Over at eGMCarTech they are reporting that when Nissan does finally begin selling a hybrid based on their own internally developed technology, there will be a luxury sedan in the mix. Nissan has already announced they will sell a natively designed…
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Volkswagen announces 2008 Jetta TDI cup schedule
Volkswagen has just announced an eight-race schedule for the 2008 running of the Jetta TDI cup. This will the first running of the new series where thirty amateur racers will take to the track in identically-prepared Jetta TDI sedans. Apart from…
Fiat stops production of 1.3L Multijet diesel because of quality problem
Fiat has suspended production of their popular 1.3L MultiJet diesel at the plant in Poland where it's built. They also halted some production of the cars the engine gets installed in. According to Fiat, the stoppage was due to quality issues with…
Alternative fuels at the Detroit Grand Prix
The Detroit Grand Prix is taking place this weekend at a temporary course on Belle Isle in the Detroit River. While the diesel-powered Audi R10s are well known in these parts for their dominance, all the racers here this weekend are running…
American Le Mans Series moving further into biofuels
As the American Le Mans Series prepares for the tenth annual Petite Le Mans at Road Atlanta this weekend organizers released a plan for the series for the remainder of the decade. Aside from the diesel-powered Audi R10s, this year all other cars are…
2008 Jetta TDI Cup season will start airing on Speed October 26
Action from the first Jetta TDI cup race
The inaugural season of Volkswagen's Jetta TDI Cup wrapped up a couple of weeks ago at Road Atlanta with Josh Hurley taking home the gold. For those of you that didn't get a chance to see the eight races,…
Malcolm Bricklin filing a multi-billion RICO lawsuit against Chery Motors
Back in 2004 serial automotive entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin announced plans to collaborate with “rogue” Chinese automaker Chery Motors to bring new cars to the US market. Chery is referred to as “rogue” because the company never actually got…
Japan ups the ante again on high speed trains, 217 mph!
The Japanese already have some of the fastest trains in the world and it looks like Kawasaki Heavy Industries is about to give travelers another reason not to get airborne. The new Environmentally Friendly Super Express Train will hit speeds up to…
2007 Barrett-Jackson, Scottsdale: Hemi Superbird and Daytona Sold at $750,000
Click on the image for a high-res gallery of photos of this pair
Once upon a time, the “SC” in NASCAR actually stood for stock car and the machines that raced at Daytona and Talladega actually were based on production vehicles. In the late sixties…
Ford spreading the EcoBoost love to the Mustang
Once upon a time the old 302cu.in. V-8 was almost ubiquitous within Ford being available in some form in just about every vehicle that Dearborn built except the lowly Pinto. It looks like the next engine to achieve that status will be the new 3.5L…