With all of the options and features the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and other new models have, the robots on the production line just can’t handle making the cars alone. For that reason, the automaker will trade out some of the machines for good, old-fashioned human labor. Take a moment to appreciate that one.

When the 2015 Jeep Renegade was first announced, we were hearing sales-target rumors of about 150,000 per year as a Jeep, and 130,000 as the Fiat 500X. But new information has come to light suggesting Jeep's planning to sell way, way more.

Real guns. Hot cars. Bags of empty shell casings used to recreate what we heard in Cars 2. All old hat stuff for sound guys in the audience, sure, but for the rest of us, take a listen. [The Daily]

Those of you hoarding Crown Vics may want to add the beloved-but-elderly Ford Ranger to your stash. According to the UAW, Ranger production ceases this December. We can't wait for the replacement! Oh... wait, that's right. What replacement?

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport just snagged the title of "World's Fastest Production Car" away from the American-built SSC Ultimate Aero. Now the folks at Shelby SuperCars are hinting at a new, faster Aero to challenge the German behemoth.

1,500 orders have already been placed for the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, maxing out capacity at the Dearborn plant. That's for 5.4s. The 6.2-liter 400 HP version isn't on sale until winter. [Pickuptrucks.com]

A Camaro-obsessed forum fan-boy at Camaro5 snapped these shots of hundreds of 2010 Chevy Camaros outside the Oshawa Assembly Plant birthplace. It would seem production has started — or at least "pre-production."

Liquidation of now-bankrupt Camaro parts supplier Cadence could delay 2010 Chevy Camaro production, costing GM millions of dollars and delaying a crucial new model. So GM plans to sue them.

Chrysler just announced plans to stop production for at least a month. Did anyone else notice they wouldn't commit to coming back?

Volkswagen will build its first American plant since the 1980's in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The city bested competing bids from Alabama and Michigan for the plant, which will cost up to $1 billion to build and could employ as many as 2,000 workers. Chattanooga had a major advantage due to the state's lack of unions and…

More details regarding everyone's favorite movie sequel trickle in by the day. We know that filming is set to begin next week in the Philadelphia area and Ironhide, better known as the GMC Topkick, was spotted en route to the location for filming. The interesting item to note is what was being hauled along with…

The International Maritime Organization is considering switching to low-sulphur diesel fuel — just like you use in your Audi — in an effort to help the environment. This sounds like a good thing, right? Cargo ships will pollute a little less, Pandas will have a little more sex, overall oil usage probably won't change…

Well I'll be damned—not only is it Maximum El Camino Day and St. Patrick's Day, but today will forever be known as the birthday of the Tesla. Ze'ev Drori, the new president and CEO of Tesla, has gotten his blog on and announced that today production has begun of the Tesla electric.

If you though the $6,000 Renault Logan was a breakthrough in mass cheapification, Toyota's got a message: Hold on to your centavos. According to President Katsuaki Watanabe, the company is developing a ground-up process of car building that will result in ultra-low-cost vehicles, and potentially, drive down costs…

AM General, the maker of all things Hummer, will be shutting down the H2 line for two weeks this month in order to right-size production to match up with slowing sales. The plant employees about 600 from the sleepy little farm-filled hamlet of Mishawaka, Indiana. Which, in many ways we feel, might remind us a…

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