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If there’s one big takeaway from the National Automobile Dealers Association convention going on in Las Vegas right now, it’s that the car market is in flux. NADA, however, has gone so far to say that changes in government policy and the used car market could lead to some bigger ...    Read more

New York City environmentalists aren't too happy with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. CNN reports that they want him to turn up the pressure on the NYPD to further enforce the city's anti-idling law that went into effect way back in 2009. The 2009 amendment changed New York City's original anti-idling law of ...    Read more

As expected, the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle will soon get a third engine choice in addition to the base 2.5-liter and turbocharged 2.0-liter gasoline engines: a 2.0-liter turbodiesel. Volkswagen announced that the 2013 Beetle TDI will debut at the 2012 Chicago Auto ...    Read more

Bit by bit, Infiniti has been teasing us with continual tidbits about the range-extended, mid-engine concept car that is it going to debut at the Geneva Motor Show this spring. Today, we learn the car's name: Emerg-E. Despite all the teasing, not much is known yet about Infiniti’s newest exotic ...    Read more

Now that the BMW i3 Concept has made its way through much of the auto show circuit, it’s time to test the production model. While we definitely liked the concept’s excessive use of glass through much of the body, it looks to be just for show. The folks at ...    Read more

With tough new CAFE standards on the horizon, automakers have a couple different technologies in store, ready to help meet those standards. Some automakers are looking exclusively to hybrids, others to diesels, and yet others looking to electric cars. Audi is looking at all three. According to a report from ...    Read more

California has long been the leader in green car legislation. Now, the state’s air-quality regulator, the California Air Resources Board, has approved a stringent round of laws that require the addition of 1.4 million electric, plug-in, and fuel cell vehicles on California roads by 2025. We reported last week on ...    Read more

BMW’s M family grew by four models last week, so it isn't exactly surprising that BM already has a promotional video clip showcasing the new X6 M50d, the X5 M50d, the M550 xDrive, and the M550d xDrive Touring all together. BMW recently spilled the details on the new batch of M ...    Read more

California is to automobiles what Texas is to textbooks: the state is large enough that when it enacts regulations on cars sold within its borders, the rest of the country  -- at least in part --follows by default. It’s for this reason that the state’s new proposed regulations, which entered ...    Read more

If you weren't already jealous of the cool cars offered abroad, BMW has given you four more examples of forbidden fruit. After much teasing, the automaker finally revealed its line of diesel-powered M Performance vehicles before their Geneva Motor Show debut, but the company insists the four special models aren't ...    Read more

As if the Chevrolet Volt wasn't already a hot topic as of late, this new 33-second commercial may certainly dump fuel onto the conversational flame. The ad imposes the Volt assembly line - which is housed within General Motors' Hamtramck Assembly Plant, located just outside of Detroit's city limits - on ...    Read more

Honda announced today that, as of the end of 2011, its total count of hybrid-powered vehicles has now crested the 800,000 mark. Honda was one of the first automakers to sell a hybrid vehicle with its first-generation Insight in 1999. It now offers seven different hybrid vehicles worldwide, including the second-generation ...    Read more

In a setback to General Motors' goal of selling more Chevrolet Volts, new reports suggest a number of U.S. dealers are refusing to increase their inventories of the plug-in electric vehicle. Some dealers are likely concerned about the recent crash test performed by the National Highway Traffic Safety ...    Read more

Honda today handed over the keys to its all-electric hatchback, the 2013 Fit EV, to the mayor of Torrance, California. The city will use the Fit EV as part of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program, which also will see Google and Stanford University testing the electric car. The ...    Read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has concluded its investigation into the Chevrolet Volt. In its statement, the agency stated that it "does not believe that Chevy Volts or other electric vehicles pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline-powered vehicles." ...    Read more

Volkswagen has been priding itself on the fact that, according to the automaker, sells around 75 percent of all diesel passenger cars in the U.S. Get ready for that percentage to grow – at the Chicago Auto Show next month, VW will add the 2012 Beetle to its oil-burning repertoire. The ...    Read more

Although we've enjoyed watching the diesel-powered racers from Audi and Peugeot battle it out for dominance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it seems that rivalry is no more. Peugeot's press office officially confirmed earlier this morning that the automaker was withdrawing from the 2012 Le Mans series. The withdrawal ...    Read more

Ashton Kutcher has been caught driving a new Fisker Karma, putting him among the list of celebrity Karma owners, including the likes of Leonardo DeCaprio and al Gore Kutcher was snapped by x17online as he arrived at a television critic’s forum in a ...    Read more

Just as parent Volkswagen plans to build an electric version of the Up! hatchback, Skoda also will produce a zero-emissions version of the Up!-based Citigo city car. According to Auto Bild, the e-Citigo will launch in 2014, about a year after the VW e-Up! goes on sale. Skoda announced ...    Read more

Volkswagen’s BlueSport mid-engined two-seater has hit a few bumps on its road to production, according to Autocar. Rumor has it that the German automaker can’t find the sales to justify producing the car. The biggest obstacle is apparently the U.S. market, as Volkswagen of America’s management believes having ...    Read more

If you thought Hyundai’s 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty wasn’t good enough, the automaker is attempting to up its game by offering a lifetime battery guarantee on all 2012 Sonata Hybrids. Powering the fuel-sipping Sonata is Hyundai’s Blue Drive hybrid drivetrain, which underwent “minimal degradation” ...    Read more

The 2012 auto show season is well underway with the Detroit show this week, and Toyota is wasting no time preparing for the Geneva Motor Show in March. The automaker has released the first official photos and details of the Yaris Hybrid ahead of ...    Read more

With the 2012 Geneva Motor Show just two months away, Infiniti continues to tease its range-extended electric  sports car. We’ve known about Infiniti’s sports EV for quite some time now; the automaker released the first sketch back in 2010. ...    Read more

GM may soon close the chapter on Chevrolet Volt safety issues, judging by the reaction of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's David Strickland. At the 2012 Detroit auto show, Strickland told reporters that automotive safety regulators were satisfied with GM's proposed fixes to prevent Volts from catching ...    Read more

It’s no secret that we all have relationships with our cars: sometimes they’re good, other times we’d consider a vehicular divorce. Toyota is hoping for the former with its newest concept car, the NS4, which it says looks to the ...    Read more