Autocar says BMW seriously considered taking Volvo off of Ford’s hands earlier this year, going so far as to request financial data about the company, which is surprising on several levels. First, does this mean Volvo is for sale? Bill Ford has said nothing in Ford’s Premium Auto Group is sacred, but Volvo seems to be one of the company’s shiniest jewels. Continue reading BMW reportedly interested in buying Volvo?
Month: May 2007
Volvo could star in online Microsoft comedy
Since the advent of digital video recorder technology (i.e., Tivo), advertisers have sought to keep viewer’s attention by involving their products within programming instead of just airing their messages during commercial breaks. Volvo has found a willing partner in Microsoft, who seeks to go head-to-head with Google’s YouTube in the online video wars. Continue reading Volvo could star in online Microsoft comedy
Categories:Volvo
Domino’s tries ZAPping pizzas to customers
Domino’s Pizza (The Official Pizza of NASCAR, btw) delivers piles of pizzas every day and probably burns several gallons of fuel, or at least pays their drivers to burn it. So going electric probably sounds pretty good to both the bean counters and the environmentalists. The Electric Vehicle Company also saw a publicity opportunity in Domino’s and provided the pizza-maker with one of its Xebra all-electric, plug-in models to try out in Las Vegas. Continue reading Domino’s tries ZAPping pizzas to customers
Categories:Uncategorized
Winner of General Lee auction backs out on $10 million bid
We all knew this was coming. As many expected, the person who entered the winning bid of $9,900,500 for John Schneider’s personal 1969 Dodge “General Lee” Charger on eBay Motors last week has withdrawn it. Or at least, that’s what we’re led to believe by negative feedback left by Schneider, who on eBay goes by johnsebiz, on the profile of fellow eBay user fishbashr1. Continue reading Winner of General Lee auction backs out on $10 million bid
Categories:Dodge
Freightliner announces new big rig: the Cascadia
It may not look like anything revolutionary to the untrained eye, but to hear DaimlerChrysler tell it, the all-new Freightliner Cascadia is very much a big deal. It’s built on a new platform that readily accepts EPA ’07-compliant engines and is ready to play home to powerplants built off DCX’s Global Heavy Duty Engine Platform, the first of which are set to arrive later this year from Detroit Diesel. It also incorporates a new, common Electric/Electronic Architecture, and many features and systems were designed from the outset to be easily accessible, repairable, and/or replaceable to ensure that the rig’s able to maximize its on-road time. Continue reading Freightliner announces new big rig: the Cascadia
Categories:Mercedes Benz