Ford's all-new 5.0 V8 – Click above for high-res image gallery
A few years into what would become the nearly quarter century-long life-cycle of the “Fox” body Mustang, a fresh engine option revived the moribund pony-car class. It was known as the 302…
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Video: Project Driveway launch event in Manhattan
GM held the latest in their series of Project Driveway launch events in New York this week where they held informational sessions for media and some of the prospective drivers. Lyle Dennis attended one of the sessions and got to spend some time…
Fiat working on new hybrid system for small cars to share with Chrysler
Italian magazine Quattroroute is reporting that Fiat is hard at work on a new hybrid system for smaller cars and it is prepared to share the system with Chrysler. The system could appear in the tiny 500 and the upcoming Topolino paired up with Fiat's…
Chicago 2009: Ford F-150 Harley-Davidson Edition returns for Round 14
Since a redesigned Ford F-150 was introduced to the world last year, that must mean this year will bring another limited-run Harley-Davidson edition. As with other recent examples of the co-branded truck, the new 2010 F-150 Harley-Davidson Edition is…
Westfield to hold student design competition for electric race car
With the Tesla Roadster being derived from the platform of the Lotus Elise, it's worth remembering that the Elise itself was developed as a modern successor to the original minimalist Lotus 7. Colin Chapman originally started building 7s fifty years…
At least one Nissan dealer in the UK doesn't know much about the 2011 Leaf
Nissan Leaf EV – Click above for high-res image gallery
If past experience doing business with car dealers is anything to go by, the answer to the of what do Nissan dealers know about the Leaf electric vehicle ( EV) is probably “not much” or…
Swiss proposal would be among the most extreme anti-car laws anywhere
The Porsche 911 shown above could soon be a thing of the past in Switzerland. The land locked alpine European nation has a direct democracy system like the one in California that allows citizens to put forward legislative proposals. If they can get…
You can go home again: Bernhard sits down with Chrysler
The last time that Chrysler was on the brink around the turn of the century, Dieter Zetsche and Wolfgang Bernhard came over from Germany to try and right the ship and seemed to have succeeded at least for a time. Then Bernhard was recalled to the…
Mercedes A- and B-class small cars may yet come to US market
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 A class
At various times over the past ten years, Mercedes-Benz has investigated the possibility of bringing its compact front wheel drive A- and B-class cars to the US market. The slightly larger B has…
2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon slots in right below ZR1
2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon – Click above for high-res image gallery
For the truly hard-core Corvette fanatic who likes to spend weekends thrashing his or her car at the track, there is only one Corvette worthy of consideration: the Z06.…