Filed under: Subaru, North America, USA
Subaru doesn’t have any hybrids in its line up and its electric car program, based around the R1e, is still in its (seemingly never-ending) infancy, but it does have partial zero-emission vehicles (PZEVs) and , apparently, pogo sticks. In an effort to promote the sale of its PZEV vehicles… »
Filed under: Etc., Hybrid, Toyota
Over the years I’ve bought numerous repair manuals from the likes of Chiltons and Haynes. I’ve always like working on cars and when vehicles have needed repair my budget has often not correlated with the labor charges involved. Manuals from either company are based on doing full tear-downs of… »
Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Saab
The upcoming Saab 9-4X BioPower crossover has been caught out testing again. The 9-4X is expected to debut in production form later in 2009 as the current Trailblazer based 9-7X fades into history. From what we’ve seen so far the 9-4X will go into production virtually unchanged from the… »
All manner of celebrities were there with me in the Green Zone at the Gumball 3000 opening ceremonies yesterday, but I live in a fortified survivalist compound in which the corrupting influence of television is prohibited and thus could identify just two famous individuals: ex-mayor Willie Brown and ex-star David Hasselhoff. Though Mr. Brown was… »
There was a pretty good cross-section of archetypal Detroit machinery represented at the Gumball 3000 in San Francisco yesterday, including a donked Riviera, the lowest Ford pickup ever built (with the most beautiful set of vintage gauges I’ve seen in a long time), and a couple of classic musclecars. Yes, K.I.T.T. was there as… »
Filed under: Diesel, Peugeot
Click on the Blue Lion Peugeot for a high res gallery
Continuing the recent European theme of “blue is the new green”, Peugeot is adding Blue Lion editions to many of its most popular models. Like VW’s BlueMotion models, the Blue Lion editions are tuned to minimize emissions of carbon dioxide. … »
Since the Gumball 3000 started from San Francisco this year, I headed across the Bay to get all up-close and personal with some Pyongyang-bound rich folks’ rides. While Fairmont Hotel valets brought luggage out to such machines as the Chrome Lamborghini and K.I.T.T. and hordes of crazy-eyed tourists shoved against the police barricades in hopes… »
Since the Gumball 3000 started from San Francisco this year, I headed across the Bay to get all up-close and personal with some Pyongyang-bound rich folks’ rides. While Fairmont Hotel valets brought luggage out to such machines as the Chrome Lamborghini and K.I.T.T. and hordes of crazy-eyed tourists shoved against the police barricades in hopes… »
Filed under: Hybrid, Green Daily
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“How ’bout a sticker on the side of your SUV that says ‘It’s a Hybrid?’ You won’t save the planet or use less fuel, but people won’t be giving you the finger or calling you the village idiot, or an environmental disaster…” With those words, Gary… »