Filed under: Diesel, BMW
Click the 335d for a high res gallery
One of the risks of owning and operating a diesel vehicle is mis-fueling. Just as putting diesel fuel in the tank of a gas-powered vehicle will cause some very expensive damage, so to will gas in a diesel tank. The former is largely prevented by… »
Filed under: MPG, Volkswagen
Over in the UK, drivers buying a new Passat CC now have a new transmission option that gives them an extra 1.2 mpg. The 160 hp 1.8L TSI four cylinder can now be paired with VW’s 7-speed DSG dual clutch gearbox in place of the 6-speed manual. The DSG yields a combined… »
Want to know what celebrities drive? Until getting bored this morning, we didn’t know we wanted to. Now, we’re so curious, we put together this list of 20 celebs and the cars they drive.
As we normally do when we’re bored on a Saturday afternoon, we took a look around the auto forums for fun content…. »
Filed under: Hybrid, Chevrolet, Legislation and Policy, USA
Click on the image above for a gallery of MetroKing’s new taxi
The City of New York would like to improve the fuel mileage of its fleet of taxis, but the issue is proving more difficult than planned to implement. After the city announced plans to place fuel economy… »
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, AutoblogGreen Exclusive
Click above for a high-res gallery of the RORMaxx
The RORMaxx Formula AE student project got some attention when we first posted on it a few weeks ago. AutoblogGreen reader Jesse K. wanted to get some information directly from the horse’s mouth and contacted Rory Handel (one of the students involved)… »
The tech-loving guys at Wired have a whole slew of spoiler-filled images from the new Terminator 4 movie, Terminator: Salvation. Most interesting to us was the first up-close look at the “Terminator motorcycle” below.
Feel free to check out the rest over at Wired, but be warned, there be spoilers ahead! [via Wired]
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The 2009 Geneva Auto Show will see the reveal of a trio of refreshed vehicles from Renault, but the 2009 Renault Clio’s already been spotted early by an Autoweek.nl forumite lurking in a parking structure.
In addition to the facelifted Clio we see here, we’ll also get a look at an updated 2009 Renault Scenic, Grand… »
The Hulme CanAm debuted last week at the New Zealand A1GP after almost five years of development. The independently-built Caparo T1 competitor is the brainchild of 68-year-old Jock Freemantle, and totally radical.
galleryPost(’hulmecanam’, 6, ‘Hulme CanAm’); We first heard of the Hulme F1, as it was called way back in 2005, when it was… »
Filed under: MPG, Citroen
Citroen is planning to follow other European automakers in launching a new eco-brand similar to BlueMotion and ecoNetic. In addition to the new branding, the French automaker will roll out fuel-saving features like automatic start stop across its entire model range over the next few years, including on the larger C5 and… »
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels
Click above to enlarge Lennon Rodgers’ electric motorcycle
Big motorcycle manufacturers are just now beginning to jump on the electric bandwagon, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait a few years if you want to enjoy gasoline-free two-wheeled motoring right now. There are a number of used bikes on the… »