Archive for January 5th, 2009

Filed under: Renault, Frankfurt Motor Show, European Union
If you think that the current generation of the Renault Twingo – a fairly low-polluting car and quite useful on crowded European cities – isn’t that much of a looker, take a look at this first image of the Twingup. I happen to like to first-gen Twingo, but… »

Filed under: Hybrid, Hydrogen, Honda, Toyota, Green Daily

Click above for more shots of the Honda FCX Clarity
We’ve already taken a look at the 2,555 hybrids that GM sold in December and the 14,439 hybrid vehicles it sold in 2008, but what about the other major automakers? Not every automaker reports their sales the same way… »

Filed under: Hydrogen, China
Hydrogen fuel cells have a lot to recommend them. Fuel cells consume air and hydrogen and produce nothing but water and electricity. They provide a mechanism to get an electric vehicle with the type of range that drivers have come to expect along with the rapid re-fueling they are used too. Unfortunately,… »

Plucky Korean upstart Hyundai has beaten rivals from Saab, Pontiac, Lexus, Toyota, Acura and Lincoln; the Genesis has just been named Consumer Reports’ new top-rated upscale sedan. Who knew Hyundai was the new Lexus?
Evaluated against the Lexus ES 350, Acura TL, Nissan Maxima, Pontiac G8, Lincoln MKS, Toyota Avalon, Buick Lucerne and Saab 9-5, the… »

It looks like BMW’s M division is doing something it said it never would: building an SUV. The BMW X6 M will use tuned versions of the X6’s 400 HP V8 and torque vectoring differentials.
It’s the latter, called Dynamic Performance Control that we’re most interested in. The system is capable of parsing torque both front… »

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that’s the coolest… and the most hellish! You want a project car that’s different, don’t you?
Of course you do! Oh, sure, you’d have fun with a Lotus Esprit or Fiat 124 Sport Coupe (incidentally, the Lotus beat the Fiat rather handily… »

Filed under: Hybrid, Honda, Detroit Auto Show, European Union, UK

Click above for a gallery of leaked Honda Insight images
The world can be a leaky place, especially since the internet makes it easy to spread any early information in an extremely rapid manner. Such is life for automakers at the moment. The latest victim (or beneficiary,… »

Official press photos of the new European market Honda Insight made their way onto the web today a wee bit earlier than Honda wanted. But, all that means is we’ve got a full gallery below.
We showed you blurry images of a leaked JDM Insight brochure last month, but we’ve received a set of leaked images… »

Official press photos of the new European market Honda Insight made their way onto the web today a wee bit earlier than Honda wanted. But, all that means is we’ve got a full gallery below.
We showed you blurry images of a leaked JDM Insight brochure last month, but we’ve received a set of leaked images… »

Official press photos of the new European market Honda Insight made their way onto the web today a wee bit earlier than Honda wanted. But, all that means is we’ve got a full gallery below.
We showed you blurry images of a leaked JDM Insight brochure last month, but we’ve received a set of leaked images… »