With a federal election campaign winding up this week in Australia, the leader of the opposition Labor Party repeated his earlier commitment to providing incentives for local development and production of hybrid vehicles. Kevin Rudd has promised to…

Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG – Click above for high-res image gallery
The diminishing value of the U.S. dollar, most notably against the Euro and Yen, is causing plenty of grief for foreign automakers. While the US market has been in the tank for the past…

#1 Peugeot 908 powers through the night at Le Mans – Click above for high-res image gallery
It's the most important axiom of motorsports: If your car isn't running at the checkered flag, it really doesn't matter how fast you run. Nowhere is that more…

2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
Mercedes-Benz has apparently begun shipping the new S400 BlueHybrid sedan to its US dealer network, as one of our readers spotted one and grabbed a photo of the window sticker.…

Lotus city car design – click above to watch video after the jump
Developing cars quickly is nothing new to the designers and engineers at Lotus – the British firm does contract development for automakers around the world on a regular basis. With…

Ford has been pretty consistent in saying that it doesn't expect plug-in vehicles to reach mass-market volumes until at least 2012-13. That doesn't necessarily mean they won't have any plug-in vehicles until then. It only means that they don't expect…

Click for a gallery of the Honda Insight concept
Honda this week launched its first blog in conjunction with the debut of the new Insight concept in Paris. If Honda's usual practice and the spy photos we've seen are any indication, the concept…

Aston Martin Rapide – Click above for high-res image gallery
A couple of days after announcing U.K. pricing for the the new Rapide, Aston Martin has now also priced the North American version of its slinky four-door. When Aston starts deliveries of…

Porsche Panamera 4S – Click above for high-res image gallery
Porsche has boosted the fuel efficiency of the Panamera for the 2011 model year by adding brake energy regeneration and optional lower rolling resistance tires. The same feature has been…

The latest draft of the fuel economy regulations has been released and it would require carmakers to raise their fleet averages to 28.5mpg by 2015 and 35mpg by 2020. After that the target would continue to rise by four percent a year. That last part…