Porsche shows plans for new N.A. headquarters

Filed under: Porsche, Design/Style

In two years a phoenix Porsche will rise from the ashes rubble of the former Ford Taurus plant. A plot of land in Hapeville, Georgia near the Atlanta airport was once the site where Taurus sedans and their Mercury Sable twins were made until 2006. Torn down in 2008, the land was [...]

Pininfarina exits carmaking business, plans to concentrate on design

Filed under: Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Design/Style
Reuters reports that Pininfarina will lay off 127 workers as the company shuts down its manufacturing business to focus more heavily on design and engineering. The Italian company points to the declining automotive market as the reason behind the move. The layoffs are expected to cost the company around €2.9 million, [...]

Report: BMW plans to sell 30,000 i3 models a year

Filed under: Concept Cars, Europe, BMW, Electric

BMW Megacity EV – Click above for high-res image gallery

When BMW launches the i3 in 2014, it reportedly hopes to move 30,000 of the electric city cars a year. That number is derived from BMW’s stated target of matching the volume of its lower-production Mini models.
The i3, formerly known [...]

Spyker announces plans for all-new racecar in 2012

Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, Coupe, Europe, Specialty, Racing

2012 Spyker C8 Aileron GT – Click above for high-res image gallery

Spyker has announced it is developing a GT racer based on its new C8 Aileron supercar. The Spyker Squadron car will be prepared to the Automobile Club de l’Ouest’s new GTE specifications and take to the [...]

Nissan plans nine debuts at Tokyo Auto Salon including Leaf Aero Style concept

Filed under: Concept Cars, Nissan, Tokyo Auto Salon

Nissan at the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon – Click above for high-res image gallery

In the eyes of international automotive media, the Tokyo Auto Salon tends to be overlooked, mostly due to its proximity to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Nonetheless, there’s still quite a bit [...]

Report: Toyota plans budget sports car line

Filed under: Aftermarket, Concept Cars, Coupe, Budget, Hybrid, Japan, Hatchback, Toyota

Toyota MR2 Sports Hybrid Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Akio Toyoda may want to bring driving excitement back to Toyota, but he and his team have two major hurdles to overcome: The brands’s limited enthusiast base and the fact that Japan’s youth have [...]

Nissan announces Leaf rollout plans, 8-year battery warranty

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan

Nissan Leaf EV – Click above for high-res image gallery

At the Plug-in 2010 Conference in San Jose, CA today, Nissan North America’s executive vice president, Carlos Tavares, announced that the Leaf’s battery pack will be covered by an 8-year, 100,000-mile warranty – exactly what Chevrolet is offering on the Volt pack. He [...]

Paris plans to launch world’s largest electric car sharing program

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Daily, Europe/EU

Car sharing programs have steadily increased in popularity within the past few years and will likely see continued growth as we move forward. Paris hopes to cash in on some of the action by offering up the world’s largest electric car share fleet. Paris’ grand plan is an optimistic one, [...]

Aborted plans for trio of new MG sportscar unearthed in new report

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Roewe, MISC

MG Project X120 – Click above for image gallery

As recently as five years ago, iconic British marque MG was in the midst of developing three – count ‘em, three – new sportscars, according to various reports. Unfortunately, as MG Rover ran out of capital and was [...]

Report: Saab 9-2 plans proceeding, design influenced by brand’s ’50s teardrop models

Filed under: Saab, Design/Style

You wouldn’t know it by looking at Saab’s current automobiles, but once upon a time the Swedish marque was known for crafting almost impossibly rounded bodywork. Victor Muller, CEO of Spyker Cars, which just completed its acquisition of the Saab brand, plans to reintroduce such teardrop-shaped emotion back into the automaker’s line [...]