Click on the Alfa Romeo 8C for a high res gallery from the announcement
After being absent from the US market since 1995, Alfa Romeo is finally coming back to America one year from now and they are returning with a bang! The opening salvo from Alfa…
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Judging the Tesla Roadster and Chevy Volt by different standards
There has long been an interesting paradox in the realm of cars. For some peculiar reason, people who buy really expensive cars are willing to make more compromises to the foibles of the car and cut them more slack. How else to explain grief that…
Video: Live from Dearborn – '07 vs '08 Mercury Mariner
Click on the photo for a gallery of the 2008 Mariner in action
Ford provided the journalists assembled in Dearborn the chance to drive many of their 2008 models back-to-back with their 2007 equivalents so that the new models' improvements could be…
LA 2007 Preview: Are there really any new ideas? 1900 Porsche EV!
In the last couple of years, green car enthusiasts have gotten all hot and bothered by the idea of cars like the Tesla Roadster, Zap-X and Chevrolet Volt. And while these cars and others seem incredibly innovative today, in reality they all have…
Honda says it isn't pulling out of more auto shows
On Monday, we reported that Honda Europe had decided to cancel its participation in this fall's Frankfurt Motor Show. In that report, we speculated that it wouldn't be a surprise to see Honda follow Nissan's path of only participating in one major…
Is Tesla using Dodge Magnum body shells for White Star mules?
Photo by Doug King
An attentive Tesla fan happened to be driving past the site of the future Tesla store in Menlo Park, CA recently and took a photo while sitting a traffic light. Closer inspection revealed an unusual Dodge Magnum sitting at the…
Tokyo 2009: Honda SkyDeck, is this the future of the Odyssey?
Honda SkyDeck Concept – click above for high-res image gallery
Unlike the CR-Z which is nothing more than a thinly veiled preview of an upcoming production model, the Honda Skydeck remains a pure design study at this point. While most automakers…
Fun while it lasted: Porsche Panamera Turbo reportedly tops Cadillac CTS-V's 'Ring record
2010 Porsche Panamera – Click above for high-res image gallery
It's been just over a year since Cadillac captured the title of fastest production four-door car when John Heinricy circulated the Nürburgring's north loop with a CTS-V in under eight…
Chevy Volt program shelved? Absolutely not!
Some of you may have noticed a story posted elsewhere on the interwebs late last evening about the Chevy Volt. As the story goes, a friend of a friend of a friend, etc told the writer that the Volt program was being put on indefinite hold due to the…
Nascar Car of Tomorrow: Dodge Avenger vs Toyota Camry
NASCAR has been actively developing their next-generation cars, referred to as the Car or of Tomorrow, for the last couple of years. Starting in 2007, they will begin phasing in the new cars at selected tracks as they continue developing the CoT. The…