Posts Tagged ‘highway mileage’

2008 Porsche Cayman Car Review Video

Friday, September 5th, 2008
Join our host Charlie Romero as he tests the 2008 Porsche Cayman at Barber Motorsport Park outside Birmingham, AL. The mid-sized Cayman sport coupe is sized in between its siblings, the slightly smaller Boxster and the larger 911 Carrera. The base model Cayman has the 2.7L H6 engine that produces 2......

GM launches Facts and Fiction site to correct what’s written on the bathroom wall

Friday, September 5th, 2008
There's a lot of smack talk about Detroit automakers these days, and while some of it is spot on, other myths are no more credible than what's written in the men's john. General Motors is apparently tired of fielding questions surrounding this bathroom fodder and the embattled automaker is busting o......

Nissan Nuvu concept, Pixo city car, revised Note headed to Paris

Friday, September 5th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of Nissan's Paris Motor Show lineupNissan is bringing a trio of vehicles to the city of lights for the 2009 Paris Motor Show: a new concept called the Nuvu, an all-new production car car called the Pixo and a revised Note. We don't have an image of the Nuvu yet, but ......

Paris Preview: Subaru debuts boxer diesel Forester and Impreza

Friday, September 5th, 2008
Click above for gallery of Subaru's newest diesel-powered modelsSubaru debuted its new 2.0L diesel boxer engine earlier this year in the Legacy and Outback, and soon it will also be offered in the Forester and Impreza, though only in Europe. These two latest models to feature the unique horizontally......

Mazda Kiyora city car concept, MX-5 facelift head to Paris

Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Click above for hi-res gallery of the Mazda Kiyora conceptMazda has confirmed its Paris Motor Show lineup, which will be led by the Kiyora concept, a water-themed, Nagare-styled city car built on a new platform that features a "next generation" direct-injected four-banger. No additional details have......

CONFIRMED: Nissan Titan to get HEMI-fied

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Even in a down pickup truck market, the all-new Dodge Ram should be a boon to Chrysler and not just because it's a far better truck than the one it replaces. The new Ram will also be the next Nissan Titan, a deal that helps Chrysler keep its truck factories running closer to maximum capacity. With N......

Rumormill: Toyota working on hybrid iQ

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Toyota iQ.While we're clamoring for small, efficient transportation, Europe is already awash with micro cars, diesels, and hatchbacks. When Toyota designed and engineered the tiny iQ, it had to go smaller and greener than the competition, so the little ......

Car Accessories - skirts for swift and civic

Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Pimp Your Ride - Car Accessories…So you’re gonna buy a new car. What’s it going to be like? After eliminating all the nice cars in the ground of fuel economy and overall price, what you are left with is a handful of not-so-hot looking sedans and (mostly) hatchbacks. After the new-car thing has......

Milking a Bull: Automakers eek out extra fuel economy on older models

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Conspiracy theorists have long insisted that automakers could push their vehicles to achieve better fuel economy, and as it turns out, they were right. Of course, it isn't as easy as flipping a magic MPG switch, but automakers are making incremental gains on vehicles even between redesigns. Techniqu......

Official Kia Forte brochure leaked

Monday, August 25th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Kia ForteThe Kia Forte has been caught out again, this time in more press photos and the official Korean-market brochure. The 2009 Spectra replacement is a looker... even if it borrows some of those looks from other vehicles. Regardless, those shapely front fe......