Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Chevrolet , GM General Motors is working hard to improve the image of its core brands, and the largest GM division, Chevrolet , will be getting some fresh new marketing in the near future. The theme, “Excellence for Everyone” will debut in ad spots over the next two months. In a web chat yesterday, GM’s North American president Mark Reuss told the Detroit Free Press that Chevrolet will be... 

Filed under: Spy Photos , Sedan , Mercury , Luxury Mercedes-Benz C-Class spy shots – Click above for high-res image gallery Our spy photographers have just snapped these shots of the next Mercedes-Benz C-Class undergoing winter testing, and these latest shots give us the clearest look yet at the entry-level luxury sedan’s updated front and rear. The baby Benz should make its official debut later this year, and these photos clearly... 

Filed under: Government/Legal , Chrysler , Dodge Remember a couple weeks back when we told you about Chrysler’s improbable legal battle against little Lake Mary High School in Florida? Chrysler’s legal team put the smack down on the school for using the Ram logo as its school insignia, and the law jockeys in Auburn Hills, MI were giving the school until June 15 to remove all instances of the logo at a considerable cost to the school... 

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eBay find of the Day: all-electric 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa conversion So close to awesome. Report: Feds probing Prius’ unintended acceleration incident, no new recall issued One car in California is causing a lot of problems. Report: Nissan has 56,000 pre-orders for all-electric Leaf Or something. Other news: KAIST’s On Line Electric Vehicle draws energy from the road, now in use in S. Korea Owning an Electric Car prepares and... 

Filed under: SUV , Videos , Off-Road StreetFire checks out the Icon FJ 4×4 – Click above to view the video after the jump The vintage FJ Landcruiser tuners at Icon turn out highly detailed 4×4s with custom-designed suspensions comprised of top-shelf parts, powdercoated exteriors and German military convertible tops. We’ve sampled the firm’s wares before and those details turn Icon vehicles into impressive –... 

Filed under: Sedan , Jaguar , Reviews , Luxury 2011 Jaguar XJ – Click above for high-res image gallery Xynthia ripped into France merely hours after our arrival. Packing gale-force fury, the ruthless wind and rain battered the coast before moving inland with its crushing blow – sadly, it was the country’s deadliest storm in more than a decade. While we were spared most of its rage, the countryside outside Paris was a soggy... 

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Mazda Mazda Kabura Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Ikuo Maeda, Mazda ’s design overlord, designed the soon-to-be-Stateside Mazda2 . He also penned the Mazda RX-8 , following quite literally the path his father laid before him: Maeda’s father created the original Mazda RX-7. Now Maeda wants to bring the RX-7 back to life, saying “I do have a strong yearning to revive... 

Filed under: Hatchback , Audi , Rumormill , Electric Audi A1 e-tron concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Seeing the Audi A1 and A1 e-tron concept at this year’s Geneva Motor Show provides proof that the quad-ring automaker is putting a much larger focus on its small car offerings. With that in mind, new rumors are cropping up about a possible successor to the A2 – the quirky little hatch that never came to the U.S.... 

Filed under: Recalls , Safety , Toyota Late last month we wrote a lengthy post about problems with an ABC News report that purported to show a Toyota Avalon racing out of control without setting a diagnostic fault code. While we primarily focused on the technical side and analyzed whether the problem was realistic, the crew at Gawker took a hard look at the video in question and noticed something fishy. It appears that an editor or producer... 

Filed under: Etc. , Work , Specialty Which one would you choose? The Chip Foose John Deere 4020 or a John Deere 620 orchard model? Vote after the jump ! Chip Foose’s John Deere 4020 is pretty kickass, but the reality is this: You needn’t enlist the services of a famous pro rodder to get a slick-lookin’ John Deere tractor. Take, for instance, the John Deere 620 orchard …  Read More →

Filed under: Car Buying , Wagon , Saab 2010 Saab 9-3X – Click above for high-res image gallery Saab has released pricing details on its 2010 9-3 lineup, a newsworthy action in that it wasn’t long ago that “Saab” and “2010 models” appeared to be mutually exclusive terms. Now that Victor Muller and Spyker have graciously relieved GM of the Saab albatross, it’s onward and (ideally) upward for 2010 as the... 

Filed under: Etc. , Videos , Humor , South America Luckily, no one on the overpass appears to be driving a convertible – Click above to watch the video after the jump What happens when you combine a flooded underpass, a traffic-jammed overpass, and a passenger train in Buenos Aires, Argentina? You get a real-life Six Flags water attraction. Those people standing near the train tracks? They need towels. Hope everyone up on the road above... 

Filed under: Aftermarket , Performance , SUV , Geneva Motor Show , Land Rover , Luxury Hamann Conqueror II – Click above for high-res image gallery There were so many debuts at the Geneva Motor Show this year that a few new cars were bound to slip through the cracks. We happened to miss this custom Range Rover Sport from Hamann, probably because the 670 horsepower Tycoon Evo M was sharing the same stand. Named the Conqueror II, it follows... 

Filed under: Performance , SUV , GM , Saab , Spyker , Luxury Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris concept – Click above for high-res image gallery We’re all well aware that the recently sealed deal between Spyker and General Motors means good things for the ailing Saab brand – in fact, without Spyker’s eleventh-hour intervention, the Swedish automaker would have been lost to the annals of history. Apparently, though, the Saab tie-up...