New BMW 328i actually more fuel efficient than old 335d diesel

Filed under: Diesel, MPG, BMW

Saying automotive journalists like diesel sedans is like arguing the color pink is going to do well with the 5-year-old-girl demographic this quarter. You’re not going to find too many dissenting voices. So, it should be no surprise that we love ourselves some BMW 335d. With plenty of power and impressive [...]

Pininfarina Cambiano concept comes into focus with two more images

Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show

The Geneva Motor Show never fails to deliver when it comes to concept cars. Unveiled alongside the latest production models, concepts represent a way for automakers to showcase where their heads are at and where they want to be going in the future. But it’s not always automakers that [...]

More photos of hybrid Lexus LF-LC Concept hit the web [UPDATE]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Lexus, Design/Style, Luxury

Thanks to our friends over at Road & Track jumping the embargo gun, we received our first sneak peak of the Lexus LF-LC Concept. Now the rest of the story has been published, with R&T taking a thorough look at how Toyota’s California-based [...]

Nissan confirms Pathfinder concept and more for Detroit

Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Minivan/Van, SUV, Nissan, Electric

Nissan is gearing up for the Detroit Auto Show and two new concepts will grace the automaker’s show stand, along with a Detroit-inspired food truck to keep the throngs satiated.
But more important than free hipster grub is the introduction of the Pathfinder Concept, which Nissan [...]

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 [...]

Subaru offers a few more details of Advanced Tourer Concept hybrid

Filed under: Hybrid, Subaru, Tokyo Motor Show

Hot on the heels of the LA Auto Show (full coverage days coming up next week), the Tokyo Motor Show will shift the auto industry media’s focus over to the land of companies that have taken quite a hit this year (see: Earthquake, Japan and Flooding, Thailand). The troubles [...]

We’ll see a “lot more diesels” in U.S. by 2014

Filed under: Diesel, USA

As the number of automakers selling diesel vehicles rise, the amount of motorists buying the oil-burning machines will increase, too, claims Jeff Breneman, executive director of the U.S. Coalition for Advanced Diesel Cars. That statement seems to be simple common sense, right? Well, not so much in recent times here in the [...]

How gas cars use more electricity to go 100 miles than EVs do

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture

File this one under “ammunition for future debates.”
EVangelist Peder Norby, who has been having more fun driving and writing about his Mini E than anyone at BMW probably thought possible, recently wrote a most interesting post comparing electricity usage to produce gasoline to the electricity needed to drive an electric car. [...]

More than 1 million fuel cell vehicles will be sold by 2020

Filed under: Hydrogen

The fuel cell boom is coming.
According to Pike Research, sales of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) will break the one-million-unit mark by 2020, with a cumulative 1.2 million vehicles sold globally by the end of that year. All those road-worthy FCVs will generate $16.9 billion in annual revenue by 2020. Yep, that’s billion, with [...]

Honda releases more details on Fit electric concept

Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Motor Show, Technology, Hatchback, Honda, Electric

Japanese automaker Honda may not have stolen the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, but Honda did use the stage to present some of its greener prototypes, most notably, its EV Concept.
Still without a proper name, the Honda EV Concept is designed to meet the daily driving [...]

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