Posted in Budget-friendly, Ford, Fuel Economy, Hybrids, New cars on May 18th, 2010
The 2011 Ford Fiesta will get 40 mpg on the highway and 29 mpg in the city. The brand new Fiesta was officially tested by the Environmental Protection Agency recently and received a 40 mpg rating with an automatic transmission. Fiestas equipped with the five-speed manual transmission will get 23 mpg city and 37 mpg […]
Posted in Luxury vehicles, New cars, Porsche, Sports cars on May 10th, 2010
The next generation Porsche 911 GT2 RS has been revealed at a dealer meeting in Germany. The Porsche 911 is a fast car in any form, but the GT2 is basically a race car for the streets. The 911 GT2 RS will be even more impressive than the GT2, and will be the fastest Porsche […]
Mahindra, the Indian carmaker that plans to sell its small, diesel engine pickups in America this year, says that it should be able to begin sales in about 90 days. Mahindra trucks have been delayed by slower than anticipated EPA testing and some bureaucratic roadblocks. The biggest selling point of the Mahindra pickups, which will […]
Posted in New cars, Sports cars on May 3rd, 2010
Audi has announced an even higher performance version of its R8 supercar. The Audi R8 GT will have 560-hp and weigh 220 pounds less than the standard R8. The R8 GT will use carbon fiber instead of aluminum in many places to cut weight, according to Autoblog. Audi‘s engineers went over the car with a […]
Posted in Electric cars, Ford, Hybrids, New cars on Apr 28th, 2010
Ford has announced that the 2011 Ford Transit Connect will have several new, greener powertrain options. An all-electric Transit Connect will be available later this year for fleet customers. Ford will also release a taxi that runs on compressed natural gas and propane, which is both better for the environment and less expensive than gasoline. […]
The Fisker car company has received a $528.7 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy. The American car company will use the loan to produce the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid luxury car and a smaller family car called the NINA, according to Motor Authority. The first 2010 Fisker Karma hybrid cars will be built […]
Days after the Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid Supercar concept hit the Geneva Motor Show, 900 people have already promised to buy one. Porsche says that if 1,000 potential buyers show serious interest in the 918, it will approve the production of the hybrid supercar, according to Autoweek. With just 100 pre-orders to go, things are […]
BMW may be jumping on the four-door coupe bandwagon soon. At the Beijing Motor Show, BMW revealed its Gran Sport concept car, which combines the styling of a coupe with the functionality of a sedan, like the Mercedes-Benz CLS and Volkswagen CC. Nobody is accusing the BMW Gran Sport of being groundbreaking, but it is […]
Posted in Electric cars, New cars, Nissan on Apr 26th, 2010
Nissan is letting customers reserve the Leaf plug-in electric car for just $99. That may seem ridiculous to you, unless you were one of the people who sat on a waiting list for the Toyota Prius. For a long time, if you wanted to buy a Prius, you had to let a dealer know that […]
Posted in Budget-friendly, New cars on Apr 23rd, 2010
Eager to rejuvenate slowing sales, Scion is planning to add a tC convertible to the lineup. The Scion tC was a really cool car when it launched in 2004. Unfortunately, Scion rested on its laurels. While the xB got a complete redesign and the xA was replaced by the xD, the tC remained unchanged. Scion […]
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