Category: Autoblog

It looks like the age of the traditional body-on-frame SUV is coming to a close for most mainstream customers. While there will continue to be a market for big SUVs like the Tahoe and Expedition for customers who actually need to haul or tow stuff,…

Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Honda Insight
2009 is shaping up to be a big year for hybrids as Ford launches the Fusion and Milan hybrids, Toyota brings us the third generation Prius and the new Lexus HS250h and Honda revives the…

With the Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid about to hit the market, the very important question of value arises. Until now, for most automakers, there has not been an opportunity to compare basically the same vehicle with hybrid and diesel powertrains. We…

Now that we know the price tag of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the car's last big secret is what will be on the EPA mileage sticker. We had a chance to talk with vehicle line director Tony Posawatz at the Plug-In 2010 Conference in San Jose, CA and got a…

Our buddy Mike Levine over at PickupTruck.com has uncovered more evidence of the rumored Ford F-150 “Raptor”. The Raptor is a short-bed, SuperCab F-150 with extended wheel travel and plenty of beefed-up components. Judging from the pics it looks like…

With just weeks to go before the Bush administration cedes power, executive orders and regulatory decisions gutting all sorts of federal rules are flying out from Washington. One of the most recent has come from the office of EPA administrator…

If a car is going to use a series hybrid or extended range EV powertrain a a conventional piston engine is hardly the optimal package for a range extender. Something smaller and more power dense would be preferred. A small turbine engine is one…

Everybody knows that the EPA mileage numbers on window stickers of new cars are seriously inflated compared to real world numbers. For 2008, the EPA is changing the way they calculate the mileage numbers in an attempt to make the estimates more…

Last year Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Group and BMW announced that they would be cooperating to use the diesel emissions after-treatment technologies that had been developed by Mercedes to reduce NOx emissions. Mercedes-Benz uses the Bluetec branding…

Washington Post writer Warren Brown recently spent some quality time in Switzerland with a Chevy Matiz and came away feeling that it's not suitable for American roads. Since General Motors have given no indication that they will ever bring the…