The new B-Class Ford Fiesta replacement is expected to be shown in concept form next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, while the production version will bow next March in Geneva. Whether the Fiesta name will remain is still unknown, but the car will…

It looks like the lakes around Arvidsjaur Sweden have frozen early this year and the engineers from Munich have hit the ice already. The current generation BMW 6 Series has been one of the company's more controversial designs of the past decade,…

It's a wild world out there on the interwebs, wtih a multitude of sources of information. Unfortunately the quality of those sources tends to vary quite a bit so it's a good idea to double check stuff. Then of course there are the old fashioned…

British company Biofuels Corporation has been hit hard by the rising price of vegetable oil that they use to produce biodiesel. They recently had a £100million loss because of the cost of rapeseed, palm and soy oil prices that are climbing due to…

Volkswagen has been awarded an Auto Environment Certificate for the Golf 1.4L TSI by the ÖKO-TREND Institute for Environmental Research. When a new model is introduced the group analyzes the environmental impact of the production, purchasing, and…

One of the few definite successes of the DaimlerChrysler marriage is also one of the most low-key. In the early part of this decade, DCX decided to retire the long-in-the-tooth Dodge B-Vans and replace them with a Dodge-branded variant of the…

Chrysler has announced this morning that it's moving up the closing of its Newark, DE assembly plant. The closure was originally announced in February 2007 and was planned to happen later in 2009. Instead, the plant will be shuttered effective…

Kia Venga EV concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Apparently our Geneva Motor Show crew overlooked a one of the cars at the Kia stand this week. The Korean company showed off a battery electric version of its new Venga B-segment tall…

According to a new study, diesel tops hybrids and ethanol isn't even really in the game. Researchers at the Rand Corporation did a cost-benefit analysis of the top near-term alternatives to standard gasoline power-trains that looked at fuel savings,…

Since it's inception a half century ago, Magna has grown into the fourth largest automotive parts supplier in the world with sales of almost $24 billion in 2006. The Canadian company has even gotten into complete vehicle assembly with its purchase of…