Category: Autoblog

1972 hydrogen-powered AMC Gremlin – Click above for high-res image gallery
When one thinks of advanced technology, the AMC Gremlin rarely (if ever) pops to mind. In fact, these days, unless you happen to be watching re-runs of the first season of…

Last Saturday night before the Press Days began for the 2008 edition of the Detroit Auto Show, the 2nd annual GM Style event took place in a huge tent set up in a parking lot near the Renaissance Center headquarters of General Motors. Like last…

Norway-based Th!nk Electric Vehicles was bought by Ford during Ford's mid-nineties buying spree and sold off a couple of years ago. Th!nk is still around and is working on new electric vehicles. Enova Systems has that they are partnering with Th!nk…

Buick Regal GS Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Last week, we heard rumors that Buick had finally decided to produce the Regal GS but no official announcement came from General Motors headquarters.
This morning as U.S. media gathered…

Fiat 500 “695 Tributo Ferrari” – Click above for high-res image gallery
Our colleagues at Autoblog Spanish have managed to dig up some more photos of Fiat's new super 500, the 695 Tributo Ferrari. The 180+hp 500 gets a very Ferrari-esque interior…

Plenty of teams have dropped out racing series around the world this year as economic problems have caused sponsors to pull back. So far, it looks like the 24 Hours of Le Mans has managed to remain relatively immune as the Automobile Club de l'Ouest…

During a live webchat this afternoon, General Motors VP for Global Program Management Jon Lauckner said that final pricing for the Chevrolet Volt would not be finalized until mid to late 2010. Although cars are generally developed to a target price…

Aside from the addition of the Grand Sport model, the biggest upgrade to the 2010 Chevrolet Corvette lineup is arguably the addition of launch control. The Corvette is by no means the first sports car to get launch control, but judging from our first…

2008 is going to be a hectic year for the engineers responsible for new product launches at Mercedes-Benz. The team in Stuttgart have one all-new, one redesigned and five refreshed models coming before this time next year. Mercedes will jump into the…

The hybrid battery test lab at the GM Technical Center
Earlier this week Long Beach was host to the Advanced Automotive Battery and Ultracapacitor Conference (AABC) which featured a panel discussion on what it will take to bring lithium ion battery…