Click above for a gallery of the new Honda Insight
As the clock runs down to the official unveiling of Honda's new Insight for 2009, more information is leaking out of Europe, this time directly from Honda. A new brochure covering the entire European…
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Jetta TDI demos turn up at dealers, lots of orders coming in
The initial batch of Volkswagen Jetta TDIs have started to appear at Volkswagen dealers around the country and at least one dealer in Virginia is reporting a lot of interest. Jay Pichardo of Greenbrier Volkswagen posted a photo of the first demo…
Honda test facility duplicates Tsukuba Circuit in Ohio?
Honda's Transportation Research Center in Ohio
One of the cool things about Google Maps (and Earth) is that you can get a unique bird's-eye view of a lot of places that are typically locked down to the general public. For car enthusiasts, that means…
Roush announces new propane powered F-250 Super Duty
Roush Engineering is following up last year's introduction of a propane-fueled Ford F-150 with a similarly-fueled F-250 Super Duty. Propane as a fuel tends to be more appealing to fleet users, who in some cases have their own propane filling tanks on…
VIDEO: Top Gear takes on British green driving guidelines
Jeremy Clarkson and his team at the BBC car show Top Gear did a green episode. One of the segments had co-host Richard Hammond evaluating a Saab 9-3 while trying to follow the British government's guidelines for greener driving. Of course Jeremy and…
Detroit 2008 Preview: Diesel powered Mitsubishi Concept-RA concept
Click the sketch for a high-res gallery
Mitsubishi has just released sketches of the concept coupe they will be showing at the January's Detroit Auto Show that looks set to take the best of the original Eclipse, the Audi R10 and the latest Evo X.…
More photos of the VW Chameleon EV bus
Volkswagen has provided addtional images of the battery powered bus that we had up a few days ago. Some of the photos show the new electronic instrument display that is context sensitive. All the available photos are after the jump.
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2011 Ford Super-Duty to debut at Texas State Fair, on sale Q2 2010
As the official vehicle of the South, the Texas State Fair has become the prime venue for automakers to show off new pick-up trucks. In two weeks, Ford will use the fair to debut the 2011 Super-Duty range, which will receive the new 6.7-liter…
Larry Sonsini joins Tesla board to provide guidance on future direction
The board of directors at Tesla has a new member today as Larry Sonsini has joined the party. The presence of Sonsini as a member of the Tesla team is of particular importance moving forward because of his area of expertise. Sonsini is Chairman of…
Carmakers struggle to keep up with demand for small cars
In a particularly bleak sales month in June, there were some surprising numbers hidden deep in the sales reports. A month ago, sales of small cars like the Honda Civic, Ford Focus and Toyota Corolla all had record sales. All three of those cars had…