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First U.S. Incentives For Smart Car Now Available
To see just how normal the tiny Smart car has become in America, look no further than the news that the company is now offering purchase incentives to buyers of the cute little urban transport critters. Not that the Smart ForTwo needs much help in the sales department. Word comes from the Penske Automotive Group, […]
Read More »Dodge To Reopen Viper Factory First
Well that was quick. Chrysler, restructuring everything down to the last nut, bolt and pencil during their bankruptcy has announced that the first of their idled plants to be reopened will be the factory that builds the Viper. It’s an interesting move, and one that is sure to please performance car enthusiasts the world over, […]
Read More »Lamborghini Goes Solar
Everybody is getting serious about greening their companies, even folks like Lamborghini. Now I’ve got nothing against Lambo, quite the opposite in fact, but let’s face facts, they’re not the most efficient cars out there. Last time I checked, Lamborghinis where lucky to break into the double-digit MPG figures. Which is fine really, who in […]
Read More »Father's Day Gifts For The Car Dad
Time for another Father’s Day. Is your dad a car guy, a gearhead, a knuckle-busting shade-tree mechanic sort? Then here are some suggestions for you. The Bacon Wallet Dads love bacon, dads get pulled over by cops when speeding and other traffic infractions, here is the way to combine both. The bacon wallet, what else […]
Read More »Electric Jaguar On The Way?
Jaguar, a company long known for making very beautiful, very fast cars seems to be turning its eye towards a green other than its traditional British Racing Green. Reports indicate that not only will Jag soon be building a hybrid, but they are also seriously looking at, if not already committed to building an all-electric […]
Read More »MIT Sees The Bus Stop Of The Future
The engineering geniuses at MIT have come up with a bus stop of the future, and it’s loaded with more functionality than you could shake an iPhone at. Dubbed the EyeStop, it’s collaboration between engineers in MIT’s SENSEable City Lab and architects and features large, multi-touch e-ink screens, ambient displays, and an array of environmental […]
Read More »Mitsubishi Bringing Electric i-MiEV To Market (video)
It looks like Mitsubishi is getting very serious about it’s i-MiEV EV that caused such a splash at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The diminutive, all electric city-car is headed not only for production, but will be for sale to any Joe Schmoe off the street with the money and the desire to buy one […]
Read More »New Honda S2000 Hybrid On The Way
More word that Honda is not only getting into the hybrid thing in big ways, but also that the company’s upcoming hybrids will be performance oriented. This is good news, not only for car people with a green bent, but also for sports car lovers. A few months ago, Honda publicized the end of the […]
Read More »Honda Rumored For Two Hybrid Sports Cars
Here’s a rumor that sounds like a win-win and that I sincerely hope is true: Honda might not be making just one, but TWO hybrid sports cars. Now that Honda has rolled out its Prius-fighting Insight into dealer showrooms, they are purported to be moving onward & upward in the hybrid game. Honda has confirmed […]
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