There is no hiding the hybrid wars between Honda and Toyota and their hybrid models, the Insight and Prius. In hopes, to overtake the Prius for once and for all, Honda President Takanobu Ito challenged his engineers to speed up the launch of the next-generation Honda Insight hybrid, which has been a major sales disappointment. [...]
We’ve heard about it before and Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk reiterated it again yesterday. Musk said that Tesla will offer more models besides the Roadster and the Model S sedan in its ambitious plans for growth. The Tesla Model S sedan is due out in 2012 and will sell for less than half the [...]
Here is a new hybrid concept from Lexus called the Lexus Hybrid Bicycle. According to Lexus, the Hybrid Bicycle is a “design concept the captures the fundamental engineering and design values of the brand, but with two wheels rather than four.” The concept coincides with the announcement of Lexus’ title sponsorship of the Great British [...]
How many who have experienced the misfortune of a stolen car have had it returned to them with value-raising work done? Nobody? Didn”t think so. That is exactly what happened however, to Brooklyn, New York teacher Amanda Pogany when her “96 Accord was stolen. The car, stolen in 2006, had found its way into the [...]
Much to the chagrin of buyers in many states, the Honda Civic GX is currently sold only in the States of California, New York, and Utah. The reason? Infrastructure. The GX is natural gas powered and therefore requires natural gas filling stations, or home filling stations. Oklahoma has now been added to the list of [...]
Audi is still tinkering with the thought of offering carbon-ceramic brakes in America, and it looks as if it may actually happen. The brake discs, which do add to the overall production cost of the vehicle, are offered overseas on the R8, and the RS6, not currently offered in America. Audi says to expect the [...]
The Porsche 911 GT3 R recently made its Nurburgring debut. No official lap times or anything of that sort was released… but we do have a video. Check out the video after the jump. Refresher: Power for the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid comes from a flywheel system unlike a conventional battery-electric hybrid system. [...]
GM announced this morning that it will invest $890 million to build cleaner, more fuel-efficient engines across five plants. The investment will go towards producing cleaner and more efficient next-generation V8 small block engines, the Detroit automaker said. The current fourth-generation small block engine powers the Chevrolet Corvette, Cadillac CTS-V and the GMC Yukon as [...]
Many have complained that the chrome grille on the 2010 Ford Fusion and Ford Fusion Hybrid appears to be just a little too much bling for the mid-size sedan. Well, Ford has finally heard your complaints and will capitalize on your wants with the new Monochrome Appearance Package. For just an additional $890 dollars (or [...]
Mazda announced today that it is counting heavily on U.S. growth to kick off an ambitious 5-year business plan to boost sales by 43 percent to 1.7 million vehicles worldwide. The strategy was unveiled by President Takashi Yamanouchi today and calls for nearly doubling U.S. sales to 400,000 units in the fiscal year ending March [...]
