Category: Autoblog

Click the '57 Eldorado bumper for a gallery of some other design details
With tens of thousands of cars and trucks crawling along Woodward Ave. for the annual Dream Cruise, most of the million plus spectators who lined the sides of the road probably…

Out on the show floor at Cobo Hall today, I spoke to Daniel Kammerer of BMW about their diesel and hybrid plans. Mr. Kammerer is Head of Alternative Drive Trains, Technical Communications for BMW. BMW has a joint development agreement with…

Ford is responding to the dramatic shift in vehicle sales in recent months by culling truck production and adding passenger car production as quickly as they can. One of the few bright points in Ford's lineup right now is the Focus, which Ford is…

Mascoma Corporation's first pilot plant in Rome, New York has now begun to produce cellulosic ethanol. Mascoma is one of two cellulosic ethanol companies that got equity investments from General Motors in early 2008, the other being Coskata. The Rome…

For a company who's engineering capabilities have made it so popular with so many other automakers, Lotus sure has been a hot potato for the past couple of decades and it looks like they may get new owners again before long. Zap! has announced a new…

Lotus 11 replica track car for sale – click above for a high res image gallery
As we were rolling through Lexington, OH this weekend after leaving the ALMS race at Mid-Ohio, we spotted an interesting yellow car sitting in a lot. This knee-high…

Over at the Tesla blog, PR Director David Vespremi has a new post on developing the driving dynamics of the Roadster. Clearly the team responsible for creating this little animal are car nuts with a heart of green. While they have set out to create a…

How come just because he's rich Jay Leno gets to drive all the cool cars like the GM EcoJet and the Tesla Roadster and we don't? Jay got to spend some time with the Roadster and write about it for the Times of London. Needless to say, he was…

As the current Saab 9-5 heads into the waning days of its life-cycle, General Motors' Swedish brand will be launching a new limited edition model at the Detroit Auto Show.
This time around, the 9-5 Griffin is set to do duty as the most luxurious Saab…

At a press conference in Lordstown, OH this afternoon, GM CEO Rick Wagoner officially announced that the Chevrolet Cruze would be built at the plant alongside the existing Cobalt. Wagoner alluded to this in June during the company's annual meeting.…