Mercedes-Benz gets sketchy with Citan urban delivery van

Filed under: Minivan/Van, Work, Mercedes-Benz, Design/Style

Though the Ford Transit Connect may be a niche player in the North American market, the small van market is big business in Europe. According to Mercedes-Benz, it accounts for some 700,000 units annually, and that’s a pie of which Daimler wouldn’t mind getting a bigger slice. And so it [...]

Squint Really Hard: Smart ForTwo gets modest update

Filed under: Budget, Europe, Hatchback, Smart, Design/Style

Smart has put the ForTwo under the knife in an attempt to give the maligned A-segment vehicle a few more years of life. The ForTwo now wears a smarter-looking revised fascia with a bolder Smart emblem, more expansive grille and redesigned lower valance. The front clip is paired with [...]

Renault gets creative with Twingo art cars

Filed under: Concept Cars, Europe, Marketing/Advertising, Hatchback, Renault, Celebrities, Design/Style

Art cars are becoming de rigeur once again, but while most automakers getting in on the action contract painters of some sort or another to spruce up their products, Renault has gone in a slightly different direction for its latest project.
To celebrate the arrival of its [...]

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 [...]

Iceland’s plug-in vehicle push gets aired with Independent People

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU, Amp Electric Vehicles, Videos

The Icelandic television program Independent People (Sjálfstætt fólk) recently aired a half-hour episode all about charismatic entrepreneur Gísli Gíslason and his efforts to begin to shift the entire fleet of gas-powered vehicles in that country to plug-in power. If you can’t tell he’s worth spending 30 minutes with, [...]

Tata Nano gets upgrades, looks to beat sluggish sales

Filed under: MPG, Tata

Tata is out to battle lukewarm demand for the company’s Nano with a range of improvements to the world’s least-expensive new vehicle. Engineers have upped the Nano’s power and fuel efficiency while decreasing emissions at the same time. The vehicle’s 624-cc engine now produces a whopping 37.5 horsepower, enough to help the [...]

Better Place gets $200 million investment, now valued at $2.25 billion

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU, Better Place

Better Place continues to play the investment alphabet game, with the company’s Series C funding round netting $200 million of new financing from the likes of General Electric Co (not a surprise at all) and UBS. Even though many in the automotive industry are still skeptical of Better Place’s battery [...]

Suzuki gets small and funky for Tokyo with Regina compact, Q-Concept, Swift EV Hybrid

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrid, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki, Electric

For their home turf show, Japanese automakers often bring out the best and quirkiest. To cite just a few examples, how about the three different Nissan Pivo concepts, the Honda EV-N and the Nissan Land Glider. Suzuki continues the trend this year with a full [...]

2013 Ford Flex gets funkier with new nose, updated power and tech

Filed under: LA Auto Show, Crossover, Ford, Design/Style

Ford is certainly embracing the weirdness of its Flex crossover – at least, in terms of design – for its 2013 model year refresh. Set to debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show next week, the 2013 Flex features a restyled front fascia that strikes us as flashier [...]

MyFord Touch gets overhauled for 2013, existing models included [UPDATE]

Filed under: Technology, Ford, Design/Style, Infotainment

MyFord Touch has taken plenty of flack from both consumers and critics since its release last year. The combination of capacitive controls for the climate control system and a cluttered user interface on the center screen were proof that MyFord Touch was a very one-point-oh product. To be fair, it [...]

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