The top 10 most fuel efficient cars have been named for the 2012 model year by the Enviornmental Protection Agency, with each spot held by either an electric or hybrid vehicle. Taking up four spots on this year’s list is Toyota, while Honda gets two out of the ten. Mitsubishi took the number one spot [...]
Porsche Cars North America announced this week that they will be opening the second location of its Porsche Experience Centers in the U.S. The center will be built on 51-acres in Carson, California, about 10 minutes from LAX. This site will be the fifth of its kind in the world and will feature a road [...]
Though Toyota used to make small diesels for BMW, they aren’t even remotely interested in making little diesels to compete with the diesel powered E-Class/5-series/A6; they have elected to develop a small hybrid powertrain for the Lexus GS instead. Lexus’s Koji Sato, deputy chief engineer, product planning suggested that “We are working on a number [...]
Chrysler seems to have realized that they are without a Civic fighter, a segment accounting for 15 of the US market and a quarter of Canadian car sales. In 2006, a fairly relevant concept seemed to address the powertrain associated with such a car. What we got was the Dodge Nitro in 2007, which was [...]
Though some say the F30 BMW 3 Series, i.e. the new one has grown up slightly too much, the powerplants are unlikely to disappoint especially in today’s economy. So far the Euro-spec 328i (turbo ‘four instead of a naturally aspirated ‘six) gets 44 mpg, rendering similarly priced US market hybrids pointless, but it doesn’t end [...]
Now that the curtains have closed on the 2011 LA Auto Show press days, we figured we’d put together a list of the most important debuts that occurred in the past two days. The following lists consists of the most important production (world and North American) and concept debuts that we covered during our real [...]
Mercedes-Benz’s popular SL roadster is very much a world-renown automobile. However, the brand hasn’t really lived up to the true meaning of the nomenclature for the last several decades, which stands for Sport Leicht, or Sport Light in German. Instead, the SL has become more of a heavyweight boulevard cruiser. Now though, Mercedes-Benz is reportedly [...]
Audi’s subcompact, the A1, was introduced in 2010 as a two-door model. Now, Audi has just revealed a new addition to the A1 lineup: the A1 Sportback five-door. Aimed at what Audi calls the youthful and individual crowd, the new five-door A1 Sportback is powered by a choice of six four-cylinder engines: three diesel and [...]
BMW confirmed today that it has acquired a 15.6 percent stake in SGL Carbon SE in a move to strengthen its focus on lightweight construction through the use of carbon fiber reinforced plastics in its cars. One of the first vehicles to make extensive use of carbon fiber materials by SGL will be the new [...]
Fiat is doing all its can to generate more interest in the Fiat 500 and the new hardcore 500 Abarth should definitely help. Of course, marketing has to be a part of the picture as well and the Italian automaker has just released two new sexy ad spots. The Fiat 500 Abarth ad spot, called [...]
