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This year's Los Angeles Auto Show includes the fourth annual Design Los Angeles conference for automotive designers. Part of the conference is the Design Challenge which this year tries to imagine transportation a half century from…
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New Tennessee-built VW Passat won't get the “Westmoreland” treatment
While we were chatting with VW of America CEO Stefan Jacoby in Wolfsburg, Germany, the subject of its new 'Merican-built car came up. The so-called NMS or New Midsize Sedan will replace the Passat in the US VW lineup. This model will be unique to the…
Chevy Volt program is not being delayed … yet!
You can never be certain about the information you get from fourth-hand, unconfirmed sources. General Motors will be releasing its third quarter financial results this morning, and it will be ugly for sure. Rick Wagoner will also be announcing more…
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VIDEO: Ford Fiesta, outruns Corvette, assualts beach, and it's green!
Here in the US we still have a bit more than a year to wait before we get our hands on the new Ford Fiesta. Not the Brits. Our friends at Top Gear have decided to try out a new road test format with the Fiesta as chief gear-head Jeremy Clarkson takes…
Detroit 2009: Audi introduces 39 mpg Sportback concept [w/VIDEO]
click the Sportback concept for a high res gallery of what to expect from the A7
Audi took the wraps off a new concept in Detroit that presages the upcoming A7 coupe/sedan that will be joining the lineup in the next year or so. The Sportback concept…
Epyon Unveils Fast Charger for Electric Vehicles During Nissan LEAF Tour in Amsterdam
More and more fast charging system will hit the streets over the next decade as electric vehicles become more common. As the market grows, more and more players will enter the space. One of them, Netherlands-based Epyon, showed off its new fast…
Ford starts small car conversion with $75 million at Michigan truck plant
Ford's product transformation to small cars is beginning with a big investment in the Michigan Truck Plant. The plant in the Detroit suburb of Wayne has been building the full-size Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs for the last decade but it's…
Geneva 2009: Top ten diesels you can't get in America!
One of the first things you notice when you start wandering around the Geneva Motor Show is that virtually every major automaker offers diesel engines. Lots of them. Many of them are even in cars that we can get in the U.S. market but only with…
Volkswagen Golf GTI Adidas and Excessive unveiled at Wörthersee 2010 [UPDATE]
Volkswagen Golf GTI Adidas – Click above for high-res image gallery
As usual, Volkswagen has used this year's annual GTI meetup in Wörthersee, Austria to unveil new special variants of the sporty Golf. Of the two cars revealed today, the Golf GTI…