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Click image above for a high-res gallery of concepts from Pebble Beach
The Pebble Beach Concours has something for every car enthusiast, even if classic cars aren't your thing. Every year we take the time to tear ourselves away from the fairway and head up to the front of the lodge where the concept......
Toyota Camry hybrid lead engineer died from Karoshi (overwork)
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Lending a bit of credence to recent allegations made by The National Labor Committee regarding workers right abuses by Toyota is the recent death of a lead engineer on the Camry hybrid project. Although the man died back in 2006, the Japanese Health Ministry has just now ruled that the man died of k......
ALMS reveals rules for new Green Challenge
Friday, June 27th, 2008
At the Detroit Auto Show this past January the American Le Mans Series began promoting itself as the Global Leader in Green Racing. Since Audi debuted its R10 TDI diesel racers in 2006, the ALMS had been one of the few major league racing series that has had cars competing against each other using m......
Wagoner to Obama: Automakers need research money from feds
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
After being asked what the next President of the United States could do to help Detroit's automakers, Rick Wagoner, head honcho at General Motors, responded that his company could use an injection of cash for research and development into new, potentially green technology. Also mentioned were additi......
First Drive [w/VIDEO]: 2009 Lincoln MKS
Friday, June 6th, 2008
click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Lincoln MKSEvery year, carmakers collectively trot out dozens of new concept vehicles at auto shows around the world. Some fraction of those end up making their way to production lines and onto the streets. Most of the exciting design ideas, however, get ......
Lexus considering two dedicated hybrid models
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
We've known for quite some time that Toyota would be introducing the world to its third-generation Prius hybrid sedan at next year's Detroit Auto Show. Expected to be powered by a revised and enlarged 1.8-liter engine and electric motors, the new model aims to continue Toyota's hybrid dominance, at ......
Officially Official: Corvette ZR1 makes 638 hp and 604 lb-ft
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
When Chevrolet officially announced the new Corvette ZR1 just before the Detroit Auto Show this year, it hadn't yet finished the certification of its new power-plant, the supercharged LS9. At that time, all the engineers would tell us was that the supercharged 6.2L V8 would produce a minimum of 100h......
Top Gear going on World Tour
Friday, March 14th, 2008
While Top Gear spin-offs are planned for Australia and the U.S., it seems that the same people that put on the MPH show abroad will be bringing the "spills and thrills" of Top Gear to 15 countries around the world. The locations and dates aren't set yet, but since the BBC was specific that Clarkson,......
Top Gear coming to iTunes?
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Since a few of us are iPhone-equipped (and occasionally Mac-obsessive), we like to follow what's going on in the Reality Distortion Field cast by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. A story over at iPhoneAlley caught our attention, which reports that Apple might be releasing episodes of "American Idol" thr......
Cars being stolen in Scotland and returned before morning
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
If you car comes up missing here in the U.S., you probably don't want it back once the thieves are done with it. Over in Scotland, they do things differently, even illegal things. Police say someone in southeast Scotland's Borders area is sneaking into houses, taking car keys and going for rides i......