Category: Autoblog

If the 500 Abarth isn't a hot enough hatch for your tastes, Fiat is about to add some Ferrari-flavored habenero to the mix. AutoExpress released (then retracted) pics and details of the 695 Tributo Ferrari ahead of its debut at the Frankfurt Motor…

2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery
If you take a close look at any Corvette built in recent years, what you won't find anywhere on it is the word ” Chevrolet.” The traditional bowtie does appear on the…

Making predictions is a dangerous business, especially if you are looking out past the immediate time horizon. Looking back at the Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines of the '50s and '60s you might think we'd all have airborne autos by…

2010 Porsche Panamera – Click above for high-res image gallery
Aside from four primary entry portals and four wheels, Porsche's new Panamera certainly doesn't have much in common with the Ford Taurus of earlier this decade. However, like the former…

For Americans who have never driven in Europe, it might be hard to imagine driving through six countries on a single tank of fuel. In the U.S. it would be hard to drive through six states on a single fillup. British hypermiling enthusiasts John and…

Click the photo of the Audi R10 overtaking the Ferrari F430 for more race action
In qualifying for the first ever American Le Mans Series race in Detroit, the LMP2 class cars put the mighty Audi R10s in their place. The diesel racers that have…

Click the Mazda2 for a high-res gallery
When the new Mazda2 debuted at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show many of us were disappointed to learn that it probably would not be coming to the US market. Times have changed, though, and It now looks like the car…

Ford's ongoing issues with its long-time heavy duty diesel engine supplier, Navistar, will soon be coming to an end. The 2011 edition of the Ford Super Duty pickups will get an all-new, in-house designed diesel V8 code-named Scorpion. So, now, if…

Ford 1.6-liter EcoBoost – click above for high-res image gallery
According to the latest report from the Environmental Protection Agency, Ford has scored the biggest improvement in combined fuel economy of any major carmaker over the last five years.…

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If there's one thing you can count on the internet, it's that everyone has an opinion and they aren't afraid to deliver their two cents. So when dueling billboards from Audi and BMW turned up on Santa Monica Blvd., the…