Even with two completely redesigned models debuting in the coming weeks, Hyundai won't leave its carryover models alone for the 2010 model year. Engineers have tweaked the 4.6-liter V8 in the Genesis sedan and extracted an extra ten horsepower from…
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First Drive: 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery
Going into the 2010 model year, the Corvette lineup is growing to four models with the revival of the Grand Sport nameplate that slots in between the base and Z06 models.…
BREAKING: Is this the production Chevy Volt in Transformers 2?
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Is the vehicle pictured above the production Chevy Volt? It sure looks like it. It has the right greenhouse profile and judging from the head and tail-lights it looks an awful lot like the teaser shots that GM has been releasing…
CAFE and slowing V-8 sales killed the new GM high-feature V-8
The cancellation last week of General Motors new high-feature V-8 that was due for 2010 was indeed prompted in part by the passage of new fuel economy regulations in mid-December but CAFE was not the only reason. In a conversation with AutoblogGreen,…
Peugeot 308 runs the length of the M25 motorway on less than 10 of fuel
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The M25 is a 117-mile-long motorway that circles the outskirts of London,England. Right now, diesel runs about $8.14/US gallon at Motorway service centers in Blighty. (So if you think we have…
Argonne National lab develops new catalyst for steam reformation
A research team at Argonne national lab has developed a new type of catalyst for use in steam reformation of natural gas that produces hydrogen. The new nickel-based catalyst has the metal grains in small particles spread out more evenly over the…
Report: Ford to build battery packs in Ypsilanti, MI
At the Detroit Auto Show in January, Ford announced that it would be bringing production of battery packs for its hybrid and plug-in vehicles in-house by 2012 in time for the launch of its next generation models in 2012. At the time Ford would only…
ALMS Speculation: Acura preparing to move up to LMP1 with a diesel?
Several bits of information have come out about Acura and their participation in the American Le Mans Series over the past two months so it's time to put two and two together and see if we can get to add up to seven. Acura jumped into the fray in the…
Dodge releases another video of the Demon, this time with sound!
A couple of weeks back Dodge released some videos of the Demon roadster concept that will be unveiled next week in Geneva. Those videos had no audio, and were just for background reports. Now they've put out another promo clip, this time with some…
Reynard Inverter gets road legal in the UK [w/video]
Reynard Inverter – Click above for high-res image gallery
One of the great things about being a gearhead in the UK is the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) process. In short,
the IVA (formerly the Single Vehicle Type approval) is a set of rules that…