The organizers behind the Green Car of the Year award have announced their finalists for 2013 and while the 5 vehicles in the running for the major award are fairly predictable – the diversity among these five vehicles show how much the “green car” segment has changed in the past few years.
Ford looks to Europe for restructuring of its operations in a troubled automotive climate there while General Motors plans expansion in South America as home for a new global platform.
The organizers for the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show have announced that among the new model debuts at the LA show this year will be the all electric Fiat 500E – giving the Chrysler Group their first electric vehicle and helping them show some support for the EV movement even though Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne seems less than enthusiastic about the project.
The SEMA Cares charity group and well known custom car designer Chip Foose have teamed up each of the past three years to design a truly unique muscle car in a WD40 paint scheme and while the team got together again for the 2012 SEMA Show – this year the charity build features two unique Ford pickups.
After a day spent behind the wheels of almost every Ford available, my wife and I walked away from it feeling there was a Ford for everyone out there. The trick is to figure out which one is yours.
On October 30, The Toyota FJ Cruiser’s following of offroad aficionados will see the TRD-tuned FJ-S concept, fulfilling a considerable craving for new variants of the four-wheel drive, go-anywhere, retro-styled SUV.
Yesterday we brought you the news that General Motors had unveiled the new LT1 small block V8 that will serve as the powerplant of the upcoming “C7” 2014 Chevrolet Corvette and today, we take a look at the specifics of that new engine – beginning with the fact that the C7 Corvette will offer at least 450 horsepower and 27 miles per gallon.
