Archive for January 27th, 2009

Bentley will be using the 2009 Geneva Motor Show to debut a biofuel powered racer promised to be the fastest and most powerful production Bentley ever.
Details of this new, Continental-based vehicle are sparse with the company only releasing the teaser image above and promising the new car will be the fastest, most powerful production car… »

BMX Legend Dave Mirra is X-gaming over to join Subaru Rally Team USA in a 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI after snagging his first rally win in New Hampshire at the 2009 Team O’Neil Rally.
No, it’s not April 1st. We’re totally serious. Here’s the full press release from Subaru Rally Team USA:
Dave Mirra Earns… »

Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Green Daily
Production delays are common in the automotive world. Just because we understand (to a degree) the complexities of bringing a car to market doesn’t mean we like them. In the green car space, especially, a lot of promises are made and then not delivered on. Looking through… »

Filed under: Flex-Fuel, Bentley, Geneva Motor Show

Click above for a high-res image of Bentley’s new biofuel supercar
When the curtain rises on the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, Bentley will take a large share of the spotlight with the vehicle you see above. It has no name yet, and no technical specifics have been released, but what… »

Filed under: Etc., Hybrid

Photo by resedabear. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.
While I haven’t met all of you, I’m pretty sure most AutoblogGreen readers are a lot more understanding when a particular vehicle isn’t as clean as possible than Shelia Bolar is. According to the New York Daily News, Bolar, a public transportation rider (and… »

Filed under: Hybrid, MPG, Ford, Toyota

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
When Ford announced the fuel mileage statistics of its new 2010 Fusion Hybrid, the Blue Oval made a big deal about its fuel mileage ratings, which, at 41 mpg city and 36 highway, bests the Toyota Camry Hybrid. Toyota kindly… »

Take real-life porn starlet Sasha Grey, dress her in a skimpy school girl outfit and put her in the clichéd NSFW greasy garage scene. Then proceed to not make a porno. Comedic gold.
The PG Porno is the brain child of producer and starring character James Gunn with the premise that pornos are really entertaining in… »

Normally, tinted windows in Alberta will net you a fix-it ticket when a cop pulls you over. Unless, of course, your drivers’ license features a ridiculous friar tuck haircut with a good story behind it.
This forum poster at the Canadian Beyond Cars forums chronicles a tale of being pulled over in his illegally modified Yaris… »

People are often so disgusted with the way car dealers, more than most sales people, haggle with the price of a car. The common belief, often justified, is the price a dealer gives you will somehow be altered with the addition of “rustproofing” or some other fake option. Because of this, used car retailer CarMax… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Volkswagen, Europe/EU

The guys over at Electric Cars Europe (ECE) have finished the gas-to-electric conversion of the first of 200 Volkswagen Golfs they’ve been tasked to prepare for the Dutch energy supplier, ENEXIS (formerly known as Essent). The fleet, once it’s built converted, is to be used in the testing of the Euro… »