Category: Autoblog

U-haul has long been one of the top choices for people that needed a truck or trailer to move bulky stuff across town or across the country. You could easily pick up a moving van on one coast, load it up and drop it off on the opposite coast. Now the…

The city of Madison WI has taken delivery of five new transit buses with the GM-Allison Two-Mode hybrid system. Three of the buses will be running on regular city routes while the other two will be used on routes around the University of…

Click on the photo for a high res gallery of the Holden Torana Concept
In the past 18 months, GM has brought out two all-new rear-wheel drive platforms at opposite ends of the spectrum. The Kappa platform underpins the Solstice and Sky roadsters, as…

Click the Lexus LS600h for a high res gallery
Lexus has announced that they sold 16,800 vehicles with Lexus Hybrid Drive (aka Hybrid Synergy Drive) in Europe in 2007, their best performance yet. Toyota's premium brand is dominating the premium hybrid…

The low price Czech-based division of the Volkswagen group, Skoda, has started producing a revised version of its 1.2-liter three cylinder engine. The powerplant is debuting in the Fabia but will soon spread to its platform-mates within the group,…

One of the cooler aspects of the Woodward Dream Cruise is that its completely open and unmoderated. It's the ultimate “run what you brung” event. Hundreds of thousands of people sit along the edge of the road and watch everything from bikes to trucks…

Many of us have been on a flight to somewhere only to have the plane arrive in the vicinity of the destination airport and then endlessly loop around before finally landing. All airports and airlines have schedules that they try (sort of) to adhere…

The Monaco post office has just purchased a pair of electric delivery vans from Newteon ecofriendly vehicles. Le Poste Monaco chose a pair of Electric Porter vans equipped with lithium batteries. Newteon offers the Porter with either lead acid or…

After an extended break following the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Peugeot 908 HDi returned to action this past weekend at the 1,000km race at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium. Like the Audi R8 running in North America, the French diesel-powered racer…

After at least two years of trying to determine what it was going to do about its next-generation Mercedes-Benz A and B-class compacts, Daimler has announced that it will commit €600 million to update and expand the factory that builds them. We still…