Upcoming fuel economy regulations in the U.S. and carbon dioxide emissions limits in Europe appear set to take a bite out of the next generation Saab 9-3. The current 9-3 is derived from GM's Epsilon platform and the new 9-3 was due to come off the…

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the RX-8 in cold weather testing
Most of the Japanese car-makers do much of their cold weather testing at facilities on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, including Mazda. Mazda has been working on…

In many parts of the world, the majority of BMWs are sold with four cylinder engines running on either gasoline or diesel. Unfortunately in recent years American consumers have not had the privilege of opting for these powerplants. That's a situation…

For six decades, the Watkins Glen racetrack has been a home to motorsports in upstate New York. For many years it was the home of the US Grand Prix until the F1 circus decided they were too good to trek up to the Finger Lakes every October. In recent…

British prime minister Gordon Brown received a visit on Monday from Richard Blundell, the managing director of Th!nk UK. Th!nk is the Norwegian manufacturer of electric city cars that was once owned by Ford. Th!nk brought out its city car so that…

AutoblogGreen recently got to spend a week living with Nissan's first hybrid vehicle – the 2007 Altima Hybrid. The Altima uses a parallel hybrid system licensed from Toyota and is currently only available in 10 states. ABG has the full scoop with all…

Product designer Spencer Brown decided decided to create new ecologically friendly packing materials for moving applications a few years ago after trying to dispose of the boxes from a move of his own. After visiting a landfill and discovering all…

Mini Beachcomber concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Mini is reportedly seriously considering creating a production version of the Beachcomber concept that debuted at this year's Detroit Auto Show. The Beachcomber was produced as a Mini…

Deriving electrical energy from the flow of river water is nothing new. Dams have have been built on rivers to divert the flow into turbines that drive electrical generators for over a century. More recently there have been numerous projects to…

Click the StormTrooper for a gallery of press and live photos
The car you see pictured here is what happens when a self-professed Star Wars geek gets to have his way with the latest Dodge mid-sized sedan. While the stock Dodge Avenger looks awkward…