Following on the heels of Mercedes-Benz launching an updated bicycle line, BMW has gone and followed suit. BMW's pedal power lineup isn't quite as extensive in terms of styles as the one from Stuttgart, but provides some nice rides. The BMW…
Category: Autoblog
First Dodge Viper Cup race won by BMW art-car look-alike
Ben Keating's Dodge Viper ACR-X – Click above for high-res image gallery
Just after Dodge ended production of the current generation Viper, the newest iteration hit the track in anger at Virginia International Raceway. Ben Keating led the first race…
Utility Review: 2010 Honda Fit Sport actually does “fit” it all in
2010 Honda Fit filled with gear – Click above for high-res image gallery
In the past couple of years, Honda has gotten no end of grief about the styling of models like the Pilot, Crosstour and, of course, the entire Acura lineup. One car has remained…
In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2008 Chevy Tahoe Two-Mode Hybrid
Click the Tahoe hybrid for a high-res gallery
General Motors has had a checkered relationship with hybrids in the last few years. Through the 1990s they did a lot of development work in the area, particularly through the federally funded Partnership…
ZipCar expands into two new locations in Brooklyn
Car sharing service Zipcar has expanded again this time adding two new Brooklyn, NY locations from which members can get a car when they need one. The crowded streets of New York are probably one of the best possible locations for Zipcar service. Not…
Frankfurt Preview: Redesigned Chevy Aveo to debut
click the Aveo for high-res images of the new face
The news for next month's Frankfurt Motor Show keeps on coming. The Daewoo-built Chevy Aveo is getting a revamp with a face similar to the new Malibu that will debut at Frankfurt. The Aveo hatchback…
Former Intel-CEO wants electric cars, retrofits of older vehicles
The former chairman and CEO of Intel Corp., Andrew Grove, thinks that energy and transportation have reached a strategic inflection point. That's a term that Grove coined years ago to describe a point in time when conditions in an industry have…
Toyota launches production of Tacoma at San Antonio plant
2010 Toyota Tacoma – Click above for high-res image gallery
Production of the Toyota Tacoma resumed in July after tooling was moved from its former home at NUMMI in Fremont, California to San Antonio, Texas. The Texas factory is also home to the…
Mitsubishi iMiEV to be priced around $37,000 at launch
We got word a couple of days ago that Mitsubishi had pulled ahead its retail sales plans for the iMiEV electric car from 2010 to mid 2009. Now we have some information about the pricing for the diminutive electric car. The little four seater will…
REPORT: Nissan considering building EVs and batteries in the U.S.
Earlier this year, Nissan applied for low interest loans under the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing incentive Program. In order to qualify for those loans, Nissan would have to use it to build something in the U.S. It…