Tesla to kill the Roadster in 2011, new version coming in 2013 by Damon Lavrinc (RSS feed) on Jan 29th 2010 at 7:30PM You read that right. Tesla Motors will stop building the Roadster in 2011. Wired‘s Autopia was digging through the papers filed by Tesla to the Securities and Exchange Commission for its IPO [...]
Who killed the electric car? Well, a closer evaluation of today’s Tesla’s IPO filing with the SEC reveals Tesla will. They plan to kill the Tesla Roadster after 2011. No, seriously. The boys over at Wired:Autopia pinged us and let us know the IPO filing for Tesla says: Prior to the launch of our Model [...]
Chrysler Group will proceed with arbitration in the cases of 789 dealerships it cut during bankruptcy last spring and is looking forward to the “expeditious completion of the process,” according to the carmaker’s statement. As of Thursday, 409 former Chrysler dealers had filed for arbitration. The statement said, “A robust dealer network is a [...]
McLaren Mercedes’ entire package for the 2010 season of Formula One has been revealed at a media event held recently. What is shown prominently is the MP4-25, which got the attention of media and fans alike. With this 2010 challenger, there are hopes of a possible world title in the series. The car’s livery [...]
Despite the ongoing worldwide financial and economic crisis, the BMW Group has, from today’s perspective, achieved the objectives for 2009 made known over the course of the past year. “We are confident that the BMW Group will, as planned, be able to post a profit before tax for 2009. This demonstrates that rigorous [...]
Street legal preparation The street legal (or SL) class is open to just about any car that will pass a New York State inspection, but some changes are required, primary among them being a fire extinguisher mounted with a steel bracket within reach of the driver. Steel brackets can be surprisingly hard to find these [...]
Posted on 11.5.2009 06:53 by Simona Alina Filed under: Porsche | 2009 | Los Angeles Auto Show | sports cars | Porsche Boxster | roadster | Cars | Car Reviews | Porsche The Porsche Boxster line-up will see the addition of a new member in December at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The new Boxster [...]
You can argue all day about which is the best and most influential hot-rod show in the world, but we’ll take the Grand National Roadster Show, which will be held this weekend at the Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. This is the 61st running of what grizzled veterans have simply called “Oakland,” after the city that [...]
The statement from federal auto regulators effectively disproves Toyota Motor Corp.’s claim that the carmaker voluntarily stopped selling the vehicles affected by the latest vehicle recall. Toyota was actually legally required to stop selling the eight models recalled last week. Sales of these models were halted after it was revealed that there still is [...]
Fiat S.p.A.’s powertrain division will take full ownership of a joint Fiat-General Motors Co. manufacturing venture that builds diesel engines in Poland. The factory is called Fiat-GM Powertrain Polska and is located in Bielsko-Biala about 350km south of Warsaw. Having full control will mean that Fiat will be able to make better use of [...]
