Filed under: EV/Plug-in, European Union, Asia
After showing practically no signs of life since being revived in a joint venture between Zap! and Youngman Automotive Group last February and officially striking out on its own less than a week ago, Detroit Electric has emerged, in Malaysia, as a Dutch company with $300 million in backing and… »
Filed under: Diesel, Hyundai, European Union
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Aside from the Santa Fe hybrid and five other models, Hyundai is bringing a new version of the i20 to the Paris Motor Show next month. The all-new i20 blue sub-compact fits into Hyundai’s i-blue line, meaning that the company has declared it to be one of… »
Filed under: Diesel
Traditionally, diesel engines haven’t been thought of as performance alternatives but for the past decade Gale Banks has worked hard to disprove that perception. Now in his fiftieth year of building high-performance powerplants, Banks has been working closely with companies like Bosch, General Motors and Cummins to wring performance out of diesels. While… »
Filed under: Hybrid, Hyundai, Paris Motor Show
Recent reports indicate that Hyundai may be set to introduce the world to its hybrid Santa Fe sport utility vehicle at the Paris Motor Show in October. The Korean automaker says that its hybrid ‘ute will look the same as its gas-powered counterpart but be completely new under the… »
Filed under: Hybrid, Hyundai, Paris Motor Show
Recent reports indicate that Hyundai may be set to introduce the world to its hybrid Santa Fe sport utility vehicle at the Paris Motor Show in October. The Korean automaker says that its hybrid ‘ute will look the same as its gas-powered counterpart but be completely new under the… »
You can’t have a county fair without a demolition derby (and, ideally, meat-on-a-stick and a Foghat gig), and Liam was there at the Delaware County (New York) Fair with his slo-mo-capable HD camera to capture some footage of the action. He’s done some great editing work to distill the balletic motions of cars given the… »
Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy
After the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced its proposed new Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules last spring there was a public comment period to be followed by revisions before finalizing the regulations. There were certainly some negative comments related to the footprint-based standards but the other aspect that came… »
Yesterday, we used COTD to discuss a burn. Today we’re going to focus on being “on fire” in a good way. Anyone who grew up playing NBA Jam knows that you’re on fire when you manage to complete a number of great plays back-to-back. In that sense, smalleyxb122 pulled off two snarky slam dunks in… »
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that’s the coolest… and the most hellish! The air-conditioned Renault 12 won handily over the Peugeot 504 in yesterday’s Choose Your Eternity poll. We’re going to take a break from PCH Superpowers- don’t worry, you’ll see more of France, Britain, and… »
The horsepower brokers over at RENNtech have turned their wrenches to the already powerful Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG to create what they consider to be a fitting heir to the Mercedes 6.3, appropriate given the name and the fact that latest C-Class has grown nearly to the size of that ultimate sedan. In order to achieve… »