Sunday, June 7, 2015

2016 Chevrolet Cruze Teased Ahead Of June 24 Debut: UPDATE


The 2016 Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan will be unveiled just over three weeks from today--although we've already seen it, more or less.A version of the next-generation Cruze was unveiled in China more than a year ago, but the version that will be sold in the U.S. won't appear until June 24.

Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, May 2015: Tesla Supreme For Six Months?


Last month, we assumed that Nissan would edge Tesla during April in Canadian plug-in electric vehicle sales. Wow, were we wrong! Fully 167 Tesla Model S electric luxury sedans were registered in Canada that month, outpacing the 127 Leafs Nissan delivered. Not wanting to underestimate Tesla for two months running,

Mini Camaro coming? Chevy says no

Product chief Mark Reuss downplays priority of BRZ competitor

General Motors played down the possibility of fielding a small performance car positioned below the Chevrolet Camaro in the near future, one that could serve as a direct competitor to the likes of Scion FR-S, Ford Focus ST, Subaru BRZ or the upcoming Honda Civic Type R.

Resurrected TVR to use Cosworth-tuned V8s in new cars

Maker of scary British sports cars announces product offensive by 2017

Actually, last time we saw TVRs was a couple of weeks ago as a number of cars from the 1990s like the Chimaera and the Griffith came down from Canada for the annual Carlisle Import Nationals -- cars that are still too new to import into the U.S.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

2015 BMW Alpina B6 Gran Coupe review notes


Is the extra 25K for more power and luxury worth it? Yes, yes it is.

This whole Alpina setup is gorgeous. The hunter green metallic paint sets off the 15-spoke Alpina wheels, and the GC version looks long and low sitting in a driveway. The nose of the 6-series GC is a little too rounded for my liking, but the profile is just great.