Autos

Jan 5, 2009

Less than a month's time after the unveiling of the Ford Ranger MAX Concept at the Thailand Motor Expo, and the first photos of the revised 2009 Ranger pickup truck have surfaced on the internet. These...

Jan 5, 2009

Hyundai has published a set of teaser renderings of its new flagship saloon that will be officially introduced in February, 2009. Codenamed VI, the new luxury sedan will sit atop the Genesis in Hyundai's...

Jan 5, 2009

BMW has confirmed through a new teaser video - to be exact, in the description of the video- that the forthcoming X5 M (see the teaser film of the prototype model here) will be joined by an X6 M model...

Jan 5, 2009

Following an earlier leak of the Japanese-market model brochure, a new set of photos of the 2009 Honda Insight have been leaked into the net ahead of the hybrid car's premier at the Detroit auto show on...

Jan 5, 2009

This is the second generation Cadillac SRX crossover that will be making its world debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week. Cadillac had offered us our first glimpse of...

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A mystery is unfolding in one Virginia neighborhood. No matter what residents do, their clickers aren't opening up their garages.

Jan 5, 2009

2008 may have been brutal for the auto industry but there have never been so many great cars.

Jan 5, 2009

2008 was a good year for Lewis Hamitlon. In taking the Formula One drivers' title, he became the youngest champion in F1 history, and the first British champion in twelve years. To cap off his victorious...

Jan 5, 2009

Click above to view the YouTube clips after the jump Ford's recent announcement of a new, automated parallel-parking system has prompted us to drive down Memory Lane and revisit an oldie-but-goodie....

Jan 5, 2009

Click above to view the Lancia Thesis in high resolution You'd be forgiven for not knowing much about the Lancia Thesis. Or perhaps mistaking it for something like a SsangYong. The range-topping luxosedan...

Jan 5, 2009

For fifteen years, the Lexus ES has been the top-selling luxury sedan from the top-selling luxury marque in America. But after twenty years of sharing its underpinnings with the Toyota Camry, the Japanese...

Jan 5, 2009

FLIR, the maker of BMW's night-vision system, will be at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week showing off its PathFindIR thermal imaging camera. The company says its system isn't confused...

Jan 5, 2009

The Honda S2000 is a competent, taut little street fighter, but markedly lacking in torque. What does any self-respecting gearhead do when faced with such a situation? Go totally overboard while shaving...

Jan 5, 2009

An amateur spy photographer has nabbed shots of the upcoming 2010 Peugeot 3008 compact crossover somewhere in eastern France months ahead of its unveil at the Geneva Motor Show. The newest entry in the...

Jan 5, 2009

Famed sports car manufacturer Lotus is sick of seeing everyone else use their platform for electric applications. They're now reportedly looking to get into the green game with a high-performance electric...

Jan 5, 2009

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered city agencies to cut their municipal vehicle fleets by 10%. The move will eliminate 700 cars and put $20 million into coffers over two years. Take home...

Jan 5, 2009

The first photo shoot of the new Mercedes-Benz CLS features "Brand Ambassador" Julia Stegner with the car as a tie-in for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Berlin 2009. We think that sums up the car nicely....

Jan 5, 2009

Like dogs and fine wine, cars age differently than humans, giving us a skewed perception of car age. But now there's a formula to tell us how old your car is in people-years. We have to tip our hat to...

Jan 5, 2009

newVideoPlayer("/85ChrysLeBaron-Ricardo_494.flv", 506, 423,""); What we really want to know here is: does "available leather-fitted cabin" mean the '85 LeBaron GTS has Soft Corinthian Leather? Or did you...

Jan 5, 2009

The Queen is going green, converting her two custom $15 million Bentley Limos to run on bio-ethanol, preempting an effort by Bentley to do the same for its entire fleet. Queen Elizabeth the II, who lives...

Jan 5, 2009

Remember Rhys Millen's truck backflip in Vegas for the Red Bull No Limits New Year's Eve Celebration? It failed. However, at least this time he didn't break his back. Here's the video and details.

Jan 5, 2009

Big Dodge Viper Fan? Have $295,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Always wanted to own one of the fastest, rarest Vipers ever made? Well we've got the car for you. The ASC built McLaren Diamondback Viper...

Jan 4, 2009

Click above for image gallery of lunar rovers in action. About the time Ford was developing the first Mustang, General Motors' Defense Research Labs was working on something more other-worldly. Man was...

Jan 4, 2009

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Kia cee'd Stop/start technology is like a trial membership for hybrids: it lets drivers in on the fuel savings and lower carbon emissions without forcing them...