Category: Autoblog

While developments like HCCI and EcoMotors OPOC engines get plenty of attention in the drive to increased efficiency, there is still plenty of room for improvement in more traditional engine architectures. Reducing internal friction is a prime target…

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Porsche 917
Forty years ago this week at the Geneva Motor Show, Porsche rolled out what would become one of the most successful racing cars of all time. The Porsche 917 was born of new FIA homologation rules…

Tesla Roadster in Red Square – Click above for high-res image gallery
As the Tag Heuer Tesla Roadster continues its world tour, it arrived in Moscow this week. Traditionally, the Russians reserve their most treasured public space, Red Square, for…

Most carmakers usually head somewhere warm like Nardo in Italy or the Bonneville Salt Flats to explore the upper reaches of their vehicles performance potential. Bentley went the other way recently when a Continental GT went to Oulu, Finland. Running…

Tesla Roadster #750 – click above for high res image gallery
After delivering some 900 Tesla Roadsters, over a dozen employees are taking one on a road trip. Tesla will be back at the Detroit Auto Show next month and this time they're driving there.…

Darryl Siry has never been shy about expressing his opinions. Since departing from his post as chief talking head and salesman at Tesla Motors, Siry has been freed up to share his thoughts even more vociferously and with greater frequency on his…

Delphi has developed a new type of oil condition sensor for diesel engines that can help improve engine reliability and reduce costs. The sensors are mainly used on commercial vehicles to detect the oil quality, and having a sensor that can…

If you like what Carmen Electra's wearing on the red carpet, click on the above image to see what she wore on the catwalk.
Last night General Motors held its first Detroit-based GM Style Event in a huge tent next to the Renaissance Center. Along with…

Audi is hitting the road for the third time in about a year for an efficiency marathon. This time around, the German automaker is taking 20 of its vehicles on a north-south trek across Europe from A to B or in this case Å to Bée. Å is on the Lofoten…

RM460 Hyundai Genesis Coupe – Click above for high-res image gallery
Last week we first learned about the RM460, the mid-engine V8-powered Hyundai Genesis Coupe that is currently under construction at the shop of Rhys Millen Racing. Millen just a…