As if the Barbie-themed Fiat 500 didn’t make it abundantly clear that this is a car for people who love MySpace and ponies and stickers and shopping, the Fiat 500 “So Pink” ought to do the trick. Seriously: it could not get more more girly if Strawberry Shortcake herself were driving the damn thing. However, […]
Interesting news from Chrysler today: apparently, the much-maligned, decidedly unsafe, recently shelved PT Cruiser isn’t headed for the graveyard just yet. The update comes via a bland, stilted tweet from a staffer deep inside pentastar headquarters (could someone please get those folks some coffee?), but we suppose “Chrysler announces PT ..
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The Royal Automobile Club Foundation (the same folks who poo-pooed the U.K.’s plan to encourage electric vehicle sales because they said it would be too successful) have just released a study reiterating how much Brits love their automobiles: apparently, more than half would rather sit in traffic in their own cars than deal with public […]
GM had its Transformers moment. Chrysler bet on Terminator Salvation (how’d that turn out?). And now comes word that Volvo has become entangled with the unfathomably popular series of vampire-themed Twilight novels and, naturally, the movies they’ve spawned. If we’d seen the first film — which we didn’t because we’re not 12 — we might’ve […]
We get a lot of press releases here at High Gear Media. Most of them tend to have something to do with, ummmmm, cars. Or at least a related topic, like car parts, or car racing, or car buying. You get the idea.But occasionally we get one that demonstrates why PR isn’t necessarily held in […]
Korean automaker Kia seems to be on a roll these days — at least on the design front. Its boxy Scion xB/Nissan Cube competitor, the Kia Soul, has held its own in the face of discerning auto journalists, and the sporty Kia Forte Koup looks to do similarly well. Now the company has shared renderings […]
Good news for Tesla co-founder/former CEO Martin Eberhard: a judge has ruled that his lawsuit against Tesla and co-founder/current CEO Elon Musk can move forward. You might recall that Eberhard is suing the company and Musk for $100,000 missing from his severance package as well as slander over allegations that Muskzzzzzz — oh god, see […]
Are you a Chevy man (or woman)? Or possibly a Ford fanatic? Either way, you’ll appreciate a quick trip over to What On Earth, where you’ll find nifty toolboxes crafted in the shape of the blue oval and the bowtie — although why the blue oval box appears to be black we couldn’t say. No […]
According to a (very brief) article in China Car Times, Chinese automaker Geely is finally prepared to submit a bid to Ford Motor Company for Volvo. Geely’s alleged offer: $293 million. A couple of weeks ago, sources were circulating a similar rumor, but with a figure of $2 billion attached. And back in June, our […]
After years of lackluster sales and vehicles that haven’t quite resonated with U.S. buyers–the Aerio and Esteem small cars are cases in point–Suzuki is hoping to find a new direction with a stylish new 2010 Kizashi sport sedan that goes on sale at the end of the year, called Kizashi. Although the sedan has been […]
