Category: Autoblog

Audi has been on the forefront of using aluminum in its cars since the original A8 debuted in 1994. Since then, the German manufacturer has used what it calls the Audi Space Frame ( ASF) for the mini A2, the TT and the R8 sports car. When the…

While one of our favorite automotive curmudgeons, the Great Farago seems to have no reluctance to call out the likes of General Motors for greenwashing and Tesla for supposedly being vaporware (BTW for vaporware, it's a blast to drive!), he has so…

Miles Automotive announced that they are teaming up with the environmental web site No Gas Required on a video competition for college and university students. Based on the description on the website it appears that entrants should create a video to…

The state of New York has awarded a contract to Hybrids Plus to build a plug-in Ford Escape Hybrid. The intent of the program is to evaluate the viability of plug-in hybrids and how much of an environmental benefit can be achieved on an SUV. The…

The Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization has given the lamely-named Good Design Gold Prize to the Mitsubishi “i”. The “i”, launched last January in Japan, is designed by Mitsubishi as an “innovative Premium Small Car”. The letter car is a…

Italian automaker Fiat is already huge in the diesel segment with almost 80 percent of the cars sold in the boot peninsula already running without spark plugs. Now, Fiat is working on their own home-grown hybrid system that could be on sale by 2011.…

Corvette C6.R GT2 – click above for a high-res image gallery
After more than two years of design and development work, the new GT2 class Corvette C6.R made its racing debut on Saturday at Mid-Ohio. For an all-new race ca,r it proved remarkably free…

Back in the 1990s, the GM EV1 was featured in one of the attractions at Epcot Center at Disney World in Florida. Once the EV1 was pulled off the roads the Epcot attraction was also replaced. As GM keeps the hype going for their next electric car, the…

The downward trend in driving miles continued into July of this year for the ninth straight month. In what is usually one of the heaviest driving months of the year as families head out on summer road trips, $4 gasoline and the general economic…

BMW Z4 joymobile – Click above for high-res image gallery
The latest addition to the long running series of BMW art cars is this Z4. Unlike previous art cars where the machine was the canvas, the z4 you see above was actually used as the paint brush.…