The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Coupe hasn’t even made it to dealerships yet and GM is already releasing the drop top version of the car today in Los Angeles. Sales of the most power Chevrolet convertible ever will start in late 2012. Like the ZL1 coupe, the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible is powered by a 6.2 liter [...]
In the same way that Volkswagen enthusiasts rejoiced over the W12 Golf, Nissan Juke enthusiasts now have something to swoon over: Nissan has just released the first video footage and audio of the Juke-R. This is essentially a Nissan Juke with the 480 bhp heart of the GT-R plus a sprinkling of gills, diffusers and [...]
At the 2011 LA Auto Show, the GreenCar Journal awarded the new Honda Civic Natural Gas its 2012 Green Car of the Year winner. “There is no other vehicle like the Civic Natural Gas on American highways, and this recognition has been a long time coming for Honda,” said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of [...]
Nissan has maintained quite a presence in commercial vehicles for more than 60 years now. The company is now showing us the future of commercial vehicles with a new concept called the eT! The Volkswagen eT! Concept was developed in partnership with the German Post Office and offers a zero-emission solution for commercial vehicles. “We [...]
At the 2011 LA Auto Show, following the reveal of the Subaru BRZ Concept STI, the brand revealed some more details on its upcoming crossover for the U.S. market – the XV. The company confirmed that when the XV comes to the stateside, it will carry the XV Crosstrek nameplate. The model will replace the [...]
To assist car buyers in making the best informed decision when selecting a model for purchase, Kelley Blue Book, the top provider of both used and new car information, annually releases its Bests Resale Value Awards. The awards are for the vehicles that have, for the first five years of ownership, the best projected retained [...]
Prospective EV buyers and traveling EV owners should be excited by this announcement: Nissan, partnered with Coulomb Technologies, is putting the finishing touches on a public, nationwide charging network. Locations are now on the Nissan Leaf website and will be increasing in number as demand grows. Though the Leaf is not sold in all 50 [...]
Based out of Stowe, VT, I’m personally smack dab in the middle of the snowbelt; Audis, Subarus, Benzes and BMWs are the bread and butter of everyday car culture. Though there is one brand missing from this equation though and with good reason: Jaguar. A town of 4,000 in rural Vermont might not seem all [...]
Making its debut among many other North American debuts today at the 2011 LA Auto Show was the new 2012 Bentley Continental GTC. For the 2012 model year, the Continental GTC gets a sportier look, standard 21-inch wheels, a more spacious and luxurious hand-crafted interior, 17 standard soft-touch leather hide colors with six color split combinations. Performance wise [...]
For the upcoming Impreza WRX and its STI variant, Subaru says it is keeping its focus on performance. Subaru is giving the next Impreza WRX a turbo four-cylinder engine, while the STI will be powered by a performance engine that produces over 300hp, in line with the current generation. “It’s the car that appeals to the [...]
