Ford Fiesta – click above for a high res gallery
For all the strength that the U.S. automakers have shown in the realm of big trucks and SUVs over the last thirty years, they are remarkably weak when it comes to small cars. However, all that appears…
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Canadian Olympic hockey team captain gets Honda FCX Clarity
The latest lessee of one of Honda's FCX Clarity fuel cell sedans is Scott Niedermayer. As captain of both the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL and the Canadian Olympic hockey team, Niedermayer is the first athlete to get one of the hydrogen-powered Hondas.…
Review: 2010 Audi S5 Cabriolet speaks too softly, but carries a big stick
2010 Audi S5 Cabriolet – Click above for high-res image gallery
Taking a great looking performance car and chopping off its roof is risky business – compromises are inevitable. That's especially true in this modern age of unibody structures. Removing…
Daimler wants to mass produce fuel cell vehicles by 2012-2015
Daimler fuel cell system development director Christian Mohrdieck told a conference in Stuttgart recently that by the 2012-2015 time frame they will be able mass-produce fuel cell cars on a cost competitive basis with other technologies. If so that…
New Jeep Grand Cherokee coming in 2011, Durango and/or Aspen too
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is already past due for a full redesign and if Chrysler can hang in their long enough, a new one should debut in time for the 2011 model year. The privately-owned automaker has announced its intention to put $281 million in…
GM fuel cell boss explains that the technology needs to pass final cost hurdle to production
General Motors fuel cell comparsion – click above to enlarge
It's no secret that General Motors remains committed to hydrogen fuel cells as a long term solution to zero emissions transportation. In this cause, GM is in league with many of the largest…
Tesla all grown up, first NHTSA recall announced
As the staff of Tesla Motors has learned all too painfully over the last several years, mass producing a car is no trivial task even if “mass” is only a few hundred. Now that Tesla is churning out Roadsters at a more or less steady pace it seems that…
Chicago Auto Show: Volkswagen goes back to grassroots racing with GTI Cup racer
Click on the image for the a gallery of high-res shots of the GTI Cup racer
Volkswagen just announced a major return to grassroots motorsports in the United States. Starting this year, VW is establishing a $300,000 contingency fund for registered…
European spec Dodge Journey to get dual clutch gearbox with diesel
click above image to view high-res gallery of 2009 Dodge Journey
When Chrysler announced the new Dodge Journey cross-over early last week, we skipped over it here on ABG. However a second look at the specs revealed something of interest, at least to…
GM marketing boss Mark LaNeve apparently unaware that diesel is now cheaper than gas
Over the last several years, we've heard a lot of excuses from many auto executives as to why their companies aren't offering diesel engines in their American market cars. Yesterday, General Motors' Mark LaNeve, the company's vice president of sales…