Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle and other VW models here in the US may be down (see Beetle Bomb, here), but Volkswagen says that its sales of its various brands in China rose 11 percent in August as compared to the previous August. This outperformed the industry as a...
I was recently covering a story on the future of American racetracks and the challenges they face today, when I stumbled upon something interesting – the problem with racing electric cars. As nearly any article concerning the future of the automotive hobby is wont to...
Tasco Turquoise. Fiesta Red. Buttercup Yellow. Hawaiian Blue. Alaskan Gold. No, they’re not the street names of the latest in hipster college kid hallucinogenics. They’re the line up of paint colors for the Big Three American Automakers of the 1950’s and ‘60s, and...
Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle (the new Beetle, not the New Beetle) are down this year, down 7,600 units on the year as compared to last year.We probably can’t blame the car – VW sales overall are down almost 33,000 this year, so it’s not only the Beetle that is...
SEMA’s Washington, D.C., staff has reminded us that California Legacy License Plates are available for pre-order, and that without sufficient orders the program may be truncated. California Legacy License Plates are new license plates in one of three classic designs...
Into the void left by the disappearance of the Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari small vans have come the Ford Transit Connect and Nissan NV200 van. Now Toyota wants a piece of that market, gauging interest with a distinctive concept van that, with its apparently...
