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Been away from your computer all week and missed the automotive news? We've pulled this week's hottest stories into one place--right here--for your enjoyment. Super Bowl XLVI Automotive Ads: You'd Better Like Dogs It must have been a banner year for dogs in car ads, because this year's Super Bowl automotive ... Read more
Auto Ads of the Super Bowl: From Acura to Volkswagen, We’ve Got ‘Em
Want advertising time in the Super Bowl? For 2011, 30 seconds carried an average price of $3,100,000 and the trend shows no sign of slowing down, based on all the automotive interest this year. From 2007 through 2011, Nielsen data show that automotive advertising in the Super Bowl far surpassed spending ... Read more
Mercedes-Benz Citan Van: First Fruit of Renault-Daimler Partnership?
Mercedes-Benz announced a new compact delivery van, and revealed sketches of the future pint-sized commercial vehicle. Calling its new van the Citan, Mercedes says the name is a combination of the words “city” and “titan.” The vehicle will be developed with customer requirements in mind, according to Mercedes, and will ... Read more
Lotus to Supply Le Mans Engines, CEO Bahar Looking for New Partner
Lotus Group will dip its hand even further into the realm of racing by providing engines for Le Mans LMP race cars built by Lola Group. The announcement, which will see the Lotus-powered cars purchased by German race team Kodewa, comes as CEO Danny Bahar looks for a new business ... Read more
Next-Gen Porsche Cayman Caught Testing in Germany
Whether you love or hate the changes revealed in the new 2013 Porsche Boxster, expect much of what you see to migrate over to the next-gen Cayman. In typical Porsche fashion, the new coupe will be an evolutionary transformation, especially from the side, which, ... Read more
Feature Flick: Alien Activity Present in Chevrolet Volt and Chevrolet Silverado Super Bowl Ads
Chevy released a couple of Super Bowl XLVI commercials to promote the 2012 Chevrolet Volt and the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado pickup – both ads involve the existence of alien life beyond Earth. In the first commercial, a group of extraterrestrials seems to be fascinated by the technology in the Chevrolet ... Read more
Best-Sellers: Top 5 Compact and Midsize Crossover/SUVs of January
The compact and midsize crossover/SUV segments are two of the most toughly contested segments in the business. With January under 2012's belt, the sales race has just begun to heat up. In the compact segment, the Honda CR-V beat out hopefuls at Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota, and Nissan for the crown, ... Read more
Feature Flick: BMW’s 3 Series will Warm Your Hands, Save Your Marriage
Continuing this week’s unofficial theme of everyone is releasing Super Bowl commercials on YouTube, BMW has a new crop of quick videos that should make you chuckle, two of which will air during the big game. There are six videos, in total, but only two will make it to the airwaves ... Read more
Custom Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8s Given To Ferrari’s F1 Superstars
The heavy snowfall in northern Italy this week put the kibosh on Ferrari's plans to unveil its new Formula 1 racecar; however, its team drivers might not be quite out of luck – earlier this week, they had been gifted special Ferrari-themed Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8s. The car that was going ... Read more
Ferrari, Caterham, McLaren Reveal New Formula 1 Cars
It's almost time for the start of the 2012 Formula 1 season, and teams around the globe are revealing their car designs for the new year. Road-car manufacturers Ferrari, Caterham, and McLaren are among the teams that have shown off their new cars in anticipation of this year's first race ... Read more
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