Chrysler recently announced a Jeep recall, involving about 469,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Commander vehicles worldwide, including approximately 295,000 vehicles in the United States, to fix the transmission that could shift by itself from park into neutral. 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee Image Credit: Chrysler via Edmunds.com According to pdf file document posted at the [...]
Nissan cuts prices on seven of the eighteen car models being sold in the United States, despite the fact that the car company announced an increase in sales for the month of April This move by Nissan intends to improve the results of the consumers online search by price category. Nissan logo Image Credit: NissanUSA.com [...]
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. announced a voluntary recall, affecting more than 1.6 million vehicles sold in the United States in three separate recall campaigns, which was posted on the official website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Monday, April 1, 2013. Hyundai, Kia logos Image Credit: Hyundai and Kia [...]
Toyota announced a voluntary recall this Friday, March 15, 2013, affecting around 310,000 (2007-2013) FJ Cruiser vehicles in various parts in the world, due to potential problem regarding their seatbelts. This is the second Toyota recall this year, following the recall of 1.3 million cars last January to fix the airbags. 2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser [...]
Honda announced on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 a voluntary recall of its Acura MDX, Acura RL, and Pilot model, affecting around 250,000 vehicles worldwide. The Japanese car company said in a press release at Owners.Honda.com that the affected vehicles may have some brake problems. 2005 Acura MDX, one of the models affected by the recent [...]
Steven Tyler‘s luxurious car was recently spotted in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, as shown in the video below. The Aerosmith singer was seen on Sunday, March 10, 2013 driving his 2013 Hennessey Venom GT Spyder, which reportedly costs $1.1 million. Steven Tyler, driving his $1.1 million 2013 Venom GT Spyder after attending the Stuart House [...]
The so-called world’s first car backflip was recently achieved using a Mini John Cooper, as shown in the video below. The incredible 360-degree rotation stunt was performed by French driver and daredevil Guerlain Chicherit in a snowscape of Tignes, France, using the specially designed BMW vehicle. World’s first car backflip (showing car movement) Image Credit: [...]
BMW announced a voluntary recall of around 570,000 vehicles in US, Canada, and Australia due to electrical cable problem. The German car manufacturer has already coordinated with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) about this issue. The list of the affected models is available below. 2011 BMW 335i Image Credit: AutoBlog.com As noted at [...]
A Chevrolet muscle car was unveiled by General Motors (GM) at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, February 16, 2013. The new 2014 Chevrolet SS performance sedan will be the latest addition on GM‘s vehicle lineup. 2014 Chevrolet SS muscle car Credit: Chevrolet Chevrolet SS is reportedly powered by the 6.2-liter V-8 engine with 415 [...]
A so-called 125 mph, no brakes car almost caused the life of a driver in France recently, which luckily did not happen. The driver was identified as Frank Lecerf of Pont-de-Metz, near Amiens, in northern France, who was then driving his Renault Laguna on his way to a supermarket when the incident happened. 125 mph [...]