Between the SEMA show and all of the gas guzzling high performance hot rods and so on there was always some room for the sensible option. The sensible option is what Kia went for when the opened up a stand with the Forte Hybrid Concept.
A recent report from my favorite place in the world “the Internet” the Bavarians have cooked up quite a bit of a surprise. The BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept will go into production after all. Beside the tasty news of the BMW VED Concept being on its way to the dealership floor, the cheeky Germans
The Japanese at Honda are well aware of the life many of their imports lead in the U.S. and so they took SEMA seriously. Besides offering quite a lot of customized versions of the 2011 Honda CR-Z they also launched a very special version of the hybrid hatchback. Meet the 2011 Honda CR-Z Mugen limited
The perky French marketers and engineers working over at Citroen are really going to war with their DS branded projects. Their latest creation within the DS range is a hybrid version of the Citroen DS4. That seems to be a mouthful but when you see what Citroen are trying to make it bite off you’ll
According to it’s own Facebook page, the Toyota Prius will soon feature a bigger lineup than the traditional hatchback we’re getting used to. In actual fact the lineup will expand as when you go to a Toyota dealership you will be offered a choice as opposed to being asked about the color of your Prius
That poky automotive company that mixes beautiful design, with high technology and with interesting legal ideas to finance their whole affair, Fisker, is at it again. So far Fisker is only keeping themselves busy with the Karma they’ve been parading at the Paris Motor Show but that might not last so much longer as their
Even the current Honda Insight hybrid model was launched about a year ago, it gets a facelift version that improves some not very critical features of the car, such as the interior. Handling problems were reported for Insight model by customers, this facelift bringing also some improvements to the suspension in order to resolve the
There is a rumor concerning the European version of the Chevrolet Volt running around, and I say this with a bit of a clench because i know that the newspaper behind hasn’t always proved to be the best of reliable sources. The newspaper quoted for this rumor is the British print from “The Telegraph” and
Confirmation on this situation is awaited but since the rumor had been killed off before you never know what might happen with this one that’s just been revised and revived. According to this rumor we can hear some interesting things, namely that Toyota is working on a new MR2 and a Supra, most importantly a
You may remember that about a couple of months ago VW presented us with a facelifted variant of their flagship, the 2011 Phaeton. At the time, it was a bit difficult to understand why the car didn’t get the eagerly awaited by fans major redesign and why the Germans only gave us these minute changes.
According to a recent statement by spokesmen from Ford Motor Company we could be expecting that by 2020 up to 25% of the company’s global sales to be hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, or any combination of these technologies. Nancy Gioia, Ford’s director of global electrification is the author of this statement but he also
May seems to have become hybrid awareness month as sales of these cars soared the past month and have been the best since last August. As always, leaders of the market have been the Toyota Prius and the Ford Fusion hybrid.
Due to tightening emissions legislation, to political climate and to overall economics situations it is becoming harder and harder for traditional sports cars manufacturers to keep producing at their best focused capacity. These are the issues that are becoming an ever more problematic situation for manufacturers such as Ferrari.
Spanish independent designer Daniel Garcia decided to give the world his a new interpretation of BMW’s Vision Concept that’s seen from Audi’s (unofficial) perspective. Enter the Audi A9, this not only fits the category for Hybrid and Concept but also wishes to have a Sports Sedan tag added to the name.
The recall Saga continues as Toyota Motor Corporation has just announced that it plans to call in 11500 Lexus LS worldwide spread over four models in order to fix some issues related to the steering wheel system of the car. The models in question are the LS460, LS460L and the LS600h, LS600hL hybrids, all equipped with
Land Rover is bombarding us with announcements, after posting a recent success in sales are now reminding us that the LRX based car that is to fit in the market beneath the Land Rover Freelander will come with an option of either 2- or 4-wheel drive. More so, should you go for that front wheel
It would seem that people who were waiting for the small diesel pickups made in India will have to keep on waiting as their launch date has been pushed back to December 2010. This is the fourth time these pickups are postponed and the original American launch date has now grown past an year’s delay
Land Rover have announced they will be putting its first dedicated hybrid model into production in 2013 and the car will be based on the Range Rover Sport. The Range Rover Sport hybrid prototype (at the moment) in question is named Range_e and previews the diesel-electric hybrid power/drive train the rest of the world should be
After an announcement came in yesterday from Ford concerning the company’s first hybrid and plugin hybrid models to be made at their plant in Valencia we have another snippet concerning the same production facility. That same plant in Spain will produce two versions of the new Ford C-MAX compact minivans that will be launched in
