Toyota sells 8,400 Prius V wagons in U.S. during first 10 weeks

Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota

Toyota sold more Prius V hybrid wagons in the U.S. during the model’s first 10 weeks of availability than General Motors sold of its Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in hybrid all last year, Bloomberg News reported, citing Toyota spokeswoman Carly Schaffner.
Toyota sold about 8,400 of the hybrid wagons since late October. That’s roughly [...]

Toyota tops recall list again in 2011, overall number of U.S. recalls down *UPDATE

Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Ford, GM, Toyota

Toyota launched a total of 13 recall campaigns in 2011 covering over 3.5 million vehicles. Those figures put the Japanese automaker at the top of the most-recalled list for the third year in a row, according to Ward’s Auto. Between 2009 and 2010, Toyota recalled nearly 11.5 million vehicles [...]

Hyundai reveals details about new U.S. headquarters

Filed under: Etc., Hyundai, Design/Style

While Rhys Millen’s been having smoking-rubber fun at Hyundai’s old headquarters, plans continue apace on the new building that will replace it. The $150-million cost is the largest Hyundai has ever spent on an office building in the U.S., and for that money, the LEED-certified, Gensler-designed structure will be 419,000 square [...]

Toyota tops recall list again in 2011, overall number of U.S. recalls down

Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Ford, GM, Toyota

Toyota launched a total of 13 recall campaigns in 2011 covering over 3.5 million vehicles. Those figures put the Japanese automaker at the top of the most-recalled list for the third year in a row, according to Ward’s Auto. Between 2009 and 2010, Toyota recalled nearly 11.5 million vehicles [...]

New art reimagines U.S. road network system as a subway map

Filed under: Etc., Design/Style

As a graphic designer for nearly 20 years, Cameron Booth credits his deep and abiding love for transit maps to his dad’s obsession with trains. The Australian-born, Portland, Oregon-based artist has adapted the infographic aesthetic of subway maps to America’s road networks, creating some beautiful new artwork in the process.
We think Booth’s [...]

Mitsubishi i sales plan moved up in U.S., Mirage EV coming in 2013

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi, USA

Why wait? That’s the question that Mitsubishi president Osamu Masuko doesn’t want Americans asking when it comes to purchasing a brand new Mitsubishi i. Thus, he has reportedly moved the nationwide on-sale date for the better-than-you-thought i in the U.S. from the end of 2012 to the middle of next year. [...]

U.S. Chevy Spark revealed ahead of Los Angeles show

Filed under: LA Auto Show, Budget, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Design/Style

On Wednesday, the 2013 Chevrolet Spark will be unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The small hatchback has been tweaked for the North American market, and the hope is that the Spark takes off like wildfire with buyers. Chevrolet thinks the Spark will find favor with [...]

McLaren MP4-12C avoids gas-guzzler tax, U.S. deliveries commence in January

Filed under: MPG

List price is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when considering the purchase of a new supercar. Never mind the premium you’re likely to pay a speculator to avoid long waiting lists, or astronomic insurance rates, for that matter. If you actually plan on driving your six-figure exotic, you’re going to be [...]

We’ll see a “lot more diesels” in U.S. by 2014

Filed under: Diesel, USA

As the number of automakers selling diesel vehicles rise, the amount of motorists buying the oil-burning machines will increase, too, claims Jeff Breneman, executive director of the U.S. Coalition for Advanced Diesel Cars. That statement seems to be simple common sense, right? Well, not so much in recent times here in the [...]

GM will announce all-electric Spark city car for U.S. today

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chevrolet, GM

Looks like there was a good reason General Motors dropped the “More car than electric” tagline for the Chevy Volt. That anti-EV phrase was always short-sighted, and the reason why could be on display later this morning in Detroit. Reports out now say that GM will announce a new U.S.-bound electric [...]

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