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When General Motors gave us our brief (and I mean brief, it was only about ten minutes behind the wheel) first exposure to the new Tahoe and Yukon hybrids the other day they weren't there…

Now that President Obama had appointed the task force that will study the future of the auto industry in this country, its time for them to get to work. The team spent last week looking over the latest viability plans from General Motors and…

One of the more useful bits of technology we encountered at the Chrysler What's New for 2009 event last week was “Rear Cross Path Detection,” a byproduct of the new blind spot monitoring system on 2009 minivans that employs two radar sensors mounted…

Honda CR-Z concept – click above for high-res image gallery
Honda's new CEO, Takanobu Ito, has finally announced the on-sale date for the company's next hybrid model, the CR-Z. The CR-Z coupe will go on sale in Japan in February 2010 with a launch in…

Starting on January 1, 2007 car-makers doing business in Britain will be required to dispose of cars from their brands when they are no longer in use. Approximately 2 million cars a year are scrapped in the UK, currently at the owners expense. The…

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In mid-2006, General Motors released their first mainstream hybrid vehicle with first Saturn Vue Green Line. Prior to that the company had offered a mild hybrid system in the Silverado pickup but since that was really only offered in…

When most people shop for a car, they may be aware of the brand of tires or the kind of stereo, but few people think about who manufactured the seats. One exception to that is Recaro. The German company has long made seats for carmakers like Porsche…

For some time now, small British specialist car maker Connaught has been showing a sport coupe that they intend to produce in both internal combustion and hybrid forms. At the AFVI show Sebastian interviewed Tony Martindale of Connaught about their…

Nissan has announced pricing for the 2008 version of their smallest US Market car, the Versa. The Versa can be had as either a four door sedan of hatchback, with the former starting at $12,550 and an extra $100 for the hatch. Both versions can have…

While Ford is working on plenty of hybrid and electric vehicles, its big bet for meeting the new corporate average fuel economy standards is EcoBoost, and so far customers appear to like it. Since launching the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 last summer as an…