BMW Plans to Bring Four-Cylinder Diesels to the US
12 Nov 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that recession brought a lot of new things in America, and now it is about to bring one more. Inside Line says BMW plans to bring out the four-cylinder diesels to the US market in order to ...
Outback Diesel Goes to Australia
2 Nov 2009, 11:15 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The world’s first flat boxer diesel engine for a passenger car just got to Australia in the Subaru Outback 2.0D on the new generation platform. Like all Subaru cars, the diesel Outback has a S...
NADA Pushes for Single National Fuel Economy Standard
26 Oct 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Leaving aside for a moment the battle between its dealers and American manufacturers Chrysler and GM, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) testified at a hearing on Friday and asked f...
Renault Grand Scenic Proves Itself at MPG Marathon
7 Oct 2009, 14:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / French manufacturer Renault announced today it managed to beat the average fuel consumption rating for its Grand Scenic at the 2009 MPG Marathon by no less than 32 percent. This means that after dri...
Mazda Debuted LMP2 Car Running on Biofuel
28 Sep 2009, 10:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / One of the Mazda MZR-R-powered Lola coupe racecars debuted this weekend at the Petit Le Mans race, running unclassified on a combined ethanol and biobutanol fuel. The American Le Mans Series, MAZDAS...
2010 Audi A3 TDI Pricing Announced
4 Sep 2009, 06:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German carmaker Audi has just released the U.S. pricing for its second clean diesel vehicle launched this year, which is expected to hit the dealerships in late November 2009. According to the U.S....
Acura Shelves High-Performance Engines, Goes for Fuel Efficiency
20 Aug 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Honda's Acura decided to follow a different path, opposed to the one we would expect from a premium carmaker. From now on, the manufacturer will focus on fuel efficiency and will try anything p...
Americans Still Attracted by Gaz Guzzlers
7 Aug 2009, 12:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In spite of the economic recession that brought the United States auto industry on the verge of collapse, Americans are still attracted by high-displacement engines, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said. ...
FedEx Expands Hybrid Fleet
22 Jul 2009, 07:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Engaged in a race aimed more at cutting costs than helping the environment, large car fleet operators will soon become a gold mine for hybrid and electric vehicle manufacturers. Whereas the United S...
Volvo Trucks Debut Medium-Heavy Engine
17 Jun 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Similar to the passenger car division, Volvo Trucks is doing yet another step towards a more fuel efficient product range, this time with a new medium-heavy engine for trucks and buses. The engine i...
Jaguar XF, the 2009 Best Executive Car
20 May 2009, 09:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 2009 Fleet World Honours competition has decided which of today's vehicles can be named Best Executive Car for 2009. The title went the the Jaguar XF and got its trophy at the Royal Automob...
Audi Partners With Lance Armstrong’s Cycling Team
12 May 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Audi of America announced that it will team with the Trek-LIVESTRONG Under-23 (U23) Cycling Team for the 2009 racing season. Audi has donated two Q7 TDI clean diesel vehicles to provide support to r...
2010 Audi Q7 Facelift, First Video of the Clean SUV
22 Apr 2009, 08:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told a week ago, the new Audi Q7, a facelift of the previous version has been unveiled by the German manufacturer. Present at the 2009 Shanghai Auto Show, Audi has also released the first vide...
2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, 1,000 Miles on a Single Tank
22 Apr 2009, 07:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Or at least that's the plan. A Ford team will attempt to drive the 2010 Ford Fusion for 1,000 (1,609 km) on a 43 hour endurance test by using only one tank of fuel. The test, also conducted to ...
2009 Audi Q7 TDI US Pricing Released
9 Apr 2009, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Prices for Audi's first clean diesel vehicle for the US market were released today by the German manufacturer. Scheduled to arrive to dealerships by the end of the month, the 2009 Q7 TDI will h...
Fiat and BMW Reportedly Developing Small Car
17 Mar 2009, 13:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although they are often referred to as two of the most powerful automakers in Europe, it may seem like BMW and Fiat plan to join forces for designing a new small car model perfectly matching the col...
BMW is the Greenest Premium Manufacturer in Germany
11 Mar 2009, 08:47 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The Federal Motor Transport Authority has officially calculated the fleet consumption of the BMW Group brands in 2008, and the results are more than uplifting for Bimmer fans with a green side. Appa...
GM Bets On Direct Fuel Injection
10 Mar 2009, 09:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With CO2 emissions and fuel economy being the talk of the day in this time of crisis, manufacturers are driven to create viable and sometimes strange ways of cutting figures for both of the aforemen...
Radioactive Bimmers from Hell...
6 Mar 2009, 17:11 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... say what? These last few days the online automotive world, including myself, was taken by storm thanks to a misleading article posted by the Brits at Autocar. The news article implied among othe...
Seat Leon Ultra Green Concept Unveiled in Geneva
6 Mar 2009, 14:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Spanish manufacturer Seat keeps on looking towards the future, despite the fact that the Spanish automotive industry is in turmoil, as it seeks to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. The 2009...