TOP 10  -  Toyota OK But Not Rolling

vehicles during the last six months. However, the company recently lowered its global vehicle sales plan for this calendar year by 350,000 vehicles to 9.5 million. The strong yen cost the company 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in the latest quarter. Toyota has been shifting North American production to smaller models to meet demand, but with that comes smaller profit margins as well.

[ Source : forbes ]

TOP 9  -  Porsche SUV mates V-8 with manual

The economy is sagging, consumers are fretting over high gasoline prices, and a more than $43,000 sport utility vehicle with a city/highway fuel economy rating of just 13 miles per gallon is selling better this year than it did last year. Go figure.

[ Source : bnd ]

TOP 8  -  Chrysler Nissan Deal: One More Step To Oblivion For Chrysler

The Wall Street Journal today published a story stating, according to un-named sources, that Chrysler is in talks with Japanese automaker Nissan to essentially supply the Auburn Hills, MI carmaker with mid-sized cars derived from the Nissan Altima.

[ Source : businessweek ]

TOP 7  -  Mercedes-Benz to Feature HD-R in 2009 Model-Year Autos

Mercedes-Benz USA will feature factory installed HD Radio receivers in several 2009 model-year vehicles.

[ Source : rwonline ]

TOP 6  -  Fettuccini, Linguini and Lamborghini? Dal Toro at the Palazzo is Amazing

What's a precision, multimillion-dollar, Lamborghini lineup doing in a fine dining place like this?

[ Source : newsblaze ]

TOP 5  -  Ford Credit to Cut Back On Leasing, Citing Risks

The lending arm for Ford Motor Co. told investors it is substantially scaling back the number of vehicles it expects to lease and warned that if market conditions continue to deteriorate, further losses could place Ford Credit's lending plan at further risk.

[ Source : online ]

TOP 4  -  Fiat Panda Cross for UK

Fiat has just announced that its off-road Panda Cross is going on sale in the UK.

[ Source : autocar ]

TOP 3  -  Hungarian GP Review – Toyota beating a Ferrari

While a first time win is always something to celebrate, particularly for a driver as talented as Heikki Kovalainen, the bigger celebration has to be that of Glock and the squad that is known more around the world for their bargain basement Corolla. Sure, park one beside a Ferrari F430 on the street and you’ll definitely have to be an idiot not to know that any Italian car maker whose name starts with the letter “F” always has the better street cred.

[ Source : abs-cbnnews ]

TOP 2  -  BMW Threatens Lexus as Top-Selling U.S. Luxury Brand

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, buoyed by a new line of small cars, threatens to end the 8-year reign of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus as the No. 1 U.S. luxury brand.

[ Source : bloomberg ]

TOP 1  -   Road America: Audi qualifying report

Ingolstadt/Elkhart Lake -- Lucas Luhr has captured the pole position for Audi in the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series with a record lap at Road America. The German beat the previous track record held by Allan McNish by 0.730 seconds. With an average speed of 136.277 mph, the Audi "factory" driver also recorded the fastest ever qualifying lap in the history of the American Le Mans Series.

[ Source : motorsport ]