The stage two teams for the Mercedes-Benz Paris to Beijing rally have all reach Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains of Russia. The fleet thirty-six E320 diesels has now been on the road for twelve days and covered more than 6,200 km (4,000 miles) and…

2012 Buick Compact sedan – Click above for high-res image gallery
What you see here is probably the next new product to join the Buick lineup after the Regal sedan. These design patent drawings depict a compact sedan based on the same Delta global…

Lotus Evora Cup race car – Click above for high-res image
Now that Lotus is turning out production examples of the Evora on a steady basis, the crew on the motorsports side has turned its attention to creating a new competition car. Built to FIA GT4…

An anonymous group of Detroit area automotive writers and public relations reps gathered today for some “fine American cuisine” at a moderately well known chain restaurant. The gathering took place under the banner of “hacks and flacks”. As one might…

SB Li Motive, the Bosch Samsung lithium ion battery joint venture, has announced that it will put $409 million into its manufacturing facilities over the next five years. The company has big plans, hoping to grab nearly a third of the automotive…

Click the plug-in hybrid Escape for a high res gallery
Ford has announced that when it starts building its first series production plug-in hybrid in 2012, the lithium ion battery packs will be supplied by Johnson Controls-Saft. JCS has already been…

Even though BMW has been working on a joint development program with General Motors and DaimlerChrysler for the two-mode hybrid system for a couple of years now, it looks like the system may never actually get installed in a BMW vehicle. BMW has been…

The first images of the new three-door Opel Astra have turned up and the new hatch appears to be shaping up to be even more attractive than its predecessor. The prototype appears to have a more steeply raked windshield than the five-door currently…

With gas prices on the rise again, those of who still have jobs to commute to might well be looking for a way to save some money. Given the often limited mass transit options in the United States, car pooling is often an excellent option. However,…

Small cars still make up a really, well, small share of the US market, but it seems to be a growing share. In the past two years, a number of new small cars have dropped onto US roads including the Toyota Yaris, Nissan Versa, and Honda Fit.…