Category: Autoblog

It's looking like all auto shows are going to be feeling the pinch of a shrinking auto market going forward, including the mighty Frankfurt Show. Honda has joined Nissan in pulling out of this fall's Frankfurt show in order to save money. Earlier…

The price of gas first spiked up to the $3.00 per gallon zone in the United States in September of 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. Even though the storm lost some of it's strength from it's peak before it made landfall, it still caused an enormous…

Volkswagen Golf BiFuel – Click above for high-res image gallery
Volkswagen has expanded its range of BiFuel-capable vehicles capable of running on either gasoline or liquified petroleum gas (LPG) with the addition of the new Polo BiFuel. Like the…

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Ford Mustang FR500CJ Cobra Jet
We first told you about Ford's new Mustang Cobra Jet factory drag car in June of 2007 and last week Ford posted a video on YouTube of a test session with the new car showing its…

new Nissan Global sub-compact – click above for high-res gallery
Nissan first sent out sketches of its next-generation small car in early October but we'll have to wait until the Geneva Motor Show next March to see it in the metal. This time around,…

In another sign of good things to come from Ford later this year, the company's new Fiesta has just won a Car of the Year award from What Car? magazine in the UK. Specifically, the Fiesta 1.25i Zetec was selected by the publication's editors. They…

We know that many AutoblogGreen readers are huge fans of Toyota's hybrid icon, the Prius. 2010 marks the tenth anniversary of the Prius entry into the U.S. market and Toyota wants to celebrate with a party for a very special and dedicated fan. Who…

Ford will officially unveil its revised 2011 Super Duty pickups Thursday at the State Fair of Texas, and the all-new, Ford-designed and produced 6.7-liter Power Stroke (aka Scorpion) diesel is the star of the show. We've already given you the details…

Here in Michigan, high-velocity physical interaction between motor vehicles and hoofed mammals is an all-too-common occurrence. Around these parts, such collisions usually involve white-tailed deer, which seem to be about as common as pigeons, crows…

CAR magazine over in the UK has a quick look at the new Jeep Compass CRD, a combination that's not available over here. The right hand drive oil-burning Jeep encounters many of the same complaints it faces in the US market, most notably the cheap…