Category: Autoblog

In 2007 Mercedes-Benz is starting a major diesel push in the US market with the introduction of their BlueTec emissions technology. Mercedes sales and marketing boss Klaus Maier wants to see diesels comprise ten percent of US sales for the Stuttgart…

#1 Peugeot 908 powers through the night at Le Mans – Click above for high-res image gallery
It's the most important axiom of motorsports: If your car isn't running at the checkered flag, it really doesn't matter how fast you run. Nowhere is that more…

At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, General Motors will be all about the green with a third iteration of E-Flex and the second major body style. GM officials had previously acknowledged the Frankfurt E-Flex vehicle will be a completely…

Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG – Click above for high-res image gallery
The diminishing value of the U.S. dollar, most notably against the Euro and Yen, is causing plenty of grief for foreign automakers. While the US market has been in the tank for the past…

Unlike the heir to the British throne Prince Charles, new Prime Minister Gordon Brown has opted for gas-thirsty V-8 Jaguar XJ as his official car. While the Prince has switched to using diesel-powered Land Rovers and Jaguars, Brown's XJ hits the…

With a federal election campaign winding up this week in Australia, the leader of the opposition Labor Party repeated his earlier commitment to providing incentives for local development and production of hybrid vehicles. Kevin Rudd has promised to…

Click the Concept C for a high res gallery
Prior to the holidays, Ford invited members of the media to Dearborn to see many of the products that would be debuting at the Detroit Auto Show this week including the new Taurus, GT500 and Lincoln MKT.…

As we suspected recently when we heard that Proton would be showing a hybrid concept car next week at the Geneva Motor Show, the propulsion system has been developed by Lotus. Malaysian automaker Proton owns the British engineering consultancy and…

Click the Kia Koup for a high res gallery
Kia just officially unveiled their latest concept at the New York Auto Show, the Koup. As we already showed a little earlier this morning the Koup is a front wheel drive coupe that exhibits Kia's latest…

Imperial College London is collaborating with Waseda University (Japan) professors Tsuchida and Komatsu on another potential way to produce hydrogen. They've engineered a new compound from two molecules that occur naturally in blood, to use solar…