Category: Autoblog

Dodge Circuit EV concept – Click above for a high-res gallery
After Better Place launched a couple of years ago, it quickly announced a partnership with the Renault-Nissan alliance for a network of charging and battery exchange stations in Israel…

If you are in need of a rental car and feel like opting for a hybrid, you might want to check out Enterprise Rent-A-Car. This is particularly true if you are in the Portland, OR area, where two of Enterprise's locations are now almost exclusively…

Conducting utterly inappropriate comparison tests is completely par for the course at Top Gear. After all, these were the guys that pitted a Ford Fiesta against a Chevrolet Corvette and a Jaguar XK120 against a Vincent Black Shadow and a train. In…

Mazda has just announced that they've developed a new base material structure for catalytic converters. The key to the new material is a structure that allows catalyst particles of less than 5 nm to be embedded into the material. That should help…

After first announcing its plans to offer a new race engine for Formula Ford-type cars last summer, Honda Performance Development (HPD) has now begun to ship the new powerplants. HPD developed the 1.5-liter inline-four based on the production unit…

Regardless of what viewers may think of the opinions of Jeremy Clarkson and his cohorts at Top Gear, no one can argue with the production values. The cinematography is magnificent and even those who couldn't care less about cars find themselves…

2009 Cadillac CTS-V – Click above for high-res image gallery
Despite recent products to the contrary, when much of America thinks ” Cadillac,” a lot of people still recall the land yachts of the '70s and '80s. Hoods and decks marginally shorter than…

Members of the US Congress have long been supporting the corn ethanol business by transferring our tax dollars to agri-businesses like ADM and Monsanto. Now they will finally have the opportunity to actually use E85 with the opening of the first…

Click on the Peugeot 107 for a high res gallery
The Peugeot 107 has always had a bit of a big mouth look, something that is even more pronounced for 2009 thanks to a design refresh. Most of the visual changes are forward of the firewall and the nose…

Peugeot Prologue HYmotion4
Peugeot's Prologue HYmotion4 concept is in many ways the opposite of the same company's RC HYmotion4 concept. The upright crossover style Prologue is a different animal from the sleek four-door coupe. Both vehicles use the…