EV-STER rear-wheel drive electric sports car looks to recapture Honda’s sporting spirit

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Performance, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Honda, Design/Style

Honda has whipped the sheets off of its EV-STER, a rear-wheel drive electric roadster not dissimilar in size and scope to the late, lamented Beat kei car. If you’re looking for a successor to Honda’s S2000 or a Mazda MX-5 Miata rival, this isn’t [...]

GT Concept pushes Kia into the world of rear-wheel drive performance

Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Motor Show, Coupe, Sedan, Kia, Design/Style, Luxury

For the most part, Kia has had to content itself with working class iron while it has watched its corporate sibling, Hyundai, spread its wings upmarket. With massive sales momentum and big upticks in everything from styling cohesion to consumer consideration, now might just [...]

BMW Z2 to feature all-wheel drive?

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Performance, Europe, BMW
The BMW Z2 is on its way, despite not exactly being the darling of BMW brass. So says Britain’s CAR Magazine, which argues that the German automaker doesn’t want lose out to the everyman’s small roadster, the Mazda MX-5 Miata, now that its own Z4 has gotten [...]

Chrysler figures improved fuel economy will drive growth

Filed under: MPG, Chrysler

Chrysler claims to be on track to sell 1.4 million vehicles in the U.S. in 2011. However, key vehicles, including the Chrysler 300 and Fiat 500 are in short supply and, of the 170 U.S. dealers granted franchises to peddle Fiat vehicles, fewer than 50 are currently operational. Sergio Marchionne, chief executive [...]

Mirrored Smart Fortwo Electric Drive: Seven years of bad luck if you crash? [w/video]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, SMART

Apparatjik rocks the disco-ball Smart Fortwo – Click above to watch video after the jump

What happens if you take a Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, add a disco-ball finish and then throw in Electriconic Rock group Apparatjik? You get the mirrored two-seater shown above, as well as a rather odd video [...]

First Drive: 2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet

Filed under: Convertible, Crossover, Nissan, First Drive, Design/Style

Boldy Going Where No Crossover Has Gone Before

2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet – Click above for high-res image gallery

We should have known better, but we just couldn’t bring ourselves to believe the rumors. For over two years now, we’ve heard whispers of Nissan’s plan to introduce a convertible version [...]

Review: Test Drive Unlimited 2

Filed under: Etc., Toys/Games, Reviews
Massively Open Online Racing Rolls Again

Test Drive Unlimited 2: Review – Click above for high-res image gallery

It’s hard to believe that four and a half years have passed since Eden Studios took its best shot at merging the open online gameplay of an MMO with a racer to create the original [...]

First Drive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG

Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Mercedes-Benz, First Drive, Design/Style, Luxury
Sometimes, Less Means More Of Everything

2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG – Click above for high-res image gallery
Sometimes, luxury isn’t about having more – it’s about having less, albeit artfully architected. Just ask BMW, which lops off a heaping helping of headroom and cargo space to turn its well-conceived [...]

First Drive: 2011 Mini Cooper S

Filed under: Hatchback, Mini, Reviews
Further Evolving Sir Alec Issigonis’ Original Idea

2011 Mini Cooper – Click above for high-res image gallery

Henry Ford, Ferdinand Porsche, Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler. All pioneers in the automotive world. But this list would be woefully incomplete without the inclusion of Sir Alec Issigonis, the man most responsible for the design [...]

First Drive: Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volkswagen, AutoblogGreen Exclusive
It’s Not Late, It Just Won’t Be Here Until 2014

Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion – Click above for high-res image gallery

Don’t tell Volkswagen that it’s behind the curve on electric vehicles. The company is showing off its brand new e Golf – sorry, Golf Blue-e-motion – to journalists in Wolfburg, [...]

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