During Ford's 2007 concept car ride at its Dearborn Development Center, the third and final concept on hand was the Ford Interceptor. The Interceptor was the American Muscle representative of the trio, and like the Lincoln MKR it is also based on the…
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Ohio hybrid drivers get a discount from Farmers Insurance
Drivers in the buckeye state who own hybrids may want to shop around the next time their insurance comes up for renewal. The Farmers Insurance Group has announced that they will offer a 10 percent rate discount to drivers of hybrid and alternative…
2010 Audi A5/S5 Cabriolet unveiled just in time for winter
Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Audi S5 cabriolet
The Audi A5 and its V8-powered S5 sibling are considered by many to be the most beautiful Audis ever created. For some time now it's been common knowledge that an open top variant…
Audi R8 TDI could be coming in 2009
Audi demonstrated clearly last year that a diesel-powered race car could take on defeat gas-powered cars at the 24 Hours of LeMans and in the ALMS and they are preparing to fend off a new diesel challenger from Peugeot later this month in France. The…
US Senate reaches compromise on energy bill including CAFE increase
After it looked like competing special interest groups were going to scuttle the energy bill in the Senate a few days ago, the members of the “more deliberative” chamber reached a compromise late last night. The bill was passed by a vote of 65-27…
Inside Line revisits the glory that is the 1986 AMG Hammer
As we head into the second decade of this millennium, the concept of a luxury sedan with the kind of performance you might expect of an exotic supercar is not particularly novel anymore. With choices ranging from the Jaguar XFR and Audi RS6 to the…
Toyota hybrid tax credit expiring Oct 1
We've mentioned this before, but for all you procrastinators out there, we thought we'd put up a reminder: one of the tax credits available for people buying the Toyota hybrid vehicles is expiring on October 1. When congress enacted the particular…
Review: 2009 Lotus Exige S 260 offers even more power and lightness
2009 Lotus Exige S 260 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Over its 61-year history, Lotus Cars has spent a considerable amount of time clawing its way back from the brink of insolvency. The company's most recent bout with financial disrepair…
Where are the most important MPG increases, at the upper or lower end?
Imagine, if you will, taking a sheet of paper and cutting it in half. Now take one of those halves and cut it in half again. Now keep repeating the process. As you keep cutting, the difference in the size of the subsequent pieces gets progressively…
New Congress wants to create a Green fund and rollback of oil tax cuts
The Democrats now controlling congress have some big plans for the first few weeks, some of which will affect the auto industry and the environment. According the American International Automobile Dealers Association, they plan to establish a…