The Germans at Mercedes will be present at the Detroit Motor Show with their usual lineup of cars but they will be focusing attention on the E Class. Not because the mid-sized luxury saloon is suddenly going to get interesting, good looking or reasonably priced, but it does have a trick up its sleeve. A
Volkswagen, one of the leading advocates of diesel powerplants in order to achieve fuel economy will be coming to the Detroit Motor Show with two different ideas. The first of which will be a new, still rather shady and unfamiliar, electric concept. It’s supposed to be an electric-car that isn’t based on any current production
The 2012 Fisker Karma is the plugin hybrid vehicle that everybody is waiting for and, at the same time, it’s been doing the “fashionably late” scenario a little over the top. Hardly a few deliveries have been made yet the American company announces that the price was raised and this time it’s actually a consistent
The Swedish at Volvo are doing much better than their counterparts over at Saab and here they come now unveiling a new model. What’s particularly interesting about the brand new model they’ve unveiled is that despite it being a rather boring older model outside, it’s a completely new idea inside. The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid
Due to appear in 2013, 2014 or having already been released in a different dimension, a new version of the Honda NSX is bound to catch the attention of enthusiasts. There’s various reasons for this happening and most of them have a lot to do with how the first generation of the NSX was a
Fans of the Japanese at Toyota, particularly their sporting cars are in for a serious treat from the ongoing 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. This is where their favorite brand will have unveiled the Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept, a modern, of the moment take, on their beloved MR2 sports car. The small, efficient, mid engined
The hatchback daddy, the Golf, is not far from its major refresh and here we are, several months ahead of its unveiling with a few spyshots. The 2013 Volkswagen Golf was spied while testing on the open road and while the information available on the looks are poor, you should see what’s going on under
The British automotive industry may be coming back these days but it’s still rather lagging behind the leaders in plenty of aspects. Jaguar however just made a new announcement about their development plan that is actually more than interesting. It’s not exactly going to help them beat BMW or Mercedes but it brings them closer
Nissan has recently been fighting off the image of a bit of a boring car maker they had from most of their models lately. Apart from facelifting the rather rare GT-R, they’ve unveiled the funky Juke and ended up creating a really weird CrossCabriolet. That’s all very nice but at some point, the Japanese would
Volkswagen’s Jetta never really had issues selling, nor did it ever suffer in the fuel economy department and still the people’s car maker claims to have a surprise on hand for us. As early as the 2012 Detroit Motor Show, which is scheduled for January, the Germans will be unveiling the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid.
Toyota’s 2012 Camry has been around for very little time but during this period it has been treating us more than well. That seems, is not about to stop. The latest of available details on the new version of the Toyota Camry focus on the Japanese version of the mid sized sedan and some new
In a bit of a leap of faith Honda’s preparation for the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show implies a mild facelift to their Insight hybrid. Under the 2012 modelyear, Honda’s Insight doesn’t get much of a considerable appearance change but there’s a vital swap (in Europe at least) in its stats. The emissions now fall to
Lexus have recently announced that they will officially unveil the latest in a line of hybrid cars meant to dodge various taxes on emissions save fuel and the world. Bound to wear a 2013 modelyear the Lexus GS 450h will most likely be launched next year and therefore quite a decent way away from a
Not very long ago, buying a flagship luxury saloon the likes of the Audi A8 and fitting it with the small engine would have been seen as a poor choice leading to various issues in dealing with a lack of power and lead to a cheap image. It seems like the Germans at Audi are
Lexus set out with the CT200h to undo the bad image of hybrids, the cheap image of hatchbacks and basically offer the perfect car. Since they didn’t do “that” well in the reviews and not a lot of people are interested in it, the Japanese luxury brand is trying to improve it in order to
General Motors has big plans with Buick’s image and portfolio improvement and we find that just a couple of months after the release of the LaCrosse eAssist we’re getting a new fuel sipping model. While equipped with a similar mild hybrid powertrain as the bigger brother, the 2012 Buick Regal eAssist is expected to go
Toyota is adamant that their infamous Prius hybrid motorcar will considerably outperform something this year. Don’t get locked in at the edge of your seat because the 2011 Toyota Prius isn’t getting enhanced performance in any way shape or form. What the Prius will actually top is the 2010 sales figures it had. If this
Hybrids aren’t what they used to be and it seems like the Japanese are still the ones to look to when trying to find out what’s the latest thing. As Nissan is now teaching us, the days of the previous version of the Altima Hybrid drivetrain are gone. After initial reports about the Nissan Altima
The Japanese at Lexus had quite the idea recently, in coming up with the CT200h they created a new project, one that marketing can really have fun with. You see, the Lexus CT200h is the Japanese company’s attempt at treating a totally new sort of take on the ever popular nowadays, hybrid vehicle. Even though
The Japanese at Honda seem to be around the rumor pot a lot lately and even though it’s not clearly apparent, they can’t really be blamed for idle hands. The latest of uncertain news is regarding one of Honda’s premier products, not exactly the four wheeled variety, but still interesting.
