Category: Autoblog

The tiny subcompact that GM first showed as the 2007 Beat concept could start production by the end of this year in India. A report in Indian Autos Blog indicates that for the Indian market the car will be called the Mini – rather than the Spark…

After announcing earlier this year that it would spend over half a billion dollars over the next decade to put 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles into its fleet, AT&T has added its first electric vehicle. The telecommunications giant is one of six big…

For the past several years the governing body of Formula One racing has been pondering rule changes that would, among other things, make the sport more environmentally friendly. One of the proposals that has popped up several times is using hybrid…

click above image to view gallery of the 2008 Saturn Vue Green Line
The second generation of General Motors' original hybrid SUV has arrived, and it's still the cheapest hybrid SUV on the market, but just barely. The $24,795 price slides under the…

When people think about alternative fuel vehicles, Daihatsu is not a name that usually comes to mind. Daihatsu is one of the smaller Japanese car-makers and they sold a couple of models in the US market from 1988-92. More recently, Toyota bought a…

For the past decade, tuners in the US – mostly in California – have been taking small front wheel drive cars and outfitting them with oversized tires, turbochargers or superchargers, outrageous wings and air-dams, nitrous oxide, and coffee cans…

Jeff Koons BMW M3 GT2 art car – Click above for high-res image gallery
The latest in a 35-year-long run of BMW art cars was unveiled in Paris today ahead of its participation in next week's 24 hours of Le Mans. The M3 GT2 was painted by American…

With German cities on the verge of banning older diesel vehicles from central areas at the beginning of the year, many drivers are getting particulate filters installed on their cars. The German government offers subsidies of up to €330 for the…

Click above for high-res gallery of Chrysler's hybrid SUVs
Apparently hoping to avoid the ignominious fate of the full-size hybrid SUVs from two-mode hybrid partner General Motors, Chrysler is getting aggressive with the pricing of its new Durango…

Bill Wallace showing off the Volt cell and battery pack – Click above for high-res image gallery
Back in January at the Detroit Auto Show, GM's former CEO Rick Wagoner announced that the automaker would be building its own battery packs for the…