Bus Maker New Flyer’s All Electric Prototype Begins Testing
4 Jun 2012, 13:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / New Flyer is a Winnipeg, Canada-based bus manufacturer which has been making city transit solutions since 1930. They make typically American-looking buses for the US, Canada and part of Latin Americ...
Truck Violently Crashes into Bar in Minnesota
4 Jun 2012, 12:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It may just be the increase in the number of surveillance cameras in and around various buildings, but it seems that the number of cars crashing into buildings is going up these days. It may als...
Enthusiasts Pay Tribute to Caroll Shelby by Revving Engines
4 Jun 2012, 12:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the great Caroll Shelby having left this world at the age of 89, he had time to build his legacy of wonderful cars. His creations have accumulated a huge fan-base all over the world, and what b...
Audi Showcases A3 E-Tron Colorado-Based Pilot Project
4 Jun 2012, 11:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Audi of America have recently uploaded a video detailing their A3 E-Tron pilot project. It involves members of their staff driving the all-electric A3, using and integrating it into their daily live...
Mazda to Bring Skyactiv-Diesel to US Grand AM Racing Series
4 Jun 2012, 11:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mazda’s Skyactiv program is a different approach to the issues of fuel efficiency and emissions, and a breath of fresh air in an industry over-saturated with ‘plug-in this’ and &ls...
Audi RS5 Cabrio Confirmed for US
4 Jun 2012, 09:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Coupe version of Audi’s refreshed RS5, which debuted at the Detroit Auto Show, will apparently be followed by the drop-top version on the US market as confirmed by an application filed wit...
Volvo Pondering C90 Luxury Coupe
4 Jun 2012, 09:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The fuss about Volvo being taken over by Chinese carmaker Geely is now over and the Swedish carmaker is focusing on developing new models that will allow it to live its new life. One of these models...
Next Chrysler 300 and 200 to Be More Streamlined
4 Jun 2012, 07:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The blocky styling of the Chrysler 300 has always been its main selling point, as it never excelled at anything ohter than looking extremely mean and masculine. It was its styling which made it a bi...
Car Design Peaked in the 1960s
2 Jun 2012, 19:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Have you actually taken a good look at modern cars? Manufacturers copy each other and all cars look the same - boring. Design and aesthetics are a subjective matter and should be treated as such. Ho...
Toyota Prius C Fails to Impress Consumer Reports
1 Jun 2012, 12:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the Prius family now being the 3rd best selling in the world, Consumer Reports took the baby of the range for a spin. The Prius C is a small hybrid offering from Toyota which is based on the Ya...
US Used Small Car Prices Drop Along With Fuel Prices
1 Jun 2012, 12:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the downsizing trend sweeping the US along with the rest of the world, apparently, due to the 3.5% drop in fuel prices when compared with 2011, small car values on the used market are steadi...
Lexus ES and ES300h Performance and Economy Details Released
1 Jun 2012, 10:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Having yet to price their new ES sedan, the Japanese manufacturer has made the fuel-economy and performance figures available and they are more than adequate for a car of this size, with a 3.5-liter...
Departed 1980s Sitcom Star's RV Now for Sale
1 Jun 2012, 10:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you were around (and aware) in the early-to-mid 1980s, you may remember a sitcom called Diff’rent Strokes (back then, sexual references were less well hidden than they are in today’s ...
Colorado-Based Company Developing 1,000x More Powerful Battery
1 Jun 2012, 09:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite saying that an improved version of the Lithium-Ion battery was at least 10 years away, apparently, it may not be the case, as a Colorado-based company founded in 2010, Prieto Battery, aims t...
Volkswagen's Chattanooga Plant Produces Its 100,000th US Passat
1 Jun 2012, 08:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The North American VW Passat was launched back in April 2011, hitting the 10,000 sales mark in September of 2011, with 50,000 coming up in February of this year. It is quite a bit different to the E...
BMW M6 to Get Manual Gearbox in the US
31 May 2012, 15:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Just like in the case of the M5, BMW denies European buyers the choice of a manual transmissions, but is OK with this in the US. Thus, the M6 Coupe and Convertible are set to receive a six-speed man...
Volkswagen May Build Mid-Sized SUV in Tennessee - US
31 May 2012, 13:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the Touareg and Tiguan on sale in the US, and the tendency to create niches where there really aren’t any, Jonathan Browning, CEO of Volkswagen of America, said, after a Automotive Press ...
IMF Report Warns of Doubling Oil Prices in the Next Decade
31 May 2012, 11:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Car manufacturers have been hard at work for at least the last two or three decades to reduce cars’ fuel consumption, to make them cleaner and to also promote the shift towards more eco-friend...
Ram Pickup Tops List of Most Dangerous Cars in America
31 May 2012, 10:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In the US, there are many entities that asses the safety offered by a vehicle and we’ve now reached a point where we can mix all their conclusion and tell you what are the most dangerous cars ...
Carbon Emissions Reach Record High According to IEA
31 May 2012, 10:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We’re all familiar with the carbon dioxide and monoxide emissions problems faced by our planet. We’re also aware that we are slowly (but surely) doing irreversible damage to the environm...