Category: Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Infiniti Essence Concept
When the new Infiniti M gets Nissan's new in-house developed hybrid system next year, it will be just the first of a full line of hybrids from the brand. At the Geneva Motor Show last…

Click on the photo for a gallery of the Accord Coupe Concept
The 2008 Honda Accord sedan has been out and about fairly regularly in the past few weeks with several lightly covered examples having been photographed. Until now, none of these were…

Next weekend marks the tenth running of the Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta and the debut of the Green Challenge in the American Le Mans Series. The usual suspects like Audi and Peugeot will be on hand with their diesel-powered LMP1…

Saturn Vue 2-Mode Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
While perusing the EPA's fuel economy listings, one of our readers stumbled across a vehicle that we didn't even know had been rated. The 2-Mode Hybrid version of the Saturn Vue had…

If you have the 24 hours of Le Mans on your DVR and don't want to know which diesel crew landed at the top of the podium then don't follow the jump. If you want to know who covered the most distance today go right ahead.
There were six diesel-powered…

Hummer H3T – click above for high-res image gallery
Not so many years ago, Hummer appeared to be one of General Motors' most potentially lucrative brands. Now, the fallen brand looks poised to fall into the hands of the Chinese very soon. Bloomberg…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed a new hybrid turbocharger that could further enhance the possibilities for improving fuel efficiency through downsizing. Turbochargers have traditionally be used as a way of to recycle some of the…

2008 Dodge Charger cop car – Click above for high-res image gallery
To paraphrase the words of the immortal Elwood Blues to his recently emancipated brother, Jake; “It's got a cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, and cop shocks.” There was a time…

Most of the attention in the world of batteries these days focuses on the wide spectrum of lithium ion chemistries. However, in the research labs there are still plenty of scientists, engineers and chemists trying to wring more performance out of our…

The new Dodge Nitro is essentially a stretched version of the Jeep Liberty and is going on sale in Europe next spring. As with most previous Chrysler-built SUVs sold in Europe, such as as the Liberty, it will be available with a diesel as an option…