Category: Autoblog

Click on the bare Fusion for a high res gallery from the first track test
Last week Ford gave us the first look at the fuel cell-powered Fusion that they will be taking out to Bonneville next month to try and establish a top speed benchmark for…

As automakers continue to pile on the features to their high-end offerings, the connection between human and machine gets increasingly complicated. BMW was one of the first automakers to tackle the issue of button/switch overload with iDrive, only to…

Click above for gallery of the Audi's future concepts
While other automakers are fleeing Detroit's Cobo Hall, Audi has plans to make up for their absences. We already knew the V10-powered version of the R8 would be making its world debut at the North…

The era of the Porsche and Piech families controlling the German sports car maker looks like it will soon be drawing to a close of sorts. Following quickly after yesterday's approval by the Volkswagen supervisory board of a merger agreement with…

Car sales in China have been growing at an enormous rate for the past decade, contributing to the ever worsening pollution problems in cities like Beijing and Shanghai. The Chinese economy is still a hybrid, with a wild “free” market that still has a…

Mazda has just launched it's latest “Kei-class” car in Japan with the redesigned AZ-Wagon. The “Kei” cars are built to specifications defined by law in Japan that place limits on size engine displacement and power. Kei cars are limited to 660 cc of…

Volkswagen e-up! concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
A day before the opening of the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen CEO Dr. Martin Winterkorn has announced a plan for electrifying the brand's model lineup. While the absurdly expensive new…

It seems a pretty safe assumption that if Joel Ewanick agreed to join General Motors as its Vice President of Marketing after less than two months in the same job at Nissan, he must have been promised a lot. Specifically, he was probably given…

1993 Toyota Celica Turbo – Click above for high-res image gallery
Toyota will be out in force at next weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed. The highlight of Toyota's participation will be a celebration of its success in the World Rally Championship…

2010 Honda Insight EX – Click above for high-res image gallery
First impressions can be problematic, even more so when reviewing a vehicle. When the media gets its first shot at a new offering, the automaker typically invites journalists to a…