January 7, 2007
I learned a lot about the Chevrolet Volt Concept and its advantages by watching this video, and I think you will too. Check out the video to watch the unveiling of the Chevrolet Volt concept, which is a new concept featuring GM’s latest plug-in technology and runs solely on electricity to power the wheels. The question now is if it will ever be practical in the every-day life. As said in the video, General Motors assumed that everyone only traveled a certain amount of distance to get to work everyday, however, there are still many who need the extra distance to do everyday errands.
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Damn, I wish I wasn’t on Pacific Time so I could be live with the coverage at NAIAS. But life isn’t always fair and unfortunately, things are 3 hours later here than in Chicago. Oh well, I will post content whenever I find any as quick as I can. But for now, enjoy the gallery I set up over at CarPhotoSite of the new ‘07 Chevrolet Volt Concept.
January 6, 2007
NOTE: You should use Internet Explorer to view the live feeds if you aren’t already doing so. Thanks for the heads up, Nat.
Watch the Red Carpet Event:
Since I won’t be on further tonight, I’ve embedded the video player for you guys to watch the GM Style Red Carpet event live beginning approximately 7:00 P.M. EST time. Some celebrities you’ll see include Carmen Electra, Jimmy Kimmel and a whole bunch more. Here, GM will present 17 vehicles so stay tuned!
Watch the GM Style event LIVE!
January 5, 2007
The production of the Smart ForTwo in Hambach, France, has got off to a successful start. The first vehicle to be produced was a Pure series which has white body panels and a black tridion safety cell. Orders for the vehicle will start at mid January and will be available at showrooms in April. The starting price for the new series will be about the same as its predecessor.
Scion announced today that it will show the tC Release Series 3.0 at the NAIAS and will hit dealer showrooms beginning in middle of February. The tC RS 3.0 will come in a frosty Blizzard Pearl white and have aerodynamic ground effects kits. The exterior features enhancements such as darkened headlights, and a custom upper grille which matches the lower grille. The package also includes clear LED taillights with a unique gray trim.
Inside, the tC RS 3.0 has black Alcantara perforated seats against a white background. The sound system begins with a Pioneer 6-inch subwoofer with 35-watts, which completes the package with the standard 160-watt Pioneer audio system.
Only 2,500 exclusive units will be built and the tC Release Series 3.0 will have a starting price tag of $2,580 over the base price, which is $16,400 for the manual transmission and $17,200 for the automatic.
Daimler Chrysler automotive group announced today that unit sales at the Mercedes-Benz division rose by 3 percent in 2006 thanks to an increased interest and demand for its luxury vehicles. Luxury vehicles such as the Maybach and Smart brands also rose in sales, which sold 1.26 million Smart cars. As well as US, sales were also increased in 2006 in various regions such as the Asia-Pacific and Europe.
However, its brother Chrysler announced on Thursday that while unit sales outside North America rised, those in the U.S. market fell by a disappointing 6.6 percent. Overall, Chrysler sales fell by 4.5 percent.
The main growth outside the North Americas for Mercedes-Benz was in China, which was up at 33 percent. Sales in Japan also rose 11 percent. However, the figures of the Smart cars were disappointing and Daimler Chrysler has announced that it will refresh the Smart brand and renew its 2-seat model with the upcoming ForTwo.
In 2006, Maybach sold about 400 limousines and with the appearance of the newly introduced Maybach 62 S, we’re bound to see more happy figures. In total since its introduction in 2002, Maybach has sold around 1,900 units.
What does this mean to you? The luxurious brands of Mercedes-Benz are doing extremely well, while its parent companies, such as Chrysler, isn’t so hot. Mercedes-Benz also reported that sales of the S-Class did extremely well in 2006, so that’s a good thing.
Honda president Takeo Fukui reported to the Japanese press today that a next generation V6 diesel engine will be used on Honda vehicles including the Ridgeline and others. First off, Honda will apply its 2.2-2.4-Liter, 4-cylinder turbo-diesel to its next generation Accord, which is set to unveil in 2009. Of course, once the Accord diesel is on sale, the Hybrid version will quietly disappear. I think you get the picture.
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Okay, so you may have already known about it thanks to the numerous leaks throughout websites, but I thought it’d be kinda cool to include a high-resolution gallery. So enjoy the wallpapers including widescreen formats. Muscle cars still ain’t my thing, and that retro-ism isn’t going so well for me either. Oh, well. It’s nice to hear that many of you still enjoy the ghetto styles.
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January 4, 2007
Lexus announced that it will make 100 exclusive LS600hL Launch Edition models to customers belonging in Neiman Marcus’ luxury retailer’s customer recognition program called InCircle. Offered to Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman customers, the InCircle program provides their members with the opportunity to earn points on a yearly basis.
The LS600hL will be available to the public market in the middle of 2007, but for the few 100, they will be available for purchase by InCircle members. Each of the LS600hL Launch Edition models will feature a special exterior color called Truffle Mica and the interior will have an Alabaster color with exclusive 19-inch wheels and a luggage set.
Haha, I thought this was funny. ‘How to Get Out of a Car Gracefully Without Showing Your Knickers’ is what the video’s called. I think there doesn’t need to be much explanation for this. I think after the “Oops!” incident by Britney, all females should relate to this video and watch it at least once. Although I don’t think there’s much female readers on CNS, it’s a good laugh. It’s good to be a man. 
January 3, 2007
Unfortunately, Daimler Chrysler could not put wraps on its upcoming minivan, which was said to have a more distinct and sportier look. Um… scratch that. The minivans you see here seems like official images that were sent to me by a CNS reader. You may notice that many websites have already been asked to remove the picture per request by DCX, hopefully that won’t happen here.
As you can see from the images, the new design isn’t particularly that great and has an extremely boxy look to shape. The lines don’t flow like the new Honda Odyssey or the Toyota Sienna. Hopefully the interior will inspire us more. Come on, Chrysler, even the Koreans got it right the first time.
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Set for January 6th, GM announced yesterday that they will add three more celebrities to the exclusive list. The three include Jennifer Hudson, Christian Slater, and Jimmy Kimmel. Along with the addition of the three, we’ll see Carmen Electra, Mario Lopez, Cheryl Hines, Petra Nemcova, Vivica Fox, as well as many others.
However, we didn’t write this post just to announce the names of the celebrities participating. In the press release, if you read it from beginning to end, you’ll notice that:
In addition to some of the hottest names in entertainment, GM is bringing an array of classic designs and will unveil a new concept vehicle.
Now whether this is true or not, it might be a new concept vehicle as it says, or it’ll highly be the Camaro concept. I highly doubt it will be a new concept but hey, who says we don’t like surprises?
An exclusive teaser video, Jaguar released the small clip today to tease us of what’s to come of the new C-XF Concept and what we can expect. Right off the bat, we see a cool flipping navigation screen, which is also found on the Audi A8, in which with a press of a button, the navigation screen hides and tucks away itself neatly thanks to a few motors. You’ll also notice that when the center control knob is about to be used, there’s a cool James Bond action that takes place.
Oh, gosh. This new vehicle is actually so cool.
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