Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2008 Shelby GT500 Mustang
Sometime around late 2003, I first saw the car that was at that time still known as Condor. Condor was the Ford internal code name for the SVT version of the yet to be publicly shown…
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LA 2008: Redesigned 2010 Ford Fusion
2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid – front
The Fusion's tail-lamps have also been reshaped at the opposite end of the car. The reflectors have a molded in honeycomb shape that echoes the molding in the fog-lamp pockets up front. The rear vertical face of the…
2011 Buick Regal returns with four-cylinder only engine lineup
2011 Buick Regal – Click above for high-res image gallery
Once up a time in the '80s, it was fashionable in Detroit to create so-called Euro-sedans by taking conventional mainstream grandma-mobiles and painting all the chrome black, dispensing with…
Tesla opening a new tech center in MI to work on a CUV?
Tesla Motors has already made clear their intentions to expand their product line beyond the Lotus Elise based roadster that's due this summer. They've previously announced plans for at least the sedans, one in the $50,000-70,000 range and another…
UK paper gets to drive prototype BMW X1 xDrive 23d
BMW will unveiling the latest edition to its sport activity vehicle lineup this fall, probably at the Frankfurt Motor Show. While the new X1 isn't ready to be shown publicly just yet, the Munich automaker did let a writer from the Times of London…
Audi expands 2008 R10 TDI race program to Europe as well as ALMS
After some earlier speculation that Audi might scale back their 2008 race program for the R10 TDI, the Ingolstadt brand has just announced their plans for next year. The R10 has been lacking in competition in the LMP1 category although the LMP2…
Mercedes-Benz C-Class earns environmental certificate from T??V, second such certificate for a car ever
Click on the image above for a gallery of high-res images of the 2008 C-Class
TÜV is a German company that does certification testing to verify the safety and quality of products and services. Yesterday, Mercedes-Benz announced that TÜV has awarded…
AMG may be working on diesel powered super Mercedes
How about a BlueTec CL65 with green tinted Alubeam paint?
Now that Audi has demonstrated pretty conclusively that diesel engines and high performance are definitely not mutually exclusive (as evidenced by the success of the R10 TDi), it may be time…
Next gen GM hybrid pickups to get 50% better towing, Voltec possible
click for a high res gallery of GM's hybrid pickups
General Motors is currently in the midst of launching its hybrid full-size pickup trucks and our man Jeremy is in San Antonio this week to try them out. One thing about the auto industry is that as…
Chicago Auto Show: Saturn Vue Green Line faux hybrid
Click on the photo to go the high-res gallery and see the true engine in the faux hybrid Vue
Saturn officially unveiled the 2008 Vue Green Line today here in Chicago, even though it did make an appearance in Los Angeles last November. While we were…