We are off to the #LAAUTOSHOW

@AutoReportsUSA is off to the #LAAUTOSHOW and will be reporting back to you about all the new and exciting vehicles launched. Be sure to follow us on twitter and check back soon.

Mazda CEO says no new RX in the pipeline

Mazda Motor Corporation CEO Masamichi Kogai says that there are no plans to revive the Rotary Experimental (RX) series for the time being. This is not good news for fans of the Wankel engine of which Mazda obtained a license to manufacture and pretty much perfected it. Now he could be hiding his cards, but in the day and age of costly R&D and low sales volume, as well as ever increasing emission standards world wide, we may be left to build up our own Mazda Rotary vehicles to keep the brap going. The published report is here.

                                Mazda RX3 coupe
                                  

USGP qualifying results

United States Grand Prix qualifying result in Austin Texas
1:#Rosberg
2:#Hamilton
3:#Bottas
4:#Massa
5:#Ricciardo
#Austin #F1 #USA

Mazda 110S Cosmo belonging to Jay Leno

Check out this JDM Mazda 110S Cosmo owned by automobile rock star Jay Leno

Lease a Tesla Model S

Tesla has reduced lease rates by up to 25% with a new collaboration they have with US Bank.
You can also bring your vehicle back to Tesla within the first 3 months if you are not happy, with no questions asked. You will have to pay a pass through fee if you are not happy because there is a new model they have released that you want. You can confirm your lease with no signatures ( unless your state requires ) . With the click of a button you can lease a new #Tesla. #Americanmade

Ford to invest in a Lincoln revival

Lincoln, which has been Ford's luxury brand since 1922 is to be getting a revival with a financial boost of as much at $5 billion.

The brand has sunk to 8th in luxury car sales down from #1 in 1998. Cadillac, which is GM's luxury brand is doing well and I am sure the competition will create better looking, faster, more efficient and world class USA made vehicles. #Lincoln #Ford #Cadillac

2014 F1 world championship

With Mercedes AMG F1 winning the 2014 constructors championship at the last race in Russia, we are left with the exciting racing between the two Mercedes AMG F1 drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton as to who will be the champion this year. If both Nico and Lewis fail to get over 300 points and Daniel Ricciardo of Infiniti Red Bull racing wins the last 3 races, then he will be champion.

Lewis Hamilton is currently leading the championship with 291 points

Nico Rosberg is in second with 274 points

Daniel Ricciardo is third with 199 points.

Points awarded per race are:

1st : 25 points
2nd : 18 points
3rd : 15 points
4th : 12 points
5th : 10 points
6th : 8 points
7th : 6 points
8th : 4 points
9th : 2 points
10th : 1 point

The last race of the year which is in Abu Dhabi on November 21-23rd 2014 will award double points for the season finale.

If Lewis Hamilton comes 2nd in the last 3 races and Nico wins the last 3 races, Nico will be champion.

If Nico wins the next 2 races and Lewis Hamilton comes second in the next two races and wins the final race with Nico coming second, then Lewis Wins.

If Nico comes in second to Lewis Hamilton in the next 2 races and wins the finale, then Lewis wins.

If either retire a race or two then anything is possible.

Who ever wins the championship this year will have well and truly earned it. #ForzaJules

F1 silly season

Maybe Lewis Hamilton is not moving after all?

If that is the case, then speculation that Alonso is going to McLaren Honda and Button going to Porsche, or touring cars, may be the most accurate #Sillyseason #F1

Lewis Hamilton to McLaren Honda for 2015

Lewis Hamilton signs with McLaren Honda for 2015. This means it is likely Jenson Button is moving on & Fernando Alonso is getting the coveted seat at Mercedes AMG F1 #ForzaJules

2015 F1 seat swap:

Vettel from Redbull to Ferrari

Hamilton from Mercedes to McLaren

Alonso from Ferrari to Mercedes ?

Button to Porsche with Mark Webber ?

Vettel leaves RedBull.

4 time Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel told RedBull he was leaving the team at the end of the year, on Friday. He is expected to go to Ferrari to replace Fernando Alonso who will go to McLaren Honda for 2015.

The question is, who does Alonso replace at McLaren, Button or Magnussen?

Ferrari F40 for sale.

What a beauty. Wish it was still based in LA. #bringitback

2015 Ford Mustang's modified by Ford racing.

Ford racing has been tinkering with the :

2015 Ford Mustang NA V8

2015 Ford Mustang Supercharged V8

2015 Ford Mustang 2.3 Ecoboost

Watch here: http://youtu.be/Kulx2AfNZuY

#FastFord

Cadillac flagship to be named CT6.

The big announcement out of the Detroit headquarters ( soon to be NYC ) of Cadillac is that it is naming it's flagship model, which is due out in 2015, the CT6. Not to be negative about the great brand of automobile, but they could have come up with something better. This is a disappointment for us at Auto Reports USA.

There are a few names that come to mind that could have done the job enabling Cadillac to pull from it's iconic past:

Fleetwood

Brougham

DeVille

Seville

Phaeton

This is to be the flagship model. You do not hear of a Rolls Royce, or a Bentley with names such as CT6, so why should Cadillac? The new Cadillac chief Johan de Nyssche, who is previously from Audi and Infiniti must know a thing or two about the auto industry, but his approval of naming the big Caddy CT6, is questionable.

Lets hope Cadillac consider a better name for the rear wheel drive flagship and that it can give the S class, A8, 7 series and Bentley a run for it's money and at least looks like the gorgeous El Miraj concept.

Old school legacy plates available in California. Order today.

The California DMV has an awesome program which will enable you to order reproduction 1950 (yellow and black), 1960 (black and yellow) and 1970's ( blue and yellow) style number plates for your car or bike registered in California. This was created as California Vehicle Code Section 5004.3 and was added by Assembly Bill 1658 (Gatto), enacted in the 2012 Legislative session.

For the program to be implemented and for the plates to be made, at least 7500 of the style of plates need to be ordered and paid for. The plates can be put on any vehicle and is not part of the YOM program, which is for 1972 and older vehicles only. Currently the most popular is the black and yellow plate which has 10931 orders and will be produced. If you want blue and yellow, or yellow and black, order today.

I would like the blue and yellow plate for my 74 vehicle, since the DMV and YOM program currently will not allow me to put the original blue and yellow plates that came with the vehicle originally to be re registered to the car. I hope that we get to 7500 in the Blue and yellow plates, or the DMV changes the YOM program to enable all cars with blue and yellow plates originally issued, to be able to re register if you have the original plates.

The DMV website says that they have until January 1st 2015 to get the required 7500 paid orders of any one type of plate to start the program, so time to get cracking and order your legacy plate, or one as a gift for your friends and family.

 Assemblyman Mike Gatto of Los Angeles 43rd district came up with this bill and I like it.

@CA_DMV @MikeGatto #CaliforniaLegacyPlates

 

Tesla to build Giga factory in Nevada

Tesla Motors who's stock TSLA is at $277.39 will be building the much acclaimed Giga factory in the state of Nevada. 6500 people are expected to be employed with support of Panasonic. More info here.


 Thanks for employing Americans.

1990 BMW Z1 for sale with very low miles

This red example has only 197 kilometers on the clock and is as new. I have driven one of these cool BMW's a long time ago and it is a fun car to drive. The doors move up and down with the push of a button and it is based on the E30 chassis. For the BMW collector, this would be one for the stable.

http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1989-bmw-z1

2015 Chevrolet Impala bi-fuel CNG

It is good that North American auto makers are embracing locally sourced fuels to power their cars. CNG and LPG are good alternatives to oil and cost a lot less. Mileage is not quite as good, and the engines need correct and proper maintenance to run efficiently, but when driving these cars, dependence on foreign oil is reduced. Good work GM on the 2015 Chevrolet Impala.

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California Legacy number plates

The California DMV has an awesome program which will enable you to order reproduction 1950 (yellow and black), 1960 (black and yellow) and 1970's ( blue and yellow) style number plates for your car or bike registered in California. This was created as California Vehicle Code Section 5004.3 and was added by Assembly Bill 1658 (Gatto), enacted in the 2012 Legislative session.

For the program to be implemented and for the plates to be made, at least 7500 of the style of plates need to be ordered and paid for. The plates can be put on any vehicle and is not part of the YOM program, which is for 1972 and older vehicles only. Currently the most popular is the black and yellow plate which has 5383 orders.

I would like the blue and yellow plate for my 74 vehicle, since the DMV and YOM program currently will not allow me to put the original blue and yellow plates that came with the vehicle originally to be re registered to the car. I hope that we get to 7500 in the Blue and yellow plates, or the DMV changes the YOM program to enable all cars with blue and yellow plates originally issued, to be able to re register if you have the original plates.

The DMV website says that they have until January 1st 2015 to get the required 7500 paid orders of any one type of plate to start the program, so time to get cracking and order your legacy plate, or one as a gift for your friends and family.

 Assemblyman Mike Gatto of Los Angeles 43rd district came up with this bill and I like it.

@CA_DMV @MikeGatto #CaliforniaLegacyPlates

 

Cadillac #Elmiraj #Escalade, #ELR and #CTS at the 2013 #LAAuto show.

It is no secret that I am a fan of Cadillac's, even though my father in law calls them cataract's and suggests my car makes me older. Cadillac is on the up and up, with the recent release of the top selling ATS, new CTS, ELR, Escalade the XTS. It is rumored that Cadillac is working on a S class and 7 series rival and it may well be based on the Elmiraj which was showcased at the 2013 #LAAutoshow.

Reminisent of the 1967 Cadillac Eldorado, the Elmiraj has a long dash to axle front profile, which is a Cadillac signature.

 1967 Cadillac Eldorado

The Cadillac Elmiraj is rear wheel drive, as opposed to the 67 and is powered by a 4.5 liter twin turbo V8 pumping out 500hp. This engine may well be the base for the next CTS-V engine, which I would expect to have about 600hp to keep in line, or in front of the competitors. 

 

 

2015 Cadillac Escalade: 

Rumored to be GM's biggest earner per vehicle, the Cadillac Escalade, is popular with rappers, limousine companies and sports stars amongst others. The 2015 model will be powered by a gasoline 6.2 liter V8 with 420 hp and will be available in 2 or 4 wheel drive. The ESV model which was at the auto show is 20 inches longer than the standard version and is large. It would be nice if Cadillac explored a high power diesel version in the future for fuel economy and export.

Cadillac ELR:

The ELR is Cadillac's upmarket version of the Volt. it is certainly better looking than the Volt and has the classic Cadillac design cues that you'd expect in other models in the range. A well put together vehicle, but with a price of just under $76,000 time will tell if Cadillac or Tesla have the biggest market share?

Cadillac CTS VSport:

The 2014 Cadillac VSport (as opposed to the V which is still for sale as the previous generation CTS) will be powered by a 420 hp twin turbo V6. The VSport comes with electronic limited slip differential, Brembo brakes and magnetic ride control, a la a Corvette.

Cadillac must have taken a BMW 5 series apart when they designed the new CTS, as there is a 50/50 weight ratio, very high end interior and lots of power. The sound the door makes when it is open and shut, is even sounds the same. Prices are jumping up though to that of BMW and Mercedes territory, I expect the new CTS-V edition to be $100,000. Watch this space.