Category: Autoblog

Manitoba Hydro is the electric utility in the Canadian province of Manitoba. They've just announced a new research and development project to test plug-in hybrids. They want to evaluate the impact that large numbers of electric vehicles are going to…

BMW Art Car and all-female Ford GT out of Le Mans – Click above for image gallery
Artist Jeff Koons' special paint scheme is now the only thing that makes the #79 BMW M3 GT2 Art Car look like it's moving. Just after starting the sixth hour of the 24…

BMW M3 GT2 in ALMS – Click above for high-res image gallery
After BMW withdrew from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season, the automaker announced it would focus its motorsports efforts on production-based series. BMW announced this week that its…

Click the image above for more high-res shots of the 2009 Pontiac Vibe.
The Pontiac Vibe was born in 2003 as the latest GM-badged product from its NUMMI manufacturing joint venture with Toyota in Fremont, California. That made it the oldest model in…

Hyundai has decided not to wait until 2020 to get its fleet average fuel economy up to 35 mpg, aiming instead for 2015. That will provide several advantages for the Korean manufacturer, including earning credits for being ahead of the curve. Perhaps…

Hurst Redline Series Camaro – Click above for high-res image gallery
The gang at Hurst Performance Vehicles are unleashing their first ever turbocharged machine in honor of the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the BFGoodrich Radial T/A. Only…

People who were hoping to get a diesel-powered light duty truck in the next few years are now pretty much out of luck. In a disappointing but thoroughly unsurprising move, General Motors has confirmed that its highly anticipated 4.5-liter Duramax…

2010 Ohio State University Buckeye Bullet – Click above for high-res image gallery
As they have for the past several years, the kids from Ohio State University made the trek out to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah this month to see how fast they…

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of Challenger concept images
On this day of bloodletting at Chrysler, there is at least one good piece of news from Auburn Hills. In what should be a surprise to precisely no one, Chrysler has made it…

Sales of hybrid vehicles continued to buck the overall trend of sinking car and truck sales in 2007, according to the latest data from research firm R.L. Polk. Polk does an annual survey of new vehicle registrations and their 2008 numbers look very…