Archive for September 3rd, 2008

Filed under: BMW, Land Rover, On Two Wheels, Green Daily, UK
The Grill of a Land Rover… a British cyclists worst nightmare?
Who are the worst drivers on the road? Hmm, we can think of a few… like women who apply mascara while driving, teens sending texts while driving, and, of course, those who have had a… »

Filed under: Hybrid, Ford, Green Daily

While KITT gets the headline from Ford in its announcement of FoMoCo vehicles appearing in fall TV shows, the green-minded among us can find a mention of a hybrid powerplant on the set of Fringe a few paragraphs down – after talk of KITT (it turns into a F-150!) and… »

Filed under: MPG, Chevrolet, Ford, GM, Pontiac, Saturn

Hey, always thinking that only Japanese and Europeans have a lot of fuel-efficient vehicle choices? American automakers also have fuel-efficient models in their lineup, usually based on “global” models designed for other markets, like GM does with its Opel/Vauxhall European subsidiary or its Daewoo operations in South Korea…. »

Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Legislation and Policy

A bipartisan group of senators has drafted a new energy bill that includes a mandate that all vehicles sold in the United States would have to be flex-fuel capable by 2020. During the GM BioFuels summit last Friday in Detroit, one of the subjects that came up was the… »

We took a look at Hanzel Auto Body Works, located in Oakland’s historic Auto Row district for 90 years, last winter and saw that Henry Hanzel’s shop is definitely the epicenter for all things Citroën in Northern California. A few weeks back, I got an email that started “I’ll be cutting up a rusted-out Citroën… »

There are so many ways for things to burn. You can get road burn if you fall off a bike. You can burn chicken if you grill it too long. You can burn a CD of underground German Tom Waits tracks for your friend. In honor of the new 90210 you can get some awesome… »

Filed under: Green Culture, Chevrolet, GM, USA

We recently showed you the “leaked” photos of what could have been a production Volt on the set of Transformers 2. As our man Sam correctly noted in the comments following his post, the movie prop was exactly that – a fiberglass shell covering a pre-existing platform. What platform… »

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that’s the coolest… and the most hellish! Yesterday we learned that 58% of Jalopnik readers prefer a Cadillac Allanté to a Chrysler TC By Maseratii, and we’d love to keep the run of crypto-Italian cars going. However, we’re taking a break… »

Back in 2006, Arash Farboud was snubbed by Ferrari when he requested a shiny new Enzo. Apparently they didn’t feel the inherited fortune made in pharmaceuticals was enough to make him Ferrari material. Undaunted, Arash decided to pull a Deuce-move and thumbed his nose at Ferrari, building his own supercar. He pulled together the Farbio… »

General Motors is reporting total August 2008 sales down 20.7% from August 2007; the report had a silver lining, however, as August marked the best month for GM sales in 2008 largely due to the popular Employee Pricing for Everyone sale the automaker has been running since Aug. 20. That sale has since been extended… »