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Automotive News

This section of Torque News provides the latest auto news and updates from the car manufacturers. Every day number of news stories and editorials are published here that give our readers an overview of what is happening in the automotive industry. Read this section daily to find out about new cars, vehicle reviews and car pictures. Torque News is an automotive news website by Hareyan Publishing, LLC, dedicated to covering the latest news, reviews and opinions about the car industry.

Acura NSX Super Bowl commercial screenshot

Acura NSX Blitzing the Super Bowl

By Aaron Turpen on February 3, 2012 - 9:21PM

Acura has unveiled its Super Bowl ad for the Super Bowl this weekend, featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno in two minutes of humor.

Manufacturing, including automotive fabrication, is leading economic recovery

By Don Bain on February 3, 2012 - 4:54PM

Orders to U.S. manufacturers of both autos and aircraft are up as 2012 begins along with factory payrolls and hours worked while unemployment has dropped to its lowest level in three years, according to a report released by the Commerce Dept.

When looking for the car of the future, you look for Mithos

By Aaron Turpen on February 3, 2012 - 3:28PM

Throughout human history, our mythology has often defined our future; even predicted it. The Mithos could be the car design that does this for the future evolution of automotive.

Chrysler to add 1,800 jobs to build 2013 Dodge Dart

By Patrick Rall on February 3, 2012 - 3:28PM

The Chrysler Group announced yesterday that they will be adding 1,800 jobs at their Belvidere Assembly Plant to prepare for the production of the 2013 Dodge Dart along with meeting the high demand for the other two vehicles currently built in Belvidere, the Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot.

General Motors starts 2012 with a rough January

By Patrick Rall on February 3, 2012 - 1:03PM

January 2012 was a good month for the majority of the automaker groups operating in the United States but unfortunately – General Motors was the one company who struggled in the first month of the New Year with a negative year over year growth of 6.1%.

GM wins Top Automotive Innovator ranking for fourth consecutive quarter

By Frank Sherosky on February 3, 2012 - 12:32PM

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) remains the No. 1 innovator for the fourth-consecutive quarter among 183 companies ranked by The Patent Board in its quarterly automotive and transportation industry scorecard.

This electric motorcycle will change your mind about EVs

The Ultimate Electric Motorcycle, the Brutus 2.0

By Nicolas Zart on February 3, 2012 - 12:27PM

The electric motorcycle Brutus 2.0 doesn’t lightly use the word Brutus for marketing purposes. It is a brute when it comes to raw electric motorcycle performance.

The 2012 VW GTI. Photo courtesy of Volkswagen of America.

Volkswagen reports amazing January sales, best since 1974

By Don Bain on February 2, 2012 - 9:25PM

Volkswagen sales last month were up by a whopping 47.9 percent over last year, rising to 27,209 units in the U.S. alone, which is their best January performance since 1974.

Economy is so bad President Obama's Chrysler 300C has no buyers

By Adam Yamada-Hanff on February 2, 2012 - 8:15PM

A 2005 Chrysler 300C, which used to be owned by President Barack Obama, has found no buyers. It seems the $1 million dollar pricetag was too high in this horrendous economy!

Streetline's Smart Parking sensor detects the presence of a car and sends inform

New York testing parking spaces that find you

By Don Bain on February 2, 2012 - 7:16PM

Instead of you having to search for a parking space in the city, New York is testing sensors that work with smartphone apps to help the parking space find you.

The New 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 SUV, Power And Performance

By Nicolas Zart on February 2, 2012 - 3:05PM

The new 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 SUV hints at its distant ties to the Ferrari Formula 1 Red racing team and goes as far as introducing it with F1 champions Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.

Solar panels are placed to complete BMW Manufacturing's new Solar array

BMW goes solar at Spartanburg's Zentrum Museum

By Don Bain on February 2, 2012 - 1:59PM

BMW's Zentrum Museum in Spartanburg, SC is getting solar panels that will supply all needed power for the 24,000 sq. ft. facility and even provide totally emission free EV charging stations.

The bigger Fiat 500L should appeal to many in the US market

The FIAT 500L, Bigger, Improved And Ready For The US Market

By Nicolas Zart on February 2, 2012 - 12:47PM

FIAT is unveiling pictures of its latest addition, the 500L. The new model will be presented at the International Geneva Motor Show on the 6 of March of this year.

Honda launches recall of Ridgeline for spare tire risks

By Patrick Rall on February 2, 2012 - 12:03PM

The National Traffic Highway Safety Administration and American Honda Motor Company have just announced a recall of 2011 and 2012 model year versions of the Honda Ridgeline pickup due to an inconsistency between the spare tire and the spare tire information placard – an issue that could lead to improper inflation of the spare tire and in the worst case scenario, this could cause an accident.

Ford starts out 2012 with a year over year gain

By Patrick Rall on February 2, 2012 - 11:28AM

Ford Motor Company continued their momentum from 2011, starting 2012 out with a year over year gain of 7% - even though the company’s Lincoln brand struggled in the first stanza of the New Year.

The Chrysler Group starts 2012 strong, leads the industry in growth

By Patrick Rall on February 2, 2012 - 10:44AM

The Chrysler Group was one of the strongest automakers doing business in the USA through 2011 and as the first month of 2012 has come to an end – the smallest of the Detroit Big 3 continued their stunning success with an improvement of over 44% compared to the same month last year.

Production Ford B-Max revealed, retains pillar-less design

By Aaron Turpen on February 1, 2012 - 11:07PM

The production Ford B-Max minivan has been unveiled in Europe and will get a complete unveiling with full specifications at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March.

Top gear host Jeremy Clarkson voted worst driving partner

By Adam Yamada-Hanff on February 1, 2012 - 10:00PM

Jeremy Clarkson, host of Top Gear, has topped a poll of British celebrities people would least like to share a driving adventure with. At least according to research done by Continental Tires.

Chrysler shows a big profit in 2011

By Adam Yamada-Hanff on February 1, 2012 - 9:34PM

Chrysler has done the something most thought impossible. What is this incredible feat? They actually made a profit. The American automaker reported today that they had a net income in 2011.

The 2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder limited edition. Photo courtesy of Audi.

Audi announces pricing for the 2012 R8 GT Spyder limited edition

By Don Bain on February 1, 2012 - 7:27PM

The beautifully bodacious, drop dead gorgeous, hand-built Audi R8 GT Spyder limited edition will be restricted to only 333 cars worldwide – individually numbered on the gearshift knob – with only 50 coming to the U.S. at the staggering price of $210,000, excluding a $1,220 destination and delivery charge plus applicable taxes and license plate fees.

BOLT THE DOG CHASING THE ALL-NEW VW BEETLE IN THE 2012 GAME DAY AD. (PRNewsFoto/

Volkswagen returns to the Star Wars Cantina for Sunday's Super Bowl spot

By Don Bain on February 1, 2012 - 4:08PM

If you remember Volkswagen’s Super Bowl commercial from last year wherein a six-year-old dons a Darth Vader mask, plunging the viewer into the young boy’s overactive imagination, the continuation of the theme in this Sunday’s spot should strike a chord within the Force.

Toyota lifts the hybrid endurance race challenge

Toyota Readies its 2012 Le Mans Hybrid Racer

By Nicolas Zart on February 1, 2012 - 3:57PM

Toyota has lifted the glove to fight in the rarefied world of hybrid endurance racing with its 2012 Toyota Le Mans Hybrid as Peugeot withdraws theirs, as the only alternative energy racers for the 2012 season.

A look at the Scion iQ, the smallest 4-seater in the world

By Aaron Turpen on February 1, 2012 - 2:38PM

The Scion iQ entered the North American market as a 2012 model in limited sales. It is the world's smallest four-passenger car to date at only 120 inches in length.

AT&T puts in record-setting order for CNG natural gas vans

By Aaron Turpen on February 1, 2012 - 2:04PM

AT&T has ordered 1,200 Chevrolet Express dedicated compressed natural gas (CNG) cargo vans, its largest-ever order of CNG vehicles from General Motors.

The Dodge Dart GTS 210 Tribute with the SRT badge.

Rumors swirl around a future Dodge Dart SRT4

By Patrick Rall on February 1, 2012 - 12:55PM

The Chrysler Group hopes that the new 2013 Dodge Dart will meet the same level of success as the Dodge Neon that left the lineup years ago and a major part of the Neon’s ongoing legend is the high performance SRT variant – a trimline that many believe will grace the new Dart in the next year.

The Mopar designed Fiat 500 Stinger arrives

By Patrick Rall on February 1, 2012 - 11:55AM

The fourth vehicle to make its debut at yesterday’s 75th anniversary of the Mopar brand was the new Fiat 500 Stinger - a model designed to bridge the gap between the standard Fiat 500 Sport and the upcoming Fiat 500 Abarth high performance models.

Lutz and Wagoner unveiling the Chevy Volt

Bob Lutz defends the Volt, calls on Republicans to be truthful

By David Herron on January 31, 2012 - 8:15PM

GM's former Chairman and CEO, Bob Lutz, blasts the right wing media for lying about the Chevy Volt.

Hyundai's Lifetime Hybrid Battery Replacement Guarantee not as good as it sounds

By Adam Yamada-Hanff on January 31, 2012 - 7:08PM

Hyundai today released additional details regarding its Lifetime Hybrid Battery Replacement Guarantee. Hyundai's one stipulation which it choose to omit, was quite an important one.

Toyota taking applications for TogetherGreen fellowships and grants

By Don Bain on January 31, 2012 - 5:16PM

TogetherGreen is a conservation partnership between the National Audubon Society and Toyota now taking applications for 2012 Fellows and Innovation Grantees in an effort to empower environmental leadership and save valuable natural habitats while forging community partnerships and rallying the masses to conservation activism.

2012 Mopar Jeep Compass True North Showcased

By Aaron Turpen on January 31, 2012 - 4:52PM

Chrysler released details on the tribute Jeep to the 75th anniversary of auto industry supply legend Mopar. The Jeep Compass True North is now on display at the Mopar event and will be showcased at the upcoming Chicago International Auto Show.

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