Back in August, in the wake of General Motors emergence from bankruptcy, the company gave the media a preview of many of its upcoming products. Among those is the all-new Chevrolet Aveo which will take up the B-segment mantle to battle the new Ford…
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Woodward 2008: Cruising Woodward in the Gibbs Aquada
Click above for high-res gallery of the Gibbs Aquada on Woodward
As we made our along Woodward Avenue this morning we spotted what may be the ultimate “Cruiser” on the road today. Trolling along right in front of a golden Lamborghini Murcielago was a…
Spy shots: Facelifted Mercedes SL caught at photo shoot
The current Mercedes-Benz SL is getting on in years and spy shots of a freshened model have been popping up for several months. The big grand tourer has now been spotted being prepared for a photo shoot in Dubai, meaning it's only a matter of time…
General Motors accelerates battery development with A123 Systems
Bob Lutz and A123 CEO Dave Vieau
This morning at the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, MI, General Motors Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz announced that they were promoting battery supplier A123 Systems from Tier 2 to Tier 1 supplier status. That…
Video: Bentley Mulsanne filmed in Edinburgh and the Scottish borders
We've now seen the Bentley Mulsanne at several different auto shows since it made its debut at the Pebble Beach Concours last August, but we've never seen it motion. Bentley has now addressed that oversight with some running footage shot on location…
San Francisco mayor signs alt-fuel taxi legislation
In 2006, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom called for the entire taxi fleet of the city to be replaced by alternative fuel vehicles. At that time roughly fifteen percent of the fleet consisted of hybrid and natural gas fueled-vehicles. Last week the…
Turbocharging helps grow CNG vehicle market in Europe
Fiat Qubo Natural Power – Click above for high-res image gallery
Vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG) have been gaining in popularity in Europe in recent years, largely because of the reduced operating costs. Natural gas is much less…
Used car buyers in England getting more aware of CO2 emissions
The number of new cars sold every year is just a tiny fraction of all the cars on the road. There are currently somewhere around 230 million cars on the road in the US and only about 16-17 million new cars per year. The number of second-hand cars…
Does Ford's new 2.0-liter EcoBoost four = MazdaSpeed3 four? Not really
After Ford VP Barb Samardzich officially announced the 2.0-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost engine for next year, a correspondent for the Examiner.com postulated that this engine was in fact nothing more than a re-badged, smaller version of the 2.3-liter…
Peugeot 3008 crossover to get HYbrid4 technology in 2011
Peugeot-Citroen HYmotion4 hybrid drive architecture
Last fall at the Paris Motor Show, Peugeot and Citroen showed off several concepts using a through the road hybrid powertrain dubbed HYmotion4. The system has now been renamed HYbrid4 and the first…