| CPS CEO: Finance Source Ahead of the Compliance Curve |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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Consumer Portfolio Services CEO Charles Bradley laid out the lender’s compliance efforts during a quarterly earnings call last week. The finance source’s subprime lending activities are currently being investigated by Department of Justice.
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| J.D. Power Projects Best February Sales in 13 Years |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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Total light-vehicle retail sales are expected to reach 1.3 million units in February, the highest total for the month since 2002, according to projections from J.D. Power and LMC Automotive.
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| Cattle Cars: How Leather Goes from Cow to Your Car |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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From the March 2015 issue of Car and Driver Leather is available on nearly every car for sale today. But this is no mere cowhide we’re talking about. Unlike leather luggage or jackets, automotive leather has to be durable enough to resist stains and fading and survive your butt sliding across it thousands of times. […]
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| Jenson Button Meets the Spirit of Senna in McLaren MP4-6 |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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It’s good to be Jenson Button. The 2009 Formula 1 champion’s chassis builder, McLaren, just partnered with engine supplier Honda for the 2015 racing season, reprising the engine and chassis combo that won four championships between 1988 and 1992, three of which were claimed by Ayrton Senna. The McLaren Honda heritage isn’t lost on the team, […]
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| 2016 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Revealed Ahead of Geneva With New Infotainment, Diesel Possibility |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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Land Rover has released details and images of the updated 2016 Evoque ahead of its full reveal at the upcoming 2015 Geneva auto show. Rover was careful to leave intact the chunky and charming aesthetics of its bestselling model, instead focusing on a much-need revision to its dated and stutter-prone infotainment system and—in Europe, at […]
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| 2016 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque: Updated Tech and Styling – Official Photos and Info |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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| Wanxiang Renaming Fisker “Elux”, New Karmas Delayed Until 2016 |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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If Infiniti and Cadillac can force us to relearn model names, so can a Chinese parts supplier hoping to revive a bankrupt automaker. The Fisker Karma will be renamed the Elux Karma, perhaps in a respectful nod to Electrolux dishwashers and a certain billionaire’s first name. That’s the only explanation we have for this news, […]
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| Kappa Kappa Hey! Kia Announces New Turbo 3-Cylinder, 7-Speed DCT |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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Time was, three-cylinder engines were just for motorcycles, kei cars, and Chevy-badged Suzukis. No more. Mini has one powering the base Cooper. Ford is using its 1.0L EcoBoost in the Fiesta and Focus. And BMW, they of the ultimate drivingness, wedged one into the rear of a fashion-forward hybrid sports car. Now, into the three-hole breach leaps […]
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| Motör Overkill: 42-Liter PT Boat Engine Stuffed Into an 8-Liter Bentley |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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Cramming a war-surplus, 12-cylinder PT boat engine into a Bentley 8 Litre chassis might not seem like the most sensible plan, but watching this thing shake and roar itself awake will hammer some sense back into you—with the force of pistons that occupy 3.5-liter cylinders. Allegedly owned by Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, this Packard-Bentley is known […]
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| US Equity Advantage Integrates with VisionMenu’s Selling Platform |
Feb 24th, 2015 |
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US Equity Advantage, a provider of biweekly payment programs, has integrated with VisionMenu, Inc.’s software selling platform for dealers.
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