Screaming green Lexus LFA likely to split opinions
February 2, 2012 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Lexus, Design/Style, Luxury
The fabulously wealthy face all sorts of dilemmas that the rest of us never have to bother with. If you can afford a Lexus LFA, for example, what color do you opt for? Red is clearly for the Ferrari in your stable. Black belongs on your hearse, and… copper? [...]
Gotta Have It Green 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 snapped getting comfy in Detroit [w/poll]
January 7, 2012 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Coupe, Performance, Ford, Design/Style
You’ve heard us gush about the Ford Mustang Boss 302 before, calling this 444-horsepower coupe “The pony car’s best ambassador.” Sadly, we have yet to drive the updated 2013 model, which includes, among other things, a reworked front fascia, improved front-end cooling, a more assertive front splitter [...]
Do you gotta have the Mustang in new Gotta Have It Green?
November 29, 2011 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Ford, Design/Style
Gotta have a new Ford Mustang? Gotta have the Boss 302 package? Gotta have it green? If that’s the case, we’ve got good news. Ford’s latest performance pony gets two new colors for the 2013 model year, and while we saw the rather self-explanatory School Bus Yellow at the 2011 [...]
France increasing gas-guzzler penalty while reducing green incentives
November 3, 2011 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, Europe/EU
The government of France uses a “bonus-malus” system to encourage its citizens to go green with their next car purchase. The more fuel efficient a vehicle you buy, the bigger incentive you get. The more gas guzzling a vehicle you buy, the bigger penalty you pay. Unfortunately for France, [...]
Audi Quattro could get green light by September
July 6, 2011 by admin
Filed under Concept Cars
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Audi
Audi Quattro Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
We knew Audi was up to something when it invited us to drive the super-hot Quattro concept late last year. The coupe, currently based on the RS5 architecture, pays homage to the original Ur-Quattro from 1980, and by inviting the media [...]
“Green tech geek” trying to trading up to a Tesla Roadster [w/video]
June 20, 2011 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Tesla Motors
Martin Provost on trading up to a Tesla Roadster – Click above to watch video after the jump
Self-proclaimed green tech geek, Martin Provost, is on a quest to buckle himself into the driver’s seat of a Tesla Roadster.
Not just any Roadster will do. You see, Provost wants his [...]
Green GT to race hydrogen-powered LMPH2 to Le Mans 2012
June 17, 2011 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: Hydrogen, Racing
Green GT LMPH2 – Click above to watch video after the jump
As part of the “Le Mans vers le Futur” (Le Mans Towards the Future) vehicle demonstration, the Green GT 300 kW racer and a number of other avant-garde cars were displayed during the 2011 edition of 24 Hours of Le Mans [...]
Are green cars considered feminine? Advertisers may be to blame
April 26, 2011 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, USA
According to a recent study, companies hawking green wares may need to change their marketing strategies. OgilvyEarth, a consulting group specializing in sustainability, just released the results of their research called “Mainstream Green: Moving sustainability from niche to normal.” It turns out that 82 percent of Americans intend to be [...]
Report: Tata Pixel given European green light
March 16, 2011 by admin
Filed under Concept Cars
Filed under: Concept Cars, Budget, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Hatchback, Tata, Diesel
2011 Tata Pixel Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Tata Motors has reportedly approved the Tata Pixel, a microcar concept it showed off at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, for production. The minute Pixel is advertised as the most efficiently-packaged four-seater in the [...]
Happy Holidays from AutoblogGreen; enjoy this Green Car Concept Puzzle
December 26, 2010 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, AutoblogGreen Exclusive
As many people around the world take time today to celebrate with family and friends, we thought we’d offer our loyal AutoblogGreen readers a little something different: a puzzle game to try and identify some of the quirkiest concepts of the past few years. Some are pretty easy. Some [...]
