2011 Ford C-Max – Click above for high-res image gallery
Ford has just provided more details about its first European market hybrid models. The company's plant in Valencia, Spain will be building both regular and plug-in hybrid versions of the new…
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Audi R10 TDI not done yet; two will run in private hands in Europe
Following the close of the 2008 racing season, Audi announced that after three years competition in North America and Europe, the groundbreaking R10 TDI would be retired. At the time of the December announcement, the German company declared that the…
Chrysler to study potential for wind power at Chelsea Proving Ground
Chrysler may be slow to the party in introducing production hybrids and electric vehicles, but that doesn't mean they haven't been working on cleaner energy. The company has been cooperating with university researchers on growing biofuel feed stocks…
Former Shell boss says we need to use less energy and cut carbon output
While his former employer and their competitors have been rolling in record profits for yet another quarter, Sir Mark Moody-Stewart thinks things need to change. Moody-Stewart was the former chairman of Royal Dutch Shell until his retirement in 2005.…
Editorial: John McElroy on the burst of the oil bubble
Over on Autoblog, veteran auto writer and new contributor John McElroy provides an interesting take on gasoline prices and the potential for the bubble to burst. Looking at gasoline pump prices in real terms (factoring in inflation) as recently as…
Audi invites fans to respond to LA billboard war
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If there's one thing you can count on the internet, it's that everyone has an opinion and they aren't afraid to deliver their two cents. So when dueling billboards from Audi and BMW turned up on Santa Monica Blvd., the…
Beware the biodiesel-ready Scorpion! 2011 Ford Super Duty gets all new 6.7-liter diesel V8
Ford's ongoing issues with its long-time heavy duty diesel engine supplier, Navistar, will soon be coming to an end. The 2011 edition of the Ford Super Duty pickups will get an all-new, in-house designed diesel V8 code-named Scorpion. So, now, if…
2007 Detroit Grand Prix: ALMS race action
Click the photo of the Audi R10 overtaking the Ferrari F430 for more race action
In qualifying for the first ever American Le Mans Series race in Detroit, the LMP2 class cars put the mighty Audi R10s in their place. The diesel racers that have…
Porsche Panamera already going to fleets, rent one from Avis in Germany
2010 Porsche Panamera – Click above for high-res image gallery
Aside from four primary entry portals and four wheels, Porsche's new Panamera certainly doesn't have much in common with the Ford Taurus of earlier this decade. However, like the former…
Ford joins the University of Melbourne to study H2 engine development
Ford's Australian division is partnering with the University of Melbourne on a study to begin in July of this year to evaluate a hydrogen powered internal combustion engine. The Victoria State Government has chipped in a $1.2 million grant to help…