Category: Autoblog

click the Hako concept for a high-res gallery
Apparently Scion got the message from fans of the first generation xA and xB when the replacements grew larger and heavier. Today they debuted a new concept called the Hako Coupe at the New York Auto…

Prospective Chrysler partner Chery Automobile has unveiled their first hybrid model at the Beijing International Auto Exhibition. Based on the Google translation of the press release, the A5ISG (yet another model name that rolls right off the…

2010 Volkswagen Golf – click above for high res image gallery
Several weeks ago someone stumbled across the web site for the 2010 Golf buried in the VW consumer site and we got a preview of the some of the details of the U.S.-spec MK VI model. VW has…

Malibu Barbie VW New Beetle Convertible – click above for high-res gallery
We're in Wolfsburg, Germany right now for the launch drive of the 2010 Volkswagen Golf and we've just returned from a presentation at the company's design center with Walter…

Ballard fuel cell forklift – Click above for a high-res image gallery
Ballard Material Products has received the bulk of $6.2 million in Department of Energy funding for research work into fuel cell materials aimed at cutting the cost and improving…

Rinspeed UC? – Click above for high-res image gallery
Swiss design studio Rinspeed has released the details on its annual Geneva Motor Show concept and it is once again electrically driven. Unlike the Lotus Elise-based amphibious Squba from two years…

Alfa Romeo Giulietta – Click above for high-res image gallery
A strong C-segment (aka compact) vehicle platform has long been critical to the success of any automaker doing business outside of the United States. Increasingly, the same is becoming…

When Volkswagen unveiled its BlueSport concept in Detroit last January, the big question on people's mind was “When can we buy one?” If the most recent spy shots from the Nurburgring are any indication, it could be soon. A development mule based on a…

Tesla is now on its fourth CEO in just 12 months as the fledgling all-electric automaker has announced today that chief fund-raiser, architect and Chairman Elon Musk will take up the mantle from current CEO Ze'ev Drori. Early this morning Valleywag…

We reported yesterday on a story that turned up about referred to as a new Escort. We decided to check with Ford to see if there was anything to this story, and spokesman Said Deep let us know that story is untrue. Where did the rumor come from?…