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Tesla Pioneering luxury Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer and electric carmaker Tesla Motors have teamed up in a worldwide partnership as the iconic Swiss brand celebrates its 150th anniversary. On display...
DETROIT – General Motors today announced that Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co., Ltd. (Tengzhong) was unable to complete the acquisition of HUMMER. As a result, GM will begin the orderly...
Tesla Motors Jalopnik is reporting that three Tesla Motors executives have died in a small plane crash in Palo Alto, California this morning. Investigators are still trying to determine if the crash...
Tesla IPO Tesla Motors announced today filing of S-1 Registration statement for initial public offering with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.
100th Anniversary Hollister, CA – Tiffany Motor Company California’s oldest Ford Dealer is celebrating their 100th anniversary throughout 2010. Tiffany Motor Company was founded in Hollister in 1910...
Mitsubishi Motors will launch a plug-in hybrid crossover at this year's Tokyo auto show in a vehicle that is slightly smaller than an Outlander and which is said to rival Nissan's Qashqai. The hybrid...
Infinity Essence Infinity Essence Concept debuts at Geneva Motor show - Represents the Magnification of "Inspired Performance" The essence of the Infiniti brand distilled into one car and then taken...
Geneva Show Ford iosis MAX Concept Revealed at Geneva Motor Show GENEVA – Ford unveiled a head-turning concept car at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, to express the design direction for its next generation...
Formula Drift Formula DRIFT has revamped the company's current website, www.formuladrift.com, with updates to current features as well as adding a new component to the website, "FDTV".
Formula Drift Long Beach, Calif. - February 9, 2010 - Formula DRIFT prepares to begin the seventh professional championship season. Tickets are now available for Round 1: Streets of Long Beach on April...
Our friends at Formula Drift have released their 2010 commercial. The clip features some exciting moments from previous years Formula Drift events, and we would encourage you to check it out! Near...
Formula Drift Formula DRIFT Pro-Am National Championship this Weekend Long Beach, Calif. – November 18, 2009 – Formula DRIFT will hold the Pro-Am National Championship this weekend on Saturday...
Round 7 Need for Speed Time Attack Challenge; Drivers to compete on Oct. 17 at the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale for $5000 Long Beach, Calif. – October 12, 2009 – Formula DRIFT will be hosting,...
Benicia, Calif. (July 20, 2009) – Top Fuel racer Doug Kalitta will debut the all-new Red Line Oil Top Fuel dragster this weekend at the 22nd Annual NHRA Fram Autolite Nationals in Sonoma to help the...
PIKES PEAK, CO – Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima and his supporting Monster Sport cast returned to the Pikes Peak Hill Climb this weekend with the same goal as in 2008: beat the competition up the mountain,...
TUSTIN, Calif. (June 29, 2009) – Porsche and Ford Motor Company earned top honors in the 2009 Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVA), announced today by automotive research firm AutoPacific. The IVAs are based on...
The all-new Volvo S60 is packed with high-tech solutions that actively help the driver avoid accidents. The Pedestrian Detection with full auto brake is a world first. To Volvo Cars' knowledge there...
Here are the first official pictures of the all-new Volvo S60 - sportier and more dynamic than any previous Volvo model. images/stories/car_makes/volvo/20091110/* "The all-new Volvo S60 is sculpted...
Safety Tech Recently, sharp-eyed citizens in Copenhagen have had the opportunity to get a sneak preview of the upcoming, sporty Volvo S60 - which won't be introduced to the world until next year. A...
Volvo Cars is now driving straight into mobile phones all over the world. Following the launch of the international mobile site in March, the Swedish car maker will soon be making it into 20 markets. "Our...
HERNDON, Va., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- This Labor Day, as millions of Americans take to the streets and highways, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is teaming up with travel expert and author Emily Kaufman (aka...
Ken Block Ken Block, co-founder of DC Shoes and extreme sports junkie, has only been driving rally cars for a few short years, but is already one of the most recognizable and successful drivers in the...
AutoPacific Poll Who do you go to for advice when buying a new car? What about owners themselves? AutoPacific has just analyzed recommendation intentions from 25,000 new-car owners, and the results...
TUSTIN, Calif. – A just completed national internet survey shows a marked increase in consumers’ unwillingness to consider purchasing a new car. Beginning in September 2008 AutoPacific, a Tustin,...
AutoPacific Research Indicates Balance of Year May Continue to be Difficult for Car Companies TUSTIN, Calif. (April 3, 2009) – A national Internet survey conducted between March 31 and April 1 reveals...
StreetImportOnline.Com now supports site Authentication from Google As the new site takes shape so are the tools, i would like to announce the introduction of Google Authentication. Anyone with...
February 24, 2010 Thank you Chairman Towns. I am Akio Toyoda of Toyota Motor Corporation. I would first like to state that I love cars as much as anyone, and I love Toyota as much as anyone. I...
Kia Concept Kia Motors America (KMA) unveiled the Ray Plug-in Hybrid concept during a press conference at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show, advancing momentum of Kia Motors’ global alternative fuel and powertrain...
Scion Scion announced today that its latest limited-production vehicle, the 2010 tC Release Series 6.0 (tC RS 6.0), will begin arriving in dealerships in March. The tC RS 6.0 will be on display in the...
Toyota Recall TORRANCE, Calif., February 5, 2010 – Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., Inc., today announced that Toyota dealers nationwide have received the parts, information and training they need to...
Toyota Recall Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced that it is instructing Toyota dealers to temporarily suspend sales of eight models involved in the recall for sticking accelerator...
As you may have noticed we do product reviews infrequently here at Street Import Online. Let alone book reviews. When the co-author of the book Girls Go Racing: Driving to Esteems contacted us and asked...
July 21, 2009 - Mishimoto is proud to announce the release of a new SR20DET replacement starter. The Mishimoto SR20DET replacement starters are made specifically for the Nissan S13/S14. A common problem...
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With the rising cost of gasoline we thought it might be fun to put one of these so called “Fuel Saving” products to the test. So we contacted the guys at Fuel Magic to find out what their product was...
Mishimoto officially announces a partnership with AMS Performance. Mishimoto is now a proud sponsor of the AMS/NOS Energy Drink 2008 Mitsubishi Evolution X. The Evo X will be competing in the 2009 Redline...
Ford Focus RS America has not even seen the Ford Focus RS on its roads and its rumored that after 2009 the RS will be no more If the rumoured words of a Ford insider are anything to go by, we’re...
Hydrogen Tech A planned US$1.2 billion development fund for hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars set up by the former Bush administration has been dumped by US President Barack Obama The issue of fuel...
Urea SCR System Mazda, the First Japanese Automaker to Develop a Urea SCR System for Cars HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda Motor Corporation’s sporty SUV, the Mazda CX-7, will be the first passenger vehicle...
Orange Oil Tires Yokohama Tire Corporation’s 2009 Motorsports Program Features Eco-Friendly Orange Oil Race Tires and Two Defending Off-Road Champions FULLERTON, CA – In 2009, Yokohama Tire Corporation...
MultiAir Already a world leader in advanced diesel engine technology Fiat Group has just launched MultiAir, a fundamental breakthrough in petrol engine design that will dramatically cut fuel consumption,...