Click on the 1913 Pierce Four for a high res galley of bikes at Meadow Brook
One of the special features of this year's Meadow Brook Concours was a collection of 40 four-cylinder motorcycles. The bikes on display ranged from a 1904 FN 4 with its…

Mercedes-Benz is now offering three new direct injected engines in its C-Class BlueEfficiency models. Two of the three four cylinder engines are diesels while the other is fueled by gasoline. The 2.2-liter diesel is available as a single turbo 170 hp…

Click for more photos of the Mercedes-Benz S400 Bluehybrid
Mercedes-Benz has officially confirmed the launch of its first hybrid vehicle and provided plenty of details on the drive system. The S400 BlueHybrid will will go on sale next summer in…

2011 Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery
We've had plenty of discussion around here about the extensive testing that General Motors has been doing on the battery pack of the Chevrolet Volt, but considerably less on the pack for the…

2011 Volkswagen Sharan – Click above for high-res image gallery
Volkswagen has just launched the third generation of its popular Sharan minivan in Europe, and the new version is the most fuel efficient people mover in its class. The new Sharan has…

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies is one of the largest suppliers of fuel storage systems for compressed gas fuels like natural gas and hydrogen. Now they are supplying three mobile hydrogen filling stations to General Motors for refueling fuel cell…

The man behind the legendary McLaren F1 and some of the most innovative Formula 1 cars of the seventies and eighties has launched a new car company. Gordon Murray is working on a new small car so efficient that the savings will allow an owner to save…

Is it possible that we'll see a Ford Volt at some time in the not to distant future? If a story in the Detroit News is to be believed, yes! Ford and General Motors are apparently in talks to share the E-Flex powertrain technology that underpins the…

When Honda first introduced the NSX in 1990 it was designed to take on the best exotics that Europe had to offer while providing levels of comfort, refinement and efficiency unheard of from the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini. Among all their other…

2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Sportwagen – click above for high-res image gallery
Undoubtedly one of the vehicles that could have profited handsomely from this week's expected rush by Americans to unload old gas guzzlers for something more thrifty was…