Nissan reveals more about Pathfinder’s new interior [w/video]

Filed under: SUV, Etc., Nissan, Design/Style

Nissan is set to debut an all-new Pathfinder later this year, and the Japanese automaker has given us a better picture of what to expect from the vehicle’s cabin. Leather heated and cooled front seats are part of the package, while occupants in the second row will enjoy heated thrones [...]

What we know about the 2013 Volkswagen Golf, next-gen GTI

Filed under: Coupe, Sedan, Wagon, Crossover, Hatchback, Audi, Volkswagen, Design/Style

The next GTI will be an order of magnitude better, bringing it back in line with the original hot hatch.

Lighter, faster, stronger, better. That’s what we can expect from the seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf, due to be unveiled at the 2012 Paris Motor Show before it hits [...]

Jonathon Ward talks about his Icon Derelicts in latest eGarage video

Filed under: Classics, Videos, Design/Style

There are very few things that get the unanimous approval of everyone here at Autoblog. One of them is Icon 4×4, which makes impossibly expensive yet worth-every-penny reimaginings of history’s best off-roaders. For this year’s SEMA Show, Icon debuted something new that had nothing to do with off-roading, yet still had [...]

J Mays talks about Ford’s new EcoSport concept

Filed under: MPG, Ford

We’re not all that hopeful that the next generation Ford EcoSport will make its way to North America, but global markets ranging from Brazil to India should soon get their hands on a production version of this comely B-segment crossover.
It’s too bad that the Fiesta-sized EcoSport isn’t likely for our shores. We’re [...]

L.L. Bean celebrates century of mucking about with Bootmobile [w/video]

Filed under: Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Design/Style

The L.L.Bean Bootmobile is perhaps the diametric opposite of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, promoting outdoor activity instead of consumption of sodium and saturated-fat-laden sausages. The well-known maker of high quality outdoor goods is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and the Bootmobile has been created as a way to celebrate the product [...]

Hyundai reveals details about new U.S. headquarters

Filed under: Etc., Hyundai, Design/Style

While Rhys Millen’s been having smoking-rubber fun at Hyundai’s old headquarters, plans continue apace on the new building that will replace it. The $150-million cost is the largest Hyundai has ever spent on an office building in the U.S., and for that money, the LEED-certified, Gensler-designed structure will be 419,000 square [...]

Ford Focus Electric gets butterflies when it thinks about going further on a charge

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford

To coincide with the announcement Ford made yesterday about the Focus Electric getting an estimated 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe), the automaker invited a group of journalists to the Michigan Assembly Plant where it will build the EV alongside the gas-powered Focus and other vehicles. In fact, the MAP has already [...]

Subaru reveals more about BRZ Concept STI

Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Coupe, Performance, Subaru, Design/Style

As we’ve already reported, Subaru is showing up at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show today with its BRZ Concept STI. The Japanese automaker has already released new official images and information we thought we’d share before the car is unveiled live in Los Angeles [...]

UK trend: youths care less and less about driving, owning a vehicle

Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, UK

Young people don’t drive.
That’s the gist of a British study, which found that vehicles – once tied to the act of becoming an adult – now matter less for the UK’s under-21-year-old crowd. According to The Guardian:

In Britain, the percentage of 17- to 20-year-olds with driving licenses fell from 48 [...]

Need another reason to buy cleaner vehicles? How about a lower risk of heart attacks

Filed under: Diesel, Etc., MPG

Breathing in traffic fumes can trigger a heart attack up to six hours after exposure, according to research published by the British Medical Journal.
The Journal identified exposure to particulate matter (PM-10) and nitrogen dioxide – both found to be at elevated levels of concentration in urban centers – as possible triggers [...]

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