Category: Autoblog

2008 Scion xB – Click above for high-res image gallery
In the latter part of the 1990s, Toyota realized it had a problem on its hands. Although its sales had been climbing steadily for years, the average age of its customers was also climbing. That's…

Rolls-Royce unveiled the production version of its new “smaller” car, the Ghost, at the Frankfurt Motor Show and it goes into production next year. AutoCar is now reporting that the Rolls engineers are working on a hybrid version of the Ghost using…

Volkswagen has added a new 7-speed DSG transmission to the European-market Golf and Golf Plus models. DSG or Direct-Shift-Gearbox is VW's branding for dual-clutch gearboxes. The new 7-speed unit will be the first DSG unit used by VW with dry clutches…

Apparently not all Hollywood celebrities are as enamored with environmentally friendly cars as Ed Begley. In spite of the retail back orders for the Lexus GS450h, most of the attendees at a recent charity fund-raising auction declined to even bid on…

2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen – Click above for high-res image gallery
General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Honda and everyone else may not think there is much of a market for mainstream diesel vehicles in the United States, but Volkswagen would beg to…

The Arnage is the last of the old school Bentleys, the final model designed before the British brand was scooped up by Volkswagen a decade ago. We reported the other day that the team from Crewe wanted the Arnage to be back on top of the Bentley…

In the race to bring hydrogen-fueled cars to market, virtually every manufacturer has settled on the compressed gaseous form with one notable exception. BMW has been the lone holdout for the use of liquid hydrogen. BMW's rationale is that liquid…

It should come as no surprise that as America is in the midst of the worst economic downturn since at least the 1970s if not much longer, concern for the environment appears to be taking a hit. In its 25th annual survey asking whether the environment…

UPDATE: 44 additional pics added to high-resolution gallery
Click on the image of the 2008 C-Class for a gallery of high-res images
Today in Stuttgart, Mercedes-Benz officially unveiled the all new 2008 C-Class that will go on sale later this summer.…

Following the announcement of the Challenge-X winners at the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, several bloggers including your humble correspondent sat down to dinner with Dr. Gary Smyth and Nick Zielinski the chief engineer on the Chevy Volt.…