The times have certainly changed for the sport utility market. While SUVs enjoyed tremendous sales success in recent years, the rising price of gasoline coupled with a weakened economy has driven down SUV sales more recently. As a result, dealers are struggling to move SUV inventory these days, even with attractive incentives. The hardest hit by this trend may be domestic automakers as they have relied on the sales successes of gas guzzling midsize and large SUVs.
Employing a number of advanced techniques, Toyota's engineers have managed to make the third-generation Lexus RX450h hybrid SUV even more efficient and powerful.
The new Performance Studio special edition model successfully eliminates 2009 ML 63 AMG's one and only weak point: lack of luxury touches in its otherwise gorgeous interior.
Oddly enough, the first image that came to mind when I witnessed the Urban Whip was the Power Wheels Barbie Cadillac Escalade®, which is strange considering I've never seen nor heard of a Power Wheels Barbie Cadillac Escalade®. I just figured if there was one, this is probably what it would look like. For curiosity's sake, I then went to the Toys "R" Us website, and lo-and-behold...
We still love the big guy, even if the smaller GLK has garnered the bulk of our attention the past couple months. But we're not the only ones still fond of the GL. ART Tuning – purveyor of a wide assortment of aftermarket Mercedes modifications – has just announced announced a new tuning program for the SUV, and they're calling it the "GL MAMMUT."
Mercedes AMG today has taken the liberty of highlighting three of the latest models to make their way out of Affalterbach – one of which you're already familiar with, and two of which you aren't. The first, as you may have already guessed, is the impeccable SL65 AMG Black Series, a finely tuned variant of the standard SL65 AMG that lacks a folding roof, has an output of 493 kW/670 hp and 1,000 Nm or torque
At the 2008 SEMA show, Sound Choice Audio and Performance and GM will together present their new Saturn Vue Greenline Hyline hybrid-powered compact SUV.
The 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser TRD Special Edition SUV will also be equipped with a new set of five alloy 16-inchers fitted with BF Goodrich All-Terrain tires, TRD exhaust system and rock rails
In total, five publications weigh in on the Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series, so if you're contemplating whether or not to purchase one of the 350 units scheduled for production, there should be plenty to keep you occupied. As usual, you can find excerpts from each review as well links back to the full articles immediately below.
For the adventurous, there's a roof box, Alustyle “Easy-Fix” basic carrier bars, an Alustyle ski and snowboard rack and a pair of bicycle racks. For the young, there's an Apple iPhone holder, an iPod interface kit, a mobile-phone holder and a Duo plus child seat.
CNN recently auctioned off a Hummer, Warrior One, used by journalists that were covering the war in Iraq for $1.25 million. By the end of 2007, the Spyker “D12 Peking-to-Paris” SSUV will retail at $300,000, making it the most expensive SUV in production.
A spectacular look, unique performance data, consistently lightweight design and the highest degree of exclusivity – these attributes sum up the new 65 AMG Black Series from Mercedes-Benz.
Just like it was expected, the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid will feature much better mileage than a gasoline-powered Tahoe. The advantage is impressive only in the city driving, though.
The most striking feature of the Urban Whip is what is doesn’t have - a roof. Although the original brief required the design to retain the structural integrity of the GLK, the aggressive look of the custom-made wide-body kit - which was developed in cooperation with RoBrady Design - made the roadster temptation difficult to resist.
Ok, so we all know that there are two things that can not be avoided \223death and taxes\224 You might want to add a third thing to that list and that being high gas prices. With the average gallon of gas finally costing more then a gallon of milk. The American consumer is getting hit hard in the pocket book. I mean look at the minimum wage worker, they basically have to work an entire hour to afford a gallon of gas (take out taxes from the 5.15/hour). ....
Upgraded VW Tuareg SUV features significantly restyled front fascia, new rear styling as well as some changes to the vehicle's interior. Besides, the new Tuareg will also be optionally equipped with the Dynaudio sound system.
The luxury Toyota Harrier SUV (known in the other world as the Lexus RX series) was unveiled yesterday at the 2006 Tokyo Automatic Gallery tuner/specialty car show wearing new body kit from Zagato. Designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Toyota's Toyopet dealerships, it will be produced in a number of no more than 250 vehicles
Just like the recently introduced 2008 Renault Coleos, the new BMW Concept X1 can be best described with three words and just one euphemism: the fugly little bastard.
For those of you looking to add an additional dash of style and substance to your new Mercedes GLK, BRABUS has unveiled an exclusive tuning program for the compact SUV just in time for its official market launch. As they always so adeptly do, BRABUS engineers focused on bettering the GLK in two key areas: speeding up the baby Benz and blessing it with a shaplier-yet-still-robust figure.
We are quite fascinated by BMW’s upcoming X6. Until today it has been a fascination born of the thought, ‘why are they bothering’. How many similar SUV’s does one manufacturer need, especially when the X6 is based the X5.
Autobild has what appears to be the first spy shot of an actual 2007 Volkswagen Golf SUV. Past shots of the Golf SUV have been test mules with modified Golf bodies. The Golf SUV \227 which has no official name yet \227 is believed to be based on the Volkswagen Concept A.
It looks like Land Rover has finally waked up from its slumber and started to care about fuel economy. Its new Freelander 2 TD4_e compact SUV is equipped with engine start-stop technology, getting quite popular these days.
What you are witnessing is history, as the metallic tenorite gray Mercedes-Benz GLK 320 CDI pictured above is the first of the new SUV range to find a home with an actual, real-life customer. Taking delivery of the model is none other than Magdalena Dietz, age 29 – an entrepreneur and PR consultant who, along with her husband, own the public relations agency "wortsuchttext."
The Audi Q7 TDI large crossover with a diesel engine receives yet another tuning program from a reputable tuner. The German B&B company has presented two tuning sets for both current Audi Q7 3.0 TDI and the upcoming Q7 with a more powerful diesel V8 with a displacement of some 4.2 liters.
There was absolutely no doubt in the mind of Professor Bodo Buschmann, President of Mercedes customization specialist BRABUS, “Even in the face of the extreme rework that characterizes the vehicles at SEMA, we were going to stick firmly to our principles and go for a more practicable solution
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