Category: Autoblog

Earlier this year when Audi announced their 2008 racing plans, they declined to commit to the American Le Mans Series beyond the opener at the 12 Hours of Sebring. Thankfully, just before this weekend's race, Audi confirmed that they will indeed run…

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS – Click above for high-res image gallery
The fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro has been on the road for less than a year in production form, but, according to Motor Trend, General Motors is already considering a followup act.…

click above for high-res gallery of the Porsche Cayenne GTS
Following breakfast here at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, Porsche took the cover off its new Cayenne GTS for the first time on our shores. After emphasizing how well the updated 2007 Cayenne…

Three friends from North Wales were trying to come up with a way to use carbon dioxide to help grow algae to feed a fish farm and may have stumbled across a breakthrough that could clean up greenhouse gas emissions. There has been a lot of discussion…

Another school is jumping on the bandwagon to educate people in renewable energy. Once they get the go ahead from the Board of Higher Education Approval, Illinois State University will start offering a bachelor's degree program focused on renewable…

As the U.S. market finally makes the inexorable shift to more rationally-sized cars, Ford's President for the Americas, Mark Fields, will explain how his company plans to make money with smaller cars. Ford will apparently focus on doing what might…

Click above to view more high-res shots of the R8 under construction
This week Audi invited a group of American journalists to Europe to sample the newest A4 Avant, and since we hate to miss an opportunity to drive new cars, we hopped on a plane.…

The Society of Automotive Engineers has been sponsoring design competitions for engineering students for several decades with one of the most popular being the Formual SAE. In that event, teams of college students design, build, develop and race a…

Late in 2008, Ford revealed that it would be re-tooling several North American plants to build smaller vehicles that will be brought over from Europe over the next several years. One of those is a Louisville, Kentucky truck plant that was expected to…

2010 Ford Taurus – Click above for high-res image gallery
The 2010 Ford Taurus is barely into its launch, but plans are already being laid for the next-gen model. In what should be a surprise to no one, the next Taurus is expected to be smaller than…