Officials for the New York International Auto Show and Bridgestone have announced this year’s finalists for the World Car of the Year Awards in four categories. On March 5, as part of the Geneva International Motor Show, the lists will be pared down to just three finalists in each category. Then, the winners will be [...]
The super-efficient Volkswagen XL1, a car that reportedly gets 235 mpg, is expected to show its production face at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, which runs from Mar. 7-17. Some reports say it will be in showrooms by late 2013. Spy shots of the car were published on the Internet since as far back as [...]
The 2013 Detroit Auto Show, which is already breaking attendance records, is host to a group of concept vehicles that might just be the best the event has ever assembled. Under one roof, visitors to Cobo Center can see the Acura NSX, Toyota’s Corolla Furia, Via Motors’ X-Trux, the Lincoln MKC, and many others. While [...]
Volkswagen took the wraps off its SUV diesel plug-in hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show. While the automaker has offered no assurances of whether, or when, the CrossBlue will ever land in showrooms, a company official did allow that the concept is a “realistic glimpse of the future.” The CrossBlue would be competing directly against [...]
Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors will begin offering a clean diesel version of the Delica D:5 minivan on Jan. 11. Hoping to sell more than 8,000 of the powerful Delicas, Mitsubishi will also unveil its Outlander plug-in SUV a scant two weeks after the diesel minivan lands in showrooms. It is a busy month for the company, [...]
National Geographic has announced its list of most affordable green cars for the model year 2012. The five vehicles that made the cut included two Hondas, one VW, one Ford, and one Toyota. Ford’s Fusion Hybrid, the newest member of the lineup, has already been setting sales records for the U.S. automaker. The Toyota Prius [...]
Compilers of the influential Lundberg Survey have released their latest report, which points out that gasoline prices have gone down an average of five cents per week for the last three months, settling at their current national average of $3.26 per gallon of regular. Tribly Lundberg, the survey’s publisher, says that current price trends for [...]
Ford Motor Company’s Focus automobile is expected to outsell last year’s global sales champ, Toyota Corolla, for 2012. Based on data for nearly the entire calendar year so far, it looks like the Focus will sell almost one million units compared to Toyota Corolla’s 966,00 cars. The latest numbers also show Volkswagen’s Jetta coming in [...]
Volkswagen’s new tribrid Eco Up! runs on bio-methane, gasoline, and compressed natural gas (CNG). The car has just made its debut in Europe but will not be headed for U.S. showrooms, according to an official spokesperson for VW. In equivalent dollar price, it would sell for about $16,915 if it were an American offering. The [...]
Volkswagen officially becomes the automaker that offers more over-40 mpg vehicles than anyone else, after the company brings out its Jetta Hybrid in late December. The Jetta Hybrid will, in fact, become the most fuel-efficient of all VW models and marks the seventh over-40 mpg car in the company’s stable. This will be the first [...]
Spokespersons for the LA Auto Show have announced that this year’s media Ride and Drive will feature more than 24 vehicles from a dozen automakers. Each of the models will contain advanced technological systems and hybrid, electric, clean diesel, or extremely efficient combustion drivetrains. The technological wizardry on display will include radar detection systems, blind [...]
Volkswagen will soon begin selling its hybrid variant of the Jetta in U.S. showrooms, making VW the first automaker to offer both a diesel and hybrid version of the same car to U.S. drivers. According to the company’s marketing research, the new hybrid will draw customers from its two closest competitors, the Honda Civic and [...]
