Could Hyundai’s Alabama Plant Expansion Be for Santa Cruz Production?
Acknowledgement is the first step to recovery. Hyundai has made that first movement toward improving its situation. The automaker’s US executives have publicly acknowledged their projected limited financial growth in the coming years based on their relative absence from the truck/SUV segments. Currently, because consumers are leaning towards vehicles with low fuel efficiency due to cheap gas […]
Creepy Baby in Hyundai’s ExoBaby Ad Will Haunt Your Dreams
CGI is a beautiful thing. It can be used to depict majestic alien worlds filled with natural wonders we’ve never seen, or ramp up action sequences to an epic scale never achievable in real life. In so many ways, computer-based special effects have improved the quality of cinema today. Except for one. It’s filled our […]
2015 Volkswagen Golf Named Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2015
Just a week after the 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI was awarded the title of Yahoo Autos Car of the Year, the rest of the Golf family has gotten its due after being named Green Car Reports’ Best Car to Buy 2015. The VW Golf lineup includes the Golf TDI Clean Diesel model (30/45 mpg city/highway […]
BTR Preparing 1,000 Horsepower Hyundai Genesis for SEMA
The 2007 Zenvo ST1… the Bugatti Grand Sport… the Lotus Exige… the 2014 Hyundai Genesis… Wait, something about that list doesn’t seem right. Who put the Genesis in a list with other performance cars that reach over 1,000 horsepower? Blood Type Racing Inc (BTR) did! For the 2014 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Auto Show, […]
Kia Optima History
Introduction When the Kia Optima was first introduced in 2000, it didn’t make much of a splash. As the years progressed, however, the first nondescript mid-size sedan saw multiple restyles that made it more popular in markets around the world. Early History The Optima was Kia’s first mid-size sedan, seen at first as merely a […]
2014 Chicago Auto Show: Production Cars on Display
Get the full list of production models on display at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show
The Chicago Auto Show offers us the most square feet of any major auto show in the United States. With all of that volume, you’ve got a lot of cars to look at, buddy. Here is your definitive list of which production cars will be on the Chicago show room floor. (Looking for reveals and […]