Ford's President of the Americas, Mark Fields, wants the company to build more E85 capable flex-fuel vehicles but he doesn't want to have to deal with state level fuel economy or carbon dioxide regulations. The former should be no surprise as every…
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Paris Preview: Ferrari to introduce more efficient version of California GT
Ferrari California – Click above for high-res image gallery
Every automaker, including low-volume, high-performance brands like Ferrari, is going to have to reduce fuel consumption in the coming years, and the Italians will show their first tangible…
TiVo Alert: The 24 Hours of Le Mans is over
If you recorded the 24 Hours of Le Mans to watch later, you can move on to the next post and come back here after you're all caught up. For those who just want the scoop on what happened in the big diesel battle of 2007 or the GT1 duel between Aston…
Ford Ka to follow Paris debut with bit part in new Bond movie
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The world will get its first official look at the new Ford Ka at the Paris Motor Show in about 6 weeks. However the production crew of the new James Bond flick have been seeing and driving it for months. Ford's new…
2010 Chevy Equinox expected to hit 32 mpg highway
2010 Chevy Equinox – click above for a high res gallery
Back in January when General Motors rolled out the new 2010 Chevy Equinox, they announced the four cylinder version with the new 2.4-liter direct injected EcoTec was expected to get 30 mpg on…
Seat captures opening rounds of WTCC with Leon TDI
The opening rounds of the World Touring Car Championshio took place last week in Brazil and Seat won both races with drivers Yvan Muller and Gabrieli Tarquini. Spain-based Seat is a division of Volkswagen, and like other brands in the group they are…
Hybrid sales jump 11% in January
Even though gasoline prices stayed low in January, particularly in the first half of the month, sales of hybrids climbed eleven percent compared to 2006. General Motors doesn't break out sales of the Saturn Vue hybrid so they aren't included, but all…
Review: 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT is a mouthful, not a handful
2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT – Click above for high-res image gallery
When the redesigned Acura TL debuted in late 2008, it represented a substantial transformation over previous iterations. The third-generation model retained the transverse V6 of its…
Better Place finishes successful Tokyo taxi battery swap trials, Israel and Denmark are next
Electric vehicle infrastructure provider Better Place has concluded a three-month field test in Tokyo to prove its battery swapping technology works as promised. In cooperation with Nissan and battery supplier A123 System, three Rogue crossovers were…
BusinessWeek profiles Tesla Motors
BusinessWeek has just published a profile of one of our favorite car companies Tesla Motors. The article doesn't really have much in the way of new information aside from the code name to the WhiteStar follow up. If all goes according to plan we…