The initial spawn of the agreement between Chrysler and Chery Motors has made its first tentative appearance. The Dodge Breeze is nothing more than a rebadged version of the Chery A1 but it has apparently turned up on a Chinese forum. The Breeze is…

2011 Chevrolet Cruze in the GM wind tunnel – Click above for high-res image gallery
Thirty years ago this week, General Motors opened its first full-scale wind-tunnel at its Warren, MI, technical center. Today, the facility is more important than…

2011 Ford Mustang V6 – Click above for high-res image gallery
True Ford Mustang fans will really only care that the new powertrains being introduced for 2011 produce substantially more power than before. But Ford is equally interested in promoting…

Right now Mazda is in the process of launching the new version of its mid-sized sedan the 6 in North America. The car gets all new styling and upgraded powertrains that are more efficient. While the new car is slightly larger than before, Mazda has…

We've been seeing spy photos of the next generation Mazda3 for months and now we finally have official photos of the new compact sedan that will debut at the LA Auto Show next month. While I recently speculated that the new 3 might just be a refresh…

In 2008, the Volkswagen group expanded its diesel racing efforts beyond the already successful Audi R10 TDI into smaller bore classes. Here in North America, we had the VW Jetta TDI cup. Elsewhere, the Spanish branch of the Group, known as SEAT, ran…

2011 Buick “Vue” Two-Mode hybrid – click above for high res gallery
GM CEO Fritz Henderson may not believe in re-badging Pontiacs for other GM brands, but it looks like at least one Saturn model will live on. The mid-size Vue crossover will become a…

Nobody could ever accuse Hyundai of not thinking big. The Korean carmaker has grown into the fourth largest volume import brand in the U.S. market and is now on the verge of launching into the luxury and high-performance segments. So far, aside from…

Mercedes-Benz is wasting no time in implementing the Road to the Future which it presented at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, and is now offering two new E-Class models to pave the way for a new generation of particularly economical and…

A couple of weeks ago, GM VP for Research and Development . The focus of his talk was to encourage energy companies to get moving with deploying hydrogen filling stations to support a fleet fuel cell vehicles. GM, Toyota and Honda were all at the NHA…