Category: Autoblog

Audi A1 low-rider – Click above for high-res image gallery
The Audi R8 GT may be making its first official public appearance at the Wörthersee Tour 2010 this week, but the big push for Audi is unarguably the new A1. Of the 19 cars that Audi is…

Up north of the border in Winnipeg, the Plug-in Highway Network is organizing a conference on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles this fall. The PHEV2007 conference takes place on November 1 and 2, 2007 and will try to bring to together researchers…

It's well known by now that, aside from the cost, the biggest hurdle to the adoption of EVs may be a lack of charging infrastructure available to people most likely to use these vehicles. Those would be urban dwellers, many of whom live in apartment…

This spring, Mini is adding new low emissions variants to its gas-engined model lineup in Europe, including the Mini One Cabrio and the Minimalism variants of the hardtop. Even the Cooper S is getting updated with more power and lower…

Back in October, Mercedes-Benz made something of a splash in California when they re-introduced the E320 to the California market. It was the first new diesel available in the state in over two years. However, it now appears that the E320 BlueTec is…

At Geneva Motor Show earlier this month Alfa Romeo introduced their new mini-car, the Mi.To. Now they've released a cool video showing that just because a car is small and economical, it doesn't mean that fun has to be left behind. Back in my former…

click for high-resolution gallery of the HED 5 i mode
The Hyundai HED-5 concept made its debut at the 2008 Geneva Motor and Americans will get their first look at the new crossover in Los Angeles. For its North American debut, the company has…

Ever since the first oil embargo of the early seventies, there has been a direct correlation between the price of gasoline and sales of more efficient vehicles. When prices go up people stop buying gas guzzlers, it's simply a matter of…

Porsche originally pioneered a working version of the dual clutch gearbox concept on some 962 Group C cars in the late 1980s, but it took until 2003 for the design to show up in production vehicles. When Volkswagen introduced the six speed DSG in…

Click the 7-series ActiveHybrid for a high res gallery
BWM showed its new 7-series ActiveHybrid in North America for the first time today at the LA Auto Show. The 7-series hybrid uses the mild hybrid system developed in cooperation with Mercedes…