The oldest member of Toyota's seemingly ever-expanding SUV lineup, the Land Cruiser, is due for another update for model year 2009. It's expected to make an initial appearance in production trim at the Tokyo Auto Salon in December, but a Czech site…

The chief executives of General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota NA and the UAW will appear together today at a hearing on Capitol Hill. Rick Wagoner, Alan Mulally, Tom LaSorda, Jim Press and Ron Gettelfinger will be testifying on the subject of new…

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Bosch is one of the world's biggest automotive suppliers and one of their product lines is fuel and engine management systems particularly for diesel engines. As such they have a…

Last year, Toyota's hybrid sales increased by thirty-three percent and this year the company is aiming for forty percent, with total worldwide sales of 430,000 vehicles. Toyota is also planning to increase production of the Prius by forty percent to…

Chevrolet has fully taken the wraps of the new Orlando compact people mover for its debut at the Paris Motor Show. We still don't know for sure if the Orlando will be offered here in North America, but the rest of the world will get this compact…

UQM Technologies has announced a new 125kW permanent magnet electric motor system. The motor system is developed specifically designed for automotive applications. The 125kW rating is the peak power output while continuous power output is 60kW. The…

In the wake of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement that all taxis in the city would be hybrids by 2012, Ford is doing their part to make sure they keep a significant market share after the Crown Vics are phased out. The Escape Hybrid…

Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTec – Click above for high res image gallery
Urea injection systems for diesel vehicles might soon be less expensive thanks to a recent ruling in a European patent case. Daimler was part owner of a patent covering selective…

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Motor Trend may be one of those stalwart publications that still sends out bound and printed piles of paper every month but they aren't complete luddites. The boss man over there, one Angus MacKenzie just spent a…

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At next month's Frankfurt Motor Show, Volkswagen will be showing six of their high-mileage, low-emissions BlueMotion models and they have just released some details on the new Golf BlueMotion. Cutting…