Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
Chevrolet Performance wants to prove that the 2016 model, which uses on the sixth-gen body, is just as adept launching down the strip as previous COPOs. This example may still be testing, but its 427-cubic-inch V8 performs like a champ. The engine's raw muscle, at least when coupled with suitably wide and sticky tires, is enough to lift the front wheels when the driver puts the hammer down off the line. This video from Chevy Performance shows off all the drag-strip action from several unexpected angles. You can watch the rear axle at work and even see the engine under the hood during ...
The world's top-selling automaker Toyota stops producing vehicles at all assembly lines across Japan for an entire week because of a parts shortage. The shutdown could tighten supplies of Toyota and Lexus vehicles sold in the U.S.The production suspension begins next Monday and runs through Feb. 13. It will cost Toyota 84,000 vehicles. About 14,000 of those would be exported to the U.S.According to the company, an explosion knocked out the essential furnace of the No.2 Bar Mill Shop of Aichi Steel’s waterfront Chita Plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The plant is located halfway betwe...
2017 Acura NSX, a car that starts at $156,000—went up for auction at Barrett-Jackson in Arizona on Friday night, and Hendrick’s bid of $1.2 million broke the record for highest-selling designated VIN No. 0001 in the auction’s history. The proceeds aren’t for profit, though—all of the money spent by the Hendrick Motorsports owner and Hendrick Automotive Group founder will be split between two charities.The hybrid all-wheel drive Acura NSX sports car is powered by a complex Sport Hybrid Power Unit powertrain. The rear axle is driven by a 500 hp/550 Nm 3.5 litre DOHC...
The world’s largest automaker Toyota would buy out the rest of minivehicle unit Daihatsu - an all-stock deal worth about $3 billion and part of its strategy to strengthen its push into compact cars for emerging markets.Toyota acquired a controlling interest of 51 percent in Daihatsu in 1988. But now it is raising its stake to 100 percent by a reciprocal share-swap agreement that will see Daihatsu's other shareholders take 0.27 shares in the larger company for each share in the smaller.This move will help to improve Daihatsu small cars by having a unified strategy in the sengment, alt...
Hyundai Motor America plans stock Hyundai dealers with the models people want to buy. First they want a factory to build Santa Fe Sport models alongside the Elantra and Sonata. Second, they will bring new models.Hyundai said that the upcoming Elantra Sport model will be the “most dynamic model” ever and that it will be the most powerful production Elantra yet. The last generation Elantra Sport used a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that made 173 horsepower, so expect the new model to make more power than that.While Hyundai could use an updated version of the 2.0-liter four-cylinder ...
