Porsche Cars North America announced financial results for September 2014. The company’s total sales in September were up 16.6%, selling 3,607 vehicles as compared to 3,093 from the previous September. The company’s 911 and 918 models saw an increase in sales, selling 739 units as compared to 609 units sold in the same month last […]
DETROIT—The North American International Auto Show remains one of the most important auto shows of the automotive industry. Year by year, it kicks off the international car show calendar and is followed by major events in Europe and Asia. The show is held at the Cobo Center in Detroit and starts with two press days […]
A senior Volkswagen executive pleaded guilty on Friday to charges relating to the automaker’s diesel emissions compliance scandal, known as Dieselgate. Oliver Schmidt, who as general manager of the engineering and environmental office for VW of America, had served as the beleaguered automaker’s top emissions compliance executive in the United States, was arrested in January […]
BMW and Nissan announced plans to jointly launch a network of dual-port fast chargers across the nation to support Nissan Leaf and BMW i3 owners in 19 states. The two automakers have installed 120 dual-port 50kW DC Fast-charging stations and hope to promote the adoption of electric vehicles with the promise of easier public access […]
The Mercedes-Benz GL-Class made its debut at the 2006 North American International Auto Show in New York and was designed with the North American market in mind. It is currently offered in three versions, the GL350 BlueTec, with a 3.0-liter V-6 turbo-charged diesel engine, the gasoline-powered GL450, with a 4.6-liter V-8, and the GL550, which […]
Across the country, fuel prices have dropped over the past week. The average price for a gallon of gasoline is lower than it was a week ago, as is the price for a gallon of diesel nationwide. A gallon of diesel was $2.933, a drop of $0.120 from last week, and $0.940 from last year, […]
For drivers who want a Cadillac without the burden of ownership, General Motors has the answer: Book by Cadillac. Book, which costs $1,500 per month on a month-to-month membership plan, has no long-term commitment and allows members to reserve a Cadillac to be delivered to a specified location within the region served. Members can switch […]
We last looked at Lexus’ flagship LS in standard LS and LS Hybrid guise late last year and this summer turned our sights towards their more powerful sibling, the LS 500 F Sport AWD. Now in its fifth generation, the original Lexus LS, launched in the same year that the marque was, namely 1989, turned […]
Here’s a look at key announcements and premieres this year. BMW GROUP With the launch of the BMW 2 Series coupe, BMW is continuing with its strategy to differentiate the four-door and two-door models in its product line. The BMW 2 Series coupe is the successor of the BMW 1 Series coupe and it will […]
MUNICH — Just weeks after the driver of a Tesla Model S electric vehicle died in a crash in Florida while the car was in its Autopilot mode, BMW announced plans to offer a “self-driving car,” although it won’t be available until 2021 at the earliest and it will use markedly different technology than that […]
BMW Group announced financial results for October 2014. The company’s total worldwide sales increased 11.1% from October 2013, selling 184,297 vehicles as compared to 165,854 from the same month last year. This marked the highest ever October global sales month to date for BMW. Worldwide sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 10.8%, totaling 155,120 […]
Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid At the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, Porsche introduced the new Panamera S E-Hybrid plug-in in concert with an updated version of the Panamera line. The original Panamera was introduced in Shanghai in 2009. Porsche added diesel and hybrid versions two years later. Porsche chose Shanghai for the premier in […]
Readers of The Green Car Driver were always on the go, until of course they weren’t, a trait now shared with the rest of the world. While most of the population might think such a question as the one posed in the headline is frivolous, given the place that travel has in so many of our […]
Volkswagen of America announced financial results for May 2014. The auto manufacturer reported 32, 163 units delivered in May, and started sales of the seventh-generation 2015 Golf GTI. TDI Clean Diesel models made up 23.6% of sales last month. Passat delivered 8,955 units for the month, with Passat TDI delivering 3,172 clean diesels, which accounted […]