Mercedes-Benz has confirmed plans to put the CLS Shooting Brake into production in 2012, with the wagon set to be built alongside a handful of other Benz models. Originally shown in concept form at the Beijing Motor Show earlier this year, the CLS Shooting Brake will likely debut in production early next year.
Smartphone(iPhone, Android, BB) Mount for Navigation….Pretty Tough!!!!
Smartphone Navigation is Big in Road travel nowadays, with apps like Google maps, and whatever carrier navigator ie vzw navigator, and so There are other universal Windshield mounts for Smartphones to help with that navigation so your phone isn’t just whipping around on the dash to the floor making you pick it up, taking your eyes off the road(causing accidents), But the Parrot Minikit Windshield mount is more than just a universal mount! It has an integrated speaker and telescoping microphone that connects to your phone over Bluetooth, boosting your phones lower internal speaker so that you can better hear directions and, of course, make hands-free calls. There’s also a USB pass-through, so that you can not only charge this unit while driving but charge your phone! This thing is Pretty Cool but when you take your phone out, be sure to take the mount out too, because it goes for $129, and car thieves would break in just for that!!! @TatWza
Kia will likely celebrate Turkey Day by setting a new record!!
Kia should easily break its full-year sales record by Thanksgiving after posting a 39 percent increase in October. With October sales in the books at 31,199 vehicles, Kia brought its 2010 sales total to 299,223. That’s only 6,250 units shy of Kia’s full-year U.S. sales record of 305,473 set in 2007. If Kia keeps up its 2010 monthly sales average of roughly 30,000 vehicles, it will sell around 360,000 by year’s end. The brand has built its gains on the back of just five models: the Soul, Forte, Forte Koup, Sorento and Sportage. Sales of those nameplates account for about 75 percent of the brand’s sales year to date. Sales of Kia’s eight remaining models: the Rio, Spectra, Forte, Amanti, Optima, Sedona, Rondo and Borrego made up for about 25 percent. Next year looks even brighter. Industry sales are expected to improve at a greater rate than we’re seeing now. Add to that the fact that Kia will have a new Forte five-door variant and the redesigned mid-sized 2011 Optima by the new year, plus turbo and hybrid variants of the Optima early in 2011. It doesn’t look as if Kia will be slowing down any time soon.
Ford shares top $16 for first time in 6 years
Ford Motor Co. shares its best $16 for the first time in six years in New York Stock Exchange trading and completed a 15 percent gain for the week after the automaker reported a U.S. sales increase. Ford rose 35 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $16.21 at 4 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, the highest closing price since June 23, 2004. They said this week its October sales increased 15 percent on surging demand for pickups, sport- utility vehicles and cars. Ford shares have gained for five straight days and have risen 62 percent this year. Read more after the jump…
BMW to begin selling first hybrid supercar in 2013!
BMW AG will build its first hybrid supercar as part of a broader effort to create more fuel-efficient vehicles. The Vision Efficient Dynamics model, which accelerates to 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles) in 4.8 seconds while emitting 99 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer, will go on sale in 2013, the carmaker said at an event in Leipzig, Germany. The new sports car, which has doors that open upwards, is powered by a three-cylinder diesel engine and two electric motors. The car will be priced below the company’s Rolls-Royce models. Read more after the jump…
