The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) issues side-impact standards for passenger vehicles so it should be no surprise that it has issued a report that shows safer side impact ratings do save lives. What’s newsworthy is how much of a difference vehicles with the higher ratings make in keeping you alive.
Those of us feeling Mother Nature’s icy grip in the Northeast would love to be in Florida for two reasons: the obvious one and to see the Cadillac CTS-V coupe get its first track time at Sebring International Raceway.
Over the years, GM and the GM Foundation have contributed more than $1 million to the American Heart Association. This year, GM will auction the first production LSX454R crate engine at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale event this month.
File this under unusual things you will rarely see in a press release – Mazda celebrates Jaguar’s rich racing heritage. Granted, the two used to be part of the big happy Ford family but it’s still strange to see one company wax enthusiastic about another without a punch line at the end but it makes sense when you factor in Laguna Seca.
Toyota’s most durable sport utility vehicle, the Toyota Land Cruiser, turns 60 in 2011. No word yet on what Toyota plans to do to commemorate the anniversary in the United States but Toyota New Zealand already has something up its sleeve.
Chevrolet has worked with the people from Microsoft to offer special GM branded packages on the new game Joyride, which uses Microsoft’s controller-free Kinect gaming system and at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, Chevy has a collection of special Kinect gaming stations where you can try out the cutting edge video game technology.
General Motors (NYSE: GM, TSX: GMM) today announced that Linda Marshall, who joined GM in November 2010 as executive director, OnStar global business strategy and development, has been appointed president, effective February 1, 2011.
Dana Corp of beautiful Maumee, Ohio has been ordered to pay $25 million to Toyota for problems with parts provided by Dana to Toyota which resulted in the 1995-2000 Tacoma pickup frame-rust recall.
After Renault filed a criminal complaint against three managers for selling electrical vehicle secrets to the Chinese, one manager retaliated with a suit for defamation of character.
Regular fans of Howard Stern knows how much he derides auto racing but FarmJohnPhotos.com has rare photos of Howard Stern at a race track driving a 1980 turbo Mustang at Waterford Hills back in 1980.
