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Ford Mustang GT Gets Best-In-Class

March 17, 2010 /

Orders for the 2011 Mustangs are going to be strong and when you look at the improvements in drivetrain it’s easy to see why this is where ford wants to be! 2011 Mustang V-6 Engine Pumps 305 HP, Gets 30 MPG and 2011 Mustang GT gets a new six-speed transmission and Ford’s Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) and it gets 17/26 mpg (city/highway) with the automatic and 18/25 mpg with the manual. These are real numbers in an incredibly priced sports car. Gotta love the renewed wars between the Stang and Camaro.

Again, The consumer is the real winner here!

From AutoGuide.com:

Not only does Ford’s new 5.0-liter V8 for the 2011 Mustang GT make incredible amounts of horsepower, but it also achieves best-in-class fuel economy. Thanks in part to a new six-speed transmission and Ford’s Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT), it gets 17/26 mpg (city/highway) with the automatic and 18/25 mpg with the manual. This is an improvement over the 15/22 mpg (auto) and 15/23 (manual) rating for the old 4.6-liter V8, while delivering almost 100 more horsepower. The V6 Mustang also gets a class-best rating of 19/31 mpg (automatic)

In comparison, the new 2011 Mustang GT edges out the Camaro SS which has a rating of 16/25 mpg with the auto and 16/24 mpg with the automatic.

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Bugatti Releases new Galibier photos

March 17, 2010 /

Do you want to escape the realities of this economy and dream a bit? If so, check out this Bugatti Galibier luxury sedan because this car is a dream. This car is sick my friends.

From AutoGuide.com:

Bugatti still hasn’t confirmed that the Galibier luxury sedan will see production, but its looking considerably more likely as the automaker releases another round of photos – this time showing the heavyweight in monotone black. We like it considerably more this way, rather than the exposed carbon and blue shown before. These new photos have also given us a chance to notice a few more details about the superfast auto – like the illuminated logos on the rims.

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Chevy considering four door Vette

March 17, 2010 /

Hold on to your seats on this one. Chevy is considering a 4 door Corvette! I hope and pray this never happens because they will ruin this car. This does not compare to the Porsche Panamera mainly because Chevy has plenty of 4 door vehicles and Porsche is Porsche.

From AutoGuide.com:

Back in 1980, General Motors toyed with the idea of producing a 4-door Corvette America. A prototype was built but the project was later dropped. As absurd as the concept sounds, GM now appears to be revisiting the idea and with Porsche seeing great success with its Panamera, the 4-door Vette might very well see reality three decades later.

According to a report by Wards Automotive, news of the rebirth of the Corvette America comes from none other than soon-to-retire GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, although its not clear that a 4-door Vette would actually wear the Corvette name. In fact, we’d think such a model would make more sense as a Cadillac, although considering the CTS-V, there might not be enough to differentiate the two.

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Should Ford keep Volvo?

March 17, 2010 /

Should can Ford still keep Volvo? Can they? Is it too late? That’s not the first I heard that question in the last few days and it won’t be the last until Volvo sells. Now that the auto market is slowing coming back to life you have to really wonder if getting rid of Volvo for a bag of chips is the right move for the Blue Oval. So far Mulally has been on the money so I’m going with his call on this one. But, I must say that Volvo is looking better everyday.

From AutoNews.com:

I found the nicest new product debuting at the Geneva show to be the Volvo S60 sedan. So I began to wonder: Is it too late to reverse Ford’s decision to sell Volvo?

Although Ford says it is still on track to complete the sale of Volvo to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group of China by the end of the month, we have seen many auto deals change course recently.

For instance, General Motors Co. decided to keep Opel rather than sell it to Magna International.

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Is the money still in luxury cars?

March 16, 2010 /

Economy got you down? Things aren’t so bad for BMW and VW as they show that there are still plenty of profits in the luxury segment. These two companies are very different but are both known to print money with higher end saloons.

From the New York Times:

FRANKFURT — The market for luxury cars is recovering, but makers of the lower-priced cars that most people drive could struggle with meager profits for years to come. That was the message to be drawn from earnings reports released by Bayerische Motoren Werke and Volkswagen on Thursday.

BMW said that its car division returned to profit in the fourth quarter of 2009, as sales stabilized in established markets and grew in emerging countries like China and Brazil. Soaring demand for higher-priced models like the top-of-line 7 Series contributed to the gains.

For the full year, net profit at BMW beat expectations, falling 36 percent to €210 million, or $286 million. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had on average forecast a profit of €174 million. Sales fell 4.7 percent to €50.7 billion.

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