Honda CR-Z Mugen RR production hopes dashed

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrid, Performance, Etc., Hatchback, Honda

If it’s too early to start drinking, crack open a cold one anyway. You’re gonna need a beer to cry into. Top Gear reports that Honda has no plans to produce the CR-Z Mugen RR Hybrid Concept. Zero. None. While we saw this coming a mile off, [...]

Toyota pins comeback hopes on hybrids; predicts they’ll be 20% of market by 2020

Filed under: Hybrid

Toyota has suffered some blows to its image over the last few years with a series of recalls and that whole unintended acceleration thing, and the company has taken matching hits to its bottom line. But nothing was as damaging to the company – in every sense – than the earthquake that struck [...]

Finland hopes to build world’s first carbon-neutral green highway

Filed under: Biodiesel, EV/Plug-in, Green Daily

While it’s easy for us to suggest that the car-buying public should adopt cleaner, alternative-fuel vehicles, the fact that a supporting infrastructure for many of these new technologies does not yet exist makes widespread adoption uncertain. Finland hopes to change the infrastructure-free trend by building out a carbon-neutral green highway [...]

Bloomberg: Lamborghini Estoque production hopes not dead, still under consideration

Filed under: Concept Cars, Sedan, Performance, Europe, Lamborghini, Rumormill, Luxury

Lamborghini Estoque Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Just when you thought that hallowed Lamborghini was safe from the threat of a new mega saloon, news like this crops up. While speaking with interviewers, company CEO Stephan Winkelmann said that adding a third model to [...]