Click above for high-res gallery of Nissan's Paris Motor Show lineup
Nissan is planning on showing three new cars at the Paris Motor Show next month. Two of them are conventional small cars that we've already got photos of. The third is a battery…

The rumormill is going full-tilt with word that General Motors is about to get really serious about the “sport” in its Cadillac CTS Sportwagon. Here at Autoblog HQ, we certainly hope it's all true. After all, it's hard not to appreciate the current…

New Nissan Global Compact – click above for high-res image gallery
Nissan has just sent out the first sketch of its next-generation B-segment compact. The new car will be available globally starting next March in Thailand and then spreading to over…

Tesla Roadster – Click above for a high-res image gallery
At a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden the other day, Michael van der Sande, the Marketing VP at Tesla Motors, accepted the Sustainability Innovation Award given out by the Globe Forum. Crown…

2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser – Click above for high-res image gallery
It wasn't so many years ago that Chrysler's design department was considered among the best in the industry. Attractive, innovative shapes came one after another, then they took a…

The World Solar Challenge in Australia this year featured a Greenfleet Technology division for high mileage alternative fuel vehicles. One of the top competitors was the Audi A3 TDIe powered by a 1.9L four cylinder diesel. The team of drivers covered…

In other parts of the world, Toyota sells their big Land Cruiser SUV with an optional diesel engine. In the latest redesign that debuted in 2007, the diesel is an all-new 4.5L V-8 engine that replaced a long-running inline six cylinder diesel.…

Anyone with kids in grade school has probably seen the Weekly Reader. The publishers of the classroom magazine have now partnered with General Motors to produce a new curriculum for fifth through eighth grade students covering energy and the…

Britain has always had lots of small cottage industry car-makers that exist in varying degrees of obscurity. Most of these manufacturers usually have spotty quality and reliability and never export their products off the island. They also usually…

For the 2010 model year, the big powertrain news from General Motors in the U.S. has been the launch of two new direct injected engines, a 2.2-liter four cylinder and a smaller 3.0-liter version of its high-feature V6. The latter engine uses its new…