Category: Autoblog

The second-generation Scion xB grew substantially in size and weight when it debuted a few months ago. The original was based on the previous-generation Toyota Yaris platform and used the 1.5L engine from that car. The new one comes with a much more…

2009 BMW 750i – Click above for high-res image gallery
The BMW 7 Series and the Mercedes-Benz S-class are two vehicles utterly defined by their birthplace. Each was spawned in Southern Germany, where massive stretches of autobahn honed their ability…

The 2008-09 edition of the Lexus Eco Challenge is over and high school teams from Illinois and Florida have captured the top $50,000 prizes. The competition is open to teams of middle and high school students nationwide and is intended to encourage…

Aptera 2e – Click above for image gallery
We recently opined about the fact that the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program excludes vehicles not covered by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The subject…

In a new article in Time magazine film director Chris Paine actually gives GM some credit for their current efforts to develop more efficient, less polluting vehicles. That's mighty praise from the man behind the movie “Who Killed the Electric Car”.…

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Pontiac G8 ST
After more than two decades, the ghost of the El Camino has finally risen from the grave, at least for U.S. drivers. It never actually went away in Australia. Now that the Pontiac G8 has ushered…

We're still a bit more than a year away from getting Ford's new Fiesta here in North America but the company has launched a micro-site for its new small car. There are downloadable images of the Fiesta and some details of the equipment that will be…

2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS with HiPer strut front suspension – Click above for high-res image gallery
Now that Buick has a refreshed reason to exist in a post-bankruptcy General Motors, the brand isn't sitting still with its products. Take, for example,…

2010 Suzuki Kizashi GTS – Click above for high-res image gallery
The Suzuki Kizashi is a very nice mid-size sedan with some sporty pretensions. However, its snail-pace sales numbers make it hard to justify expanding the powertrain lineup. Further…

One company we haven't been hearing too much from of late is Phoenix Motorcars. They made a pretty big splash in 2006 around the same time that Tesla launched and they've turned up at all the usual conferences and events with prototypes of their…