For first two months, 8.7-mile segment south of Texas 71 to Mustang Ridge will be free.
The final segment of the Austin portion of the Texas 130 tollway, from Texas 71 east of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to U.S. 183 at Mustang Ridge, will open about noon today after a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Driving on the 8.7-mile segment will be free for everyone in May and June. Then, as the Texas Department of Transportation did with three earlier segments of Texas 130 as well as with the Loop 1 and Texas 45 North toll roads, it will begin charging cash customers in the third month, July.
Drivers with electronic toll tags will drive for half-price in July, and then starting Aug. 1, everyone will be paying full tolls: $1.50 for cash customers ...
According to the person that posted these photos on the Camaro5 forums, these two photos are of the production base Chevy Camaro.
If you look closely you will notice that this prototype does not have the placeholder headlights that the rest of the Camaros that have been spotted all over the country. The wheels on each side of the convertible are different as well. This probably represents the base wheels and an upgraded set. The faux hood scoop is also missing from the front of the car.
DETROIT — Pontiac wants to beef up its performance credentials with two new rear-wheel-drive vehicles debuting at the New York International Auto Show, but the timing couldn't be worse as high gas prices test consumers' appetite for growling engines.
The 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP upgrades the G8 sedan with a new 6.2-liter small-block V-8 engine that's rated at 402 horsepower. Pontiac says the G8 GXP will be able to go from zero to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds. The GXP also has a specially tuned suspension and an optional new six-speed manual transmission. The sedan will go on sale late this year.
Pontiac is also launching the 2010 Pontiac G8 sport truck, a two-seater built on the G8 platform with a 73-inch cargo bed. The sport t ...
With new rules and revised CAFE standards, the days of powerful, fuel-thirsty cars may soon be long gone.
By Lawrence Ulrich
The goverment is ready to take the gasoline out of car enthusiasts' veins.
There's only one thing to say about a Corvette that can top 200 mph, or a Cadillac sedan that makes the muscle cars of the '60s seem like a bunch of wimps: Enjoy it while it lasts. This golden age of horsepower may be coming to an end, at least in the gas-guzzling manner to which we've become accustomed.
An initial stroll through the recent auto show in Detroit might convince you that nothing has chang ...
Buick, Pontiac and GMC dealers will get 12 new or special-edition vehicles over the next 20 months — but they won't get a Pontiac Trans Am.
Pontiac had lobbied for a sibling vehicle to the Chevrolet Camaro, which is scheduled to arrive in February 2009.
General Motors' plan to make Pontiac a rear-wheel-drive performance car division is likely to be scaled back because of fuel economy regulations, GM leaders told dealers at the make meeting.
One dealer said the business case for the Trans Am didn't compute.
"It was an economic situation," said Lynn Thompson, owner of Thompson Motor Sales in Springfield, Mo. "It would cost $200 million to bring out the vehicle."
Pontiac will remain a car-only brand for the foreseeable ...
General Motors (GM), which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, reported a 2007 net loss of $38.7 billion, or $68.45 a share, on Tuesday — making 2007 the worst year on record for the world's largest automaker.
The news came on the same day GM announced a sweeping buyout program to all of its 74,000 hourly workers who are represented by the UAW, part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of highly paid autoworkers at the company.
In 2006, GM reported a net loss of $2 billion, or $3.50 per diluted share.
Despite the historic decline, the loss is almost entirely attributable to a non-cash special accounting charge of $38.3 bill ...
For first two months, 8.7-mile segment south of Texas 71 to Mustang Ridge will be free.
According to the person that posted these photos on the Camaro5 forums, these two photos are of the production base Chevy Camaro. 
DETROIT — Pontiac wants to beef up its performance credentials with two new rear-wheel-drive vehicles debuting at the New York International Auto Show, but the timing couldn't be worse as high gas prices test consumers' appetite for growling engines. 
The goverment is ready to take the gasoline out of car enthusiasts' veins.
Buick, Pontiac and GMC dealers will get 12 new or special-edition vehicles over the next 20 months — but they won't get a Pontiac Trans Am.
General Motors (GM), which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, reported a 2007 net loss of $38.7 billion, or $68.45 a share, on Tuesday — making 2007 the worst year on record for the world's largest automaker.
