTS...
Fire Risk Prompts Recall and Stop-sale of the 2015-2016 Mazda3
The 2015 / 2016 Mazda3 is one of the most exciting compact cars on the market today. It offers the perfect blend of performance and economy, wrapped in a package that handles as good as it looks. However, they've just discovered that the current Mazda3 might be exciting for another reason. A very bad reason... like 'set itself on fire' bad...
JLR Unveils $15,000 Land Rover Defender... Pedal Car
Land Rover owners are a fiercely loyal lot. They'll spend money like a government bureaucrat, just because they like the idea having a vehicle that can literally "go anywhere". It doesn't matter how notoriously unreliable they are, how much oil they leak, or how much they cost to fix. And now, Land Rover's giving these well-heeled fashionistas something else to spend money on. Say hello then, to the $15,000 Land Rover pedal car...
Checker Cars Will Rise From the Ashes
Throughout the history of the automotive industry, there have been many casualties that have fallen by the wayside. We are talking about companies that were once very successful. However, time takes its toll, and market conditions change.