(August 5, 2014) Ford India sold 15,282 vehicles in combined domestic wholesales and exports in July, a 24% increase from 12,338 vehicles sold in the corresponding month last year. July exports grew to 7,690 vehicles from 4,471 vehicles a year ago, while domestic wholesales remained steady at 7,592 units compared to 7,867 units sold in July last year.

(August 4, 2014) TORRANCE, Calif. — The class-leading 2015 Honda Odyssey has gone on sale with a starting Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $28,975. Honda says the Odyssey was the top selling minivan with individual (retail) car buyers in the U.S. in 2013 and in the first five months of 2014, based on new-vehicle registration statistics from IHS Automotive.

Honda has held the line on pricing the base Odyssey, which started at $28,825 for 2014, $150 less than 2015. Likewise, the top trim Touring Elite, which started at $44,450 for 2014, has received a very minor price boost to $44,600.

(August 4, 2014) NEW YORK — To celebrate Ferrari’s 60th anniversary in the U.S., Ferrari owners gathered with their Prancing Horses for a rally Saturday from New York City’s Battery Park to the first dealership still in operation as Miller Motorcars in Greenwich, Conn., and ending a beautiful day’s drive at the Bridge Club in Bridgehampton.

The ultra-exclusive golf club was built on the vestiges of the Bridge Race Track once frequented by Ferraris in the 1950s.

By Christopher A. Sawyer
The Virtual Driver

Though the nameplate has been around for 45 years, Toyota worried that its Corolla was becoming stagnant. A perennial best seller, the small sedan was never high in excitement, preferring instead to provide solid, economical motoring for singles and families on a budget. However, the fight-to-the-death competitiveness of the global car market, which has seen many newer, fresher and more exciting designs enter the market, obviously got the Japanese giant’s attention. It had to respond.