Category: Autoblog

Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
General Motors' recently hired vice-president for sales and marketing Joel Ewanick took the stage at the Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, CA today and finally revealed that the 2011…

Chrysler was the first Western automaker to set up shop in China a quarter century ago and now they may well be the first to bring Chinese made cars to the US market. As expected, today in Beijing Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda and Chery Automobile Co.…

Those that have been paying attention to Autoblog for any length of time will know that the staff here have long been enamored with the voice recognition (VR) technology that is a part of Ford's SYNC system. SYNC VR generally does a better job of…

When the new Astra goes on sale at Saturn dealers this fall it will initially only have 1.8L gasoline engines available but it may not stay that way. A lot of the Astras on the road in Europe are equipped with diesel engines including a new 1.9L…

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Venture Vehicles, the company working on the articulated three wheeled VentureOne vehicle, has just taken a big step toward financial sustainability for itself. They've received $6 million in Series A…

Just in time for the summer solstice, Lotus sent out a cryptic message to let us know that the next evolution of the brand will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. No other clues have been revealed, but we're guessing that a number of hints will be…

2011 Ford Fiesta – Click above for high-res image gallery
Actually, the Ford Fiesta marketing campaign started well over a year ago with the Fiesta Movement social media effort. The primary advertising campaign is now moving into the more traditional…

Toyota may have been on the bleeding edge of developing strong parallel hybrids for production cars, but when it comes to plug-ins they're not quite so enthusiastic. In an interview with Bloomberg, Toyota's Bill Reinert expresses skepticism about the…

If you think we've got it bad here when it comes to fuel prices, our friends in Europe have it far worse. Gasoline is now $8.75/gallon in the UK and it is having a real impact on people's behavior. In a report from the International Energy Agency, it…

Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images from the Detroit Auto Show
With the impending start of sales for the second generation Smart ForTwo in Europe, the company has released the final vehicle certification results. Smart had been…