Next Ford EcoSport now playing at New Delhi Auto Expo [UPDATE]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Budget, Crossover, Misc. Auto Shows, India, South America, Design/Style

While we’ve been consumed with the ramp-up to next week’s Detroit Auto Show, there’s a more pressing matter on the international car events calendar – this week’s New Delhi Auto Expo. Ford Motor Company isn’t overlooking the burgeoning biennial show, and it’s taking [...]

Next Ford EcoSport now playing at New Delhi Auto Expo

Filed under: Concept Cars, Budget, Crossover, Misc. Auto Shows, India, South America, Design/Style

While we’ve been consumed with the ramp-up to next week’s Detroit Auto Show, there’s a more pressing matter on the international car events calendar – this week’s New Delhi Auto Expo. Ford Motor Company isn’t overlooking the burgeoning biennial show, and it’s taking [...]

Is Fisker really going to make 60 Karmas a day next year?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Fisker

There are some numbers about the Fisker Karma we’re already well aware of: it gets 112 mpg (according to the TÜV) and 52 MPGe or 20 mpg in charge sustaining mode (if you go by the EPA’s numbers). The company has said it will make 15,000 of the luxury [...]

Ford teases next EcoSport ahead of New Delhi

Filed under: Concept Cars, Budget, Etc., Crossover, Ford, India

While we’re gearing up for the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next month, Ford is getting read to take on the Delhi Auto Expo with a gamut of production and concept vehicles. The company has released a teaser for what is likely the company’s next EcoSport CUV to [...]

Next Ford Mustang GT will channel GT500

Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Ford, Design/Style

After decades of dominating the pony car sales charts, the Ford Mustang has finally met its match in the latest Chevrolet Camaro. Naturally, this high-profile segment, is one that Ford is loathe to concede. After being infused with completely new engines in 2011, the Mustang will soon receive [...]

Are you the next Saab 9-3?

Filed under: Spy Photos, Hatchback, Saab, Design/Style

Assuming the Chinese government approves the sale of Saab to the Pang Da and Youngman companies (a very big “if,” truth be told), the Swedish automaker could indeed have a bright future… in time. With the new 9-5 and 9-4X not in need of any dire updates just yet, [...]

Google’s next driverless car goal? 1,000,000 miles

Filed under: Concept Cars, Technology, Videos

Google co-founder Sergey Brin announced at Web 2.0 that Google’s next goal for its driverless cars is to go 1,000,000 miles without driver intervention. According to Brin, Google’s teams have already amassed more than 1,000 incident free miles without driver involvement.
Up to now, Google’s driverless cars have gone 160,000 miles, [...]

Next Range Rover to get Evoquative styling?

Filed under: SUV, Land Rover, Design/Style

As much as we’d like to think that Land Rover is still the same rough-and-rugged off-road brand it always was, truth is, the British automaker is becoming more of a style icon these days. Just look at the new Range Rover Evoque – a sleek little crossover that’s been seen [...]

Barron’s says oil likely to hit $150 a barrel next spring, gas $4.50 a gallon

Filed under: Etc., USA
In early May of 2011, the national average price of gasoline in the United States hit exactly $4 a gallon before falling to the current level of $3.56. However, if predictions from Barron’s hold true, then prices will shoot back up in early 2012, hitting $4.50 by next spring.
Barron’s, America’s self-claimed “premier [...]

BMW to unveil concept DTM racer in Munich next month

Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, BMW, Racing

The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is heading to Munich next month, racing right in BMW’s backyard at the stadium built for the ill-fated 1972 Olympic Games. And when it does, the Bavarian automaker will take the occasion to unveil a preview of what we can expect from its new DTM [...]

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