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...
Tesla Model S isn’t exactly a car that one can rightfully describe as affordable, especially for $70,000. But an article posted by a customer titled How Elon Musk Stole My Car certainly suggests a real frustrating consumer experience. Marty Puranik, CEO of cloud computing firm Atlantic.net was looking at new cars, and was mildly interested in a Model S. He didn’t feel that the car was really worth the full price, but found that Tesla offered “inventory cars” at reduced prices. An inventory car is one used by the company, for test drives, loaners, showroom cars, etc...
A groovy creation by automotive designer George Barris that was featured in the 1977 film SuperVan, as well as glimpsed briefly in Back To The Future II, is up for auction. The location will be tomorrow in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 23.In 1966, he took a Dodge A100 van, tore it down, and rebuilt it as the futuristic Love Machine, a conveyance that seemingly had more to do with the era’s fascination with monorails and people movers than it did the lone-wolf, roaming cad’s life of the committed vanner. After his passing at age 89 last year, Barris' creation might s...
Volkswagen has named a new executive Hinrich J. Woebcken to supervise the North American region, assuming responsibility for all the activities of the VW brand. Mr. Woebcken will take up his duties in April. Mr. Woebcken previously served on the board of Munich-based auto supplier Knorr Bremse AG, and formerly worked at BMW AG for about 10 years, Volkswagen said.This change will allow the company to move forward with strategic reinforcement in the region with bundling development, procurement, production and sales activities in the USA, Mexico and Canada.Volkswagen brand has also reconfigured ...
BMW has sold 397 i8 coupes here in the US. As of this week, more than half those owners will receive recall notices. 16 units of its i8 hybrid sports car in the US has issued a recall because of the drilled holes in the Dynamic Stability Control (DSC). The hydraulic unit could restrict the movement of one or more of the part's pistons. The affected units were produced between May 29, 2015, and June 5, 2015."Impaired DSC functionality may negatively impact vehicle handling and braking and increase the risk of a crash," the recall documents warn.The recall will start on Februa...
The Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have both announced that they will include Apple CarPlay and Android Auto into their vehicles. This allows users to access many of their smartphone functions through the dashboard integrated touchscreen.Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will be offered in all 2017 Ford vehicles fit with SYNC 3, while owners of 2016 model year Ford vehicles will be able to add both systems retroactively at the end of the year. Another new addition to SYNC 3 is 4G LTE, which will give owners remote access to their vehicles to setup things like remote start...
