Posts Tagged ‘interesting tidbits’
Click above for a gallery of the 2009 Mitsubishi ColtOur hunch that Mitsubishi would bring a redesigned Colt to the Paris Motor Show after it released a teaser earlier this week has been confirmed when the automaker inadvertently (?) posted a banner ad of the new sub-compact on its webpage.The new C......
Spy Photos: Facelifted Range Rover in the works
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
When you produce one of several bad-ass SUVs available to consumers, there's no need to mess with a successful formula. So while the Range Rover is due for some cosmetic tweaks, they're very subtle. Spy shots show the upper-crust truck with the stiff upper lip in action at der Nurburgring, reportedl......
VW Rabbit TDI confirmed for next fall, no diesel Tiguan
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Click on the image above for our high-res gallery of the Golf VIVolkswagen officials gave Autoblog some insight into their new model roll-out plans when we met with them earlier this week at the media drive for the new 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. First into showrooms will be the 3.0-liter Touareg TD......
LA Preview: Saab 9-4X shows up early
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
The LA Auto Show is still a couple months away, but images of vehicles set to be unveiled in the land of fruits and nuts are already leaking onto the web. GM's Chilean website had the above photo of the production Saab 9-4X available for all to see earlier today, so now we know the production model ......
Tata Indica Vista and Toyota Corolla Altis
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
What’s up Today????????Tata Indica vista* Tata Motors will launch the much awaited Indica vista today. The Indica vista will be offered with 3 engines options - 1.2L safire petrol,1.3L Mutlijet diesel and 1.4L dicor diesel. The new indica vista will come in three variants terra,aqua and aura. The ......
Mexico confiscates trucks crossing border for cheap diesel
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Thinking with their wallets, and avoiding $4.59/gallon fuel prices, truck owners in the States have been sneaking across the Mexican border to fill up with low-cost diesel (in Mexico, the fuel averages just $2.20/gallon). While filling a primary fuel tank isn't illegal, Mexico prohibits additional f......
Bajaj to develop trike,car and scooter with KTM
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Bajaj Auto is jointly developing a trike, a budget car and a scooter with its Austrian partner KTM. Bajaj Auto holds 21% stake in KTM. All of the models will be marketed in developing countries and will have petrol, diesel and electric variants. This will be the Bajaj’s second car after the ULC it......
2009 BMW 3 Series Preview Video
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
There have been several cosmetic and performance improvements to the BMW 3 Series for 2009. The most noticeable design changes to the 3 Series sedans and sport wagons are the new headlight housings, the switch to LED tail lamps and turn signals, and the re-styled bumper and trunk.
But the real stor......
Rendered Speculation: 2011 Ford Focus
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
When we see things like this, we feel like Bruce Banner... having to contain our anger... at not getting... the Euro Focus. But hopefully tomorrow our fortunes will change, and if they do, here' s a look at the Focus we could get in 2011.We were happy enough about the second-gen Focus, and this is e......
All Smarts to get start-stop standard
Friday, July 11th, 2008
The already fuel efficient Smart fortwo will soon become even more stingy with the petrol when start-stop technology is employed fleet-wide beginning in October. The start-stop technology, which is called "micro hybrid" by Smart, works by cutting off the engine during braking when the vehicle speed ......