The Verve sedan concept
The clearest shots yet of the production version of Ford's new B-class car have turned up showing both the three- and five-door hatchback models. The new photos show the minis pretty much devoid of camouflage and confirm that…
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Volkswagen Golf getting even smaller engines
Volkswagen has been one of the leaders in recent years in the area of downsizing engines. The German company was one of the first to start employing boosted and direct injected small displacement four cylinder engines to replace larger displacement…
Rendered Speculation: Reader-penned Acura TL Sportwagon
With the Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon now on sale and the Acura TSX wagon coming this fall, Autoblog reader Andrew decided to try his hand at producing a five-door version of the larger TL sedan.
By merging the roofline of the seven-seat MDX crossover…
Frankfurt Preview: Kuga CUV to be Ford's first Euro hybrid
Ford will be unveiling a new mid-sized crossover for the European market with styling based on last year's Iosis-X concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The Kuga gets the full kinetic design treatment that debuted on the current Mondeo.…
Mitsubishi iMiEV joins the beautiful people, heads to Monaco
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Mitsubishi and Nissan-Renault Alliance seem to be in a see-saw battle to see who can sign up more governments to use and/or support their electric vehicles. The latest round goes to Mitsubishi,…
Study shows U.S. is dominant market for hybrid vehicles
The results of a new study have been released on the hybrid vehicle market around the world. They found that in spite of the U.S. market's general predilection for gas-guzzlers, it remains the dominant market for hybrid technology. In 2005, 70…
Greengle is the new “Green” Google
A user over on Hugg.com, named JiltedCitizen has created a new customized version of Google, that focuses on searching “Green” sites, like AutoBlogGreen and TreeHugger. The site is called Greengle, but unfortunately greengle.com doesn't point there…
GM and EPRI to announce partnership to promote plug-ins
At the Plug-In 2008 conference in San Jose CA this week General Motors will be on hand to announce a partnership with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to promote plug-in vehicles. GM VP for Global Program Management Jon Laukner will be…
Survey shows buyers unaware that MINI D emits less CO2 than hybrids
BMW-owned MINI recently commissioned YouGov PLC to conduct a survey on alternative fuels and technologies in Britain. It turns that few respondents were aware that some diesel-powered cars actually had lower CO2 emissions than the hybrids currently…
Rendered Speculation: Pondering what an electric Audi R4 roadster would look like
At last month's Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi board member Michael Dick confirmed that a production version of the electric eTron sports car concept would be produced by late 2012. Following the show, Audi NA president Johan de Nysschen confirmed that…