On the eve of a win in the inaugural season of the Tudor United Sportscar Championship and a great sales month, Chrysler announced that they would be discontinuing the factory backed Viper GTLM program to focus more on Dodge the brand. This release followed the earlier statement that there wouldn’t be any Vipers racing at […] More »
By: Jonathon Klein | October 8, 2014
Sweet googly moogly Tesla just upped its game ten fold! Tesla’s CEO unveiled his D after tweeting out he would last week. The joke definitely didn’t get lost on either Musk or the rest of the internet and became one of the best marketing stunts I’ve ever seen. While we didn’t get a strip […] More »
By: Jonathon Klein | October 6, 2014
Porsche has announced that 911 sales were 32 percent higher than last August’s sales. 1,063 911/918 sports cars were sold last month, over the 769 that were sold during the same period the prior summer. “It is gratifying to see our iconic sports car continue to be a strong performer,” declares Detlev von Platen, Head Honcho of Porsche Cars […] More »
By: Ed Tahaney | September 8, 2014
WorldCarFans is reporting that starting in 2016, Maranello will move to turbocharging in order to meet emission standards. That means more power and lower emissions, but probably not those screaming high revs we all love. Get those 458 Italia orders in now!
By: RatFink | September 17, 2013
Earlier this year Ferrari announced that they would start limiting sales in order in make the brand seem more exclusive and also increase profits. Well, it seems to be working. The company just posted a 7.1-percent increase in revenue and a 20 percent increase in net profits. And while deliveries are up slightly, the goal seems to […] More »
By: RatFink | August 2, 2013
Porsche is awesome. Basically, according to J.D. Power’s latest ranking, that’s the consensus. They’ve put Porsche at the top of their “APEAL” study for the ninth consecutive year. J.D. power says that “APEAL” is actually an acronym for Automotive Perofrmance, Execution and Layout… But, come on. It’s a survey to see what brand owners think […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | July 25, 2013
Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne is pushing for a close collaboration between Alfa and Maserati as he begins to position Alfa Romeo as a BMW and Mercedes fighter. Part of this strategy is to take the brand back to an exclusive rear wheel drive lineup (no more rebranded Fiat hatchbacks!). A rear wheel drive Guilia will […] More »
By: RatFink | July 22, 2013
