Archive for July 15th, 2008

After a few unofficial reveals, the folks at Hyundai’s extra value brand have decided to release three official shots of the 2009 Kia Soul. The shots continue to show what amazing things styling can do to what is, ostensibly, a Kia Rio crossover. According to Kia World, the 2009 Soul will come globally with either… »

After a few unofficial reveals, the folks at Hyundai’s extra value brand have decided to release three official shots of the 2009 Kia Soul. The shots continue to show what amazing things styling can do to what is, ostensibly, a Kia Rio crossover. According to Kia World, the 2009 Soul will come globally with either… »

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, SMART, UK

Gajillionaire Donald Trump wants to spend £1 billion ($2,005,048,751.80) building the world’s largest golf resort. It would feature two golf courses along with a 5-star hotel on 1,400 acres of “spectacular sand dunes” at Balmedie Beach in northeast Scotland. Not surprisingly, there is some amount of environmental criticism of the… »

Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota

Whenever electrical current flows through a conductor, an electromagnetic field is induced around that conductor. For many years, some people have been claiming that these electromagnetic fields cause all manner of physical maladies. This is, of course, a highly dubious prospect since the humans are constantly being bombarded by electromagnetic radiation from… »

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Ethanol

A recent paper by Wally Tyner published by Purdue University shows that, at least for Corn Belt states (like Indiana), corn stover could be a better cellulosic ethanol source than switchgrass. The paper considers the cost and prospective profits of whether a farmer could decide to plant and sell corn and… »

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in

AGB reader “Garry” contacted us to tell us about a new BBC series called “What a waste!” in which they look at how the world is going to cope as the demand for power and energy grows and grows. This includes the quest to find the greenest car possible. According to the… »

Once again, a tenuous grasp of the English language, a complete lack of shame, and a bitchin’ custom car have led us to eBay awesomeness. Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes on a genuine Eagle Roadster. Built around a 3.5 liter Chrysler V6 from the “Cab-Forward” era, this open-wheeled, tandem-seat automobile is street legal and… »

The problem with analogies and metaphors is that they require some thought before use, and, when speaking or writing, most people aren’t thinking. A good example would be a letter we wrote to a girl we liked in junior high. Reaching for our inner Neruda we described the cute brunette’s hair by comparing it to… »

Filed under: Diesel, Audi

Audi’s new Q5 crossover goes on sale in Europe this fall and in North America next spring, but Britain’s CAR magazine has already had an opportunity to sample it. The Q5 is a mid-sized CUV based on the platform of the new generation A4 and will offer a choice of three engines…. »

In possibly the most humiliating defeat for France since the whole Algerian débâcle, a French car lost a Project Car Hell challenge to American machinery, with the ‘61 Simca Aronde getting crushed beneath the rusted hulks of a pair of Lincoln Continentals… and that’s with the Simca getting some help from one of the finest… »