Chrysler will finally be getting a small B-Class car to sell in the next couple of years. As expected for several months now, DaimlerChrysler has finally signed an agreement with Chinese car-maker Chery Automotive. A production model based on the…
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DCX opens new Sprinter van plant in South Carolina
One of the few definite successes of the DaimlerChrysler marriage is also one of the most low-key. In the early part of this decade, DCX decided to retire the long-in-the-tooth Dodge B-Vans and replace them with a Dodge-branded variant of the…
VIDEO: Buick Invicta designers talk about their new concept
General Motors has just put a video featuring the designers of the new Buick Invicta concept discussing their new creation. The video is part of a series of “Studio Stories” episodes that GM has been producing over the past year. Exterior design lead…
??KO-TREND Institute awards Auto Environment Certificate for Golf TSI
Volkswagen has been awarded an Auto Environment Certificate for the Golf 1.4L TSI by the ÖKO-TREND Institute for Environmental Research. When a new model is introduced the group analyzes the environmental impact of the production, purchasing, and…
Double dipping, NHTSA providing prizes for police to write tickets
We all know that the money that we drivers pay for taxes on the fuel we use is supposed to go to pay for the roads where we consume the fuel, right? Not so fast there buddy! Many of us at one time or another have also encountered law enforcement…
British biodiesel firm close to collapse
British company Biofuels Corporation has been hit hard by the rising price of vegetable oil that they use to produce biodiesel. They recently had a £100million loss because of the cost of rapeseed, palm and soy oil prices that are climbing due to…
Don't believe everything you read out there, Tesla production date has not slipped again
It's a wild world out there on the interwebs, wtih a multitude of sources of information. Unfortunately the quality of those sources tends to vary quite a bit so it's a good idea to double check stuff. Then of course there are the old fashioned…
Spy Shots: New BMW 6 Series cabrio caught, reveals no more flying buttresses
It looks like the lakes around Arvidsjaur Sweden have frozen early this year and the engineers from Munich have hit the ice already. The current generation BMW 6 Series has been one of the company's more controversial designs of the past decade,…
Frankfurt Preview: Ford to show concept version of Fiesta replacement
The new B-Class Ford Fiesta replacement is expected to be shown in concept form next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, while the production version will bow next March in Geneva. Whether the Fiesta name will remain is still unknown, but the car will…
Breathe California gives clean air award to Coda Automotive
Coda EV Sedan – Click above for high-res image gallery
Lung disease advocacy group Breathe California gave out its Clean Air Awards in San Francisco last week and Coda Automotive was one of the honorees. 2010 was the twentieth anniversary of the…