Filed under: Classics , Celebrities As the Poison frontman is wont to sing, every rose has its thorn. Indeed, if the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Bret Michaels sold at the 2011 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction was that flower, his latest consignments are as painful as pricked fingers. Michaels will be offering three vehicles at the sale, to be held January 15-22, 2012.
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Official: Bret Michaels selling family truckster and more at Barrett-Jackson
Filed under: Etc. The finalists for the 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year have just been announced, and this year, the three candidates in each category are as follows: Car: Ford Focus Hyundai Elantra Volkswagen Passat Truck: BMW X3 Honda CR-V Land Rover Range Rover Evoque The above finalists are the result of voting by a 50-member jury of full-time automotive journalists and broadcasters from a longer “short list” composed of 30 cars and seven trucks (an award category that also includes sport utility and crossover utility vehicles). Eligibility requirements dictate that the vehicles up for consideration must be new or substantially revised for the model year.
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Official: Your 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year finalists are….
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Spy Photos , Crossover , Nissan If automakers have learned anything from the 2011 Ford Explorer , it’s that changing a popular SUV nameplate to a crossover platform won’t necessarily hurt the vehicle’s image (or sales numbers ). Nissan is hoping to capture that same sort of magic with its Pathfinder – judging by these spy shots, the traditionally body-on-frame SUV stalwart appears to be crossing over for its next generation. The next-gen Pathfinder will likely be based on Nissan’s FF-L platform that currently underpins vehicles like the Murano crossover and Quest minivan. Our best guess is that this Pathfinder, which will still remain a seven-passenger vehicle, could share many of its bits with the recently revealed Infiniti JX .
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Spy Shots: Nissan Pathfinder prepares to cross over
Filed under: Car Buying , Crossover , Ford The 2011 Ford Explorer is a massive improvement over the last-generation model, and the Blue Oval’s sales tally supports this claim. Ford tells us that the the Explorer is flying off store shelves, with 100,000 units sold so far in 2011. Those numbers are up 290 percent compared to 2010 totals, making the Explorer the fastest-growing mid-size utility vehicle in the country.
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Official: Ford Explorer hits 100,000 sales mark
Filed under: SUV , Marketing/Advertising , Crossover , Ford , Earnings/Financials Ford’s Vista Roof option has been selling well recently, and the automaker says this is, in part, to the little shot of Vitamin D it gives to drivers’ everyday commutes. The split glass roof also has UV protection comparable to SPF-50 sunscreen, which should satisfy even the fairest-skinned buyers. So far this year, the Vista Roof option is checked on 48 percent of 2011 Ford Explorer sales, 56 percent of 2011 Ford Edge sales and 32 percent of all 2011 Ford Flex sales.
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Ford reports Vista Roof sales are through the… ceiling
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Crossover , Chrysler , Dodge We have to imagine that Chrysler is pretty upset with the 2011 Ford Explorer . After all, when it came time to name the 2011 North American Truck of the Year , both of the Pentastar’s latest offerings – the Dodge Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokee – held two of the final three finalist spots, only to be beaten out by Ford’s new seven-passenger crossover. Dodge , for one, isn’t going down without a fight.
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Video: Dodge Durango smacks around Ford Explorer in latest TV ads