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Chevrolet Centennial celebration coming to 2011 Woodward Dream Cruise

As car enthusiasts from around the world gather to celebrate the time when tail fins symbolized American success, and the rumble of a V-8 engine was the soundtrack for summer romance, the Woodward Dream Cruise will also be part of Chevrolet’s Centennial celebration, with events and activities for the press and public over a four-day period.
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By: Frank Sherosky

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TorqueNews review of the 2011 Ford F150 FX4 EcoBoost - part 2

While it is great that the 2011 Ford F150 FX4 with the EcoBoost V6 makes big power and great fuel economy, the most important part of a truck’s job is hauling and towing.
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By: Patrick Rall

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Are you ready for tires with pink sidewalls?

Omni United, one of the fastest growing designers and manufacturers of tires, has announced Radar's plans to launch a limited-edition pink walled tire in support of 'Mobilizing Hope' – the flagship brand's groundbreaking year-long partnership with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).
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By: Don Bain

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Ford’s Focus Electric partnership creating the solar garage

Buyers of the 2012 Ford Focus Electric may be singing a new hit tune titled Driving Green for Life, if they buy into the deal the automaker has worked out with SunPower to install a rooftop solar system that will power the car up to 1,000 miles per month – no emissions, no coal-burning utility power consumed!
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By: Don Bain

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Woodward Avenue: GM’s testing ground for manual transmissions

Woodward Avenue was the first concrete paved boulevard in the world in 1909 and where the first electric traffic light was installed – now it is home to GM’s Woodward Test, which makes sure the manual transmissions in their Camaros and Corvettes will stand up to everything the street racers who buy them can dish out.
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By: Don Bain

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President Obama pushes innovations to improve vehicles of the future

Today President Obama was in Holland, Mich., to tour the Johnson Controls-Saft advanced battery facility. Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) exemplifies the kind of plant that is helping America lead the way in a growing industry that is creating jobs because it is the first U.S. plant to make lithium-ion battery cells and systems for hybrid and electric vehicles.
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By: Hawke Fracassa

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Rolls-Royce is hiring good people right now

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is doing on-the-spot hiring of designers, engineers and project-management professionals and expects to double the headcount of its Bespoke staff at Goodwood in West Sussex by the end of 2011. Also wanted by the premium custom carmaker are product marketing and sales professionals.
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By: Hawke Fracassa

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The 2012 Toyota Camry is fully revealed by a Canadian Auto Guide

Toyota has spent the past week easing out tiny teasers of the 2012 Toyota Camry but thanks to the Canadian Auto Guide via the folks at Autoblog, we have what looks to be our first good, clear look at the new Camry ahead of its public debut later this month.
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By: Patrick Rall

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Plug-in 2012 Toyota Prius models set to hit in March or April

One key component that the Toyota Prius has not had that has given competitors like the Chevrolet Volt an advantage is the ability to charge the hybrid system by plugging the car in but when the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid hits the US market in the early spring of 2012, that will all change.
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By: Patrick Rall

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