In general humans tend to think at a very local scale. They can visualize the things that directly impact their lives, like how much they spend on groceries or rent. But as numbers grow beyond that local human scale they become increasingly abstract…
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Mitsubishi iMiEV joins the beautiful people, heads to Monaco
Click above for high-res image gallery of the IMiEV
Mitsubishi and Nissan-Renault Alliance seem to be in a see-saw battle to see who can sign up more governments to use and/or support their electric vehicles. The latest round goes to Mitsubishi,…
Frankfurt Preview: Kuga CUV to be Ford's first Euro hybrid
Ford will be unveiling a new mid-sized crossover for the European market with styling based on last year's Iosis-X concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The Kuga gets the full kinetic design treatment that debuted on the current Mondeo.…
Rendered Speculation: Reader-penned Acura TL Sportwagon
With the Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon now on sale and the Acura TSX wagon coming this fall, Autoblog reader Andrew decided to try his hand at producing a five-door version of the larger TL sedan.
By merging the roofline of the seven-seat MDX crossover…
Volkswagen Golf getting even smaller engines
Volkswagen has been one of the leaders in recent years in the area of downsizing engines. The German company was one of the first to start employing boosted and direct injected small displacement four cylinder engines to replace larger displacement…
Spy Shots: 2009 Ford Fiesta/Verve, the clearest shots yet!
The Verve sedan concept
The clearest shots yet of the production version of Ford's new B-class car have turned up showing both the three- and five-door hatchback models. The new photos show the minis pretty much devoid of camouflage and confirm that…
Porsche hybrids could be here sooner than expected
More news is emerging out of Germany about upcoming hybrids from Porsche. It has already been revealed that both the Cayenne and the Panamera sedan will be getting hybrid variants. It now looks like we might see a hybrid VW Touareg as soon as 2008…
Downtown Detroit gets a hydrogen station
On October 23, another hydrogen filling station opened up in downtown Detroit at the NextEnergyCenter. The station was built in a partnership between the Department of Energy, Air Products, Daimler-Chrysler, NextEnergy and BP. It will primarily be…
That'll buff right out: Chevy turns new Captiva into scratch off card
Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the Captiva Scratch Car-d
We've all bought one of those “scratch and win” lottery cards at the convenience store before. Attacking that little piece of cardboard with a penny is a very satisfying experience,…
Officially Official: Honda releases photos and specs on HSV-010
Honda HSV-010 – Click above for high-res image gallery
After a single teaser, a slew of spy shots and a handful of videos, Honda has finally released all the official details on its new GT500-bound HSV-010 racecar. Based on the discontinued NSX…