Opel Flextreme GT/E concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
The highlight of the Opel stand in Geneva this week is clearly the new Flextreme GT/E concept. This second Flextreme-badged concept is the first mid-sized car to be powered by…
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Some Chevy Volt parts are likely already on the road in mules
The Chevy Volt is still at least three years from Job 1 but there are almost surely parts of it prowling the streets of Southeast Michigan. Whenever a new vehicle is developed there are components that are ready for testing out of sequence. Long…
It's not all bad news for Ford: they need more capacity for the Focus
Most of the news coming out of Ford lately has been pretty negative, with big truck sales in free fall and potentially profitable larger cars like Taurus never even gaining traction in the market. However, there are a few rays of hope. Besides the…
GM's Larry Nitz confirms Volt will use 1.4L four cylinder, talks Two-Mode
The man in charge of hybrid powertrain development at GM Larry Nitz has confirmed that the E-Flex team has made the decision to switch engines for the range extender in the upcoming Chevy Volt. The original concept was to use a turbocharged 1.0L…
Is production of EEStor ultracapacitors being pushed back into 2008?
After having earlier proclaimed that they would have their remarkable new ultra-capacitors in production this year, it now looks like EESTor is delaying production for as much as six months. CNET actually managed to talk to EEStor CEO Richard Weir on…
Washington environmental crackdown hits Bill Gates' 959
In the early to mid 1980s the FIA had a racing class known as Group B. In order for a car to qualify for Group B, manufacturers had to build a minimum of 200 road legal examples and then certain modifications were allowed to evolution examples that…
VW to start UK sales of Polo BlueMotion in mid 2007
VW's cleanest, greenest model – the Polo BlueMotion – will be launched in Britain in the middle of this year. The BlueMotion model is a special variant of the mini Polo model that has a range of over 700 miles from a mere 11.9 gallon fuel tank thanks…
Nissan has been field testing lithium ion hybrid batteries for 3 years
In April of last year, Nissan and NEC announced plans to establish a joint venture to produce automotive-format lithium ion battery packs. It now turns out the companies have been working together on the technology since 2000. Not only that, they…
Lincoln to offer free maintenance on all summer 2010 sales
Lincoln MKS Ecoboost – Click above for high-res image gallery
With Mercury vehicles set to disappear from showrooms in the next few months, Ford hopes to jump-start Lincoln sales with a free maintenance deal from now until Labor Day. Anyone who buys…
Chrysler Introduces New Diesel Car
The Chrysler Group division of DaimlerChrysler has released some official information on the new Dodge brand variant of their new mid-size car platform. After showing off the controversial styling of the new Sebring a few months ago, Dodge has gone a…