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Good news for EV fans: Today, GM revealed that it has partnered with the LG Group for help in designing and engineering future GM electric vehicles. It's not exactly earth-shattering news, or the most exciting, but for eco-minded consumers, the deal signals that GM is banking on EV and hybrid technology ...    Read more

At Automotive.com, we love to geek out on "tech" stuff, especially videos. Although we take great pride in de-mystifying the jargon and hoopla surrounding cars and the automotive industry, every once in a while, we find an enthusiast-minded video or press release that is above all, utterly indulgent, but also ...    Read more

Toyobaru. Subarota. FT-86. And now: BRZ. Today, Subaru announced that its version of the FT-86 will officially be called BRZ, for "Boxer engine, Rear-wheel drive, Zenith," and the new car will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The acronym "embodies the ultimate passion" of the traditional sports car, ...    Read more

It's not often that the world's two largest automakers work together. Instead of duking it out in the showroom or on the racetrack, Ford and Toyota this morning signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) enabling an historic collaboration on advanced hybrid technology for light trucks and SUV's. The new rear-wheel drive ...    Read more

Yesterday, we reported that Lexus was at Pebble Beach for a special product announcement. After some technical difficulties, Mark Templin, Lexus group vice president and general manager, pulled back the curtain to reveal the 2013 Lexus GS 350. It's easy to get lost in the technological hype surrounding the car. It's ...    Read more

While luddites and hard-core driving enthusiasts around the world shun the idea of stability control, a new study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pretty much proclaims what we’ve known for some time: Despite hesitations for having more electronics in cars and Big Brother steering you away from danger, ...    Read more

In an online business meeting yesterday, General Motors announced that by 2018 it will reduce the number of its global vehicle platforms from 30 to 14, and the number of its engine families from 20 to 12. Consolidating the number of platforms it uses would enable GM to produce more ...    Read more

From an enthusiast's standpoint, Mazda is rotary. The quirky, gasoline-fed engine has been a staple in Mazda performance since the '70s, and Mazda achieved cult-like status in the 1990s with the twin-turbo, Wankel rotary-powered RX-7, a lightweight sports car boasting racecar technology. Mazda's RX-line has used the rotary engine exclusively since ...    Read more

So, you want a Tesla-powered Toyota RAV4 EV, eh? Stand in line, but you'll have to wait aboot a year for the electric RAV's 2012 on sale date. Toyota announced today that its joint-RAV4 effort with Tesla Motors will be manufactured at the company's Woodstock plant in Ontario, Canada, where it ...    Read more

Last month, we wrote about Cadillac's new model lineup, featuring a new sedan for late 2012 that would compete against the BMW 3 Series. It's not that we're skeptical of the automaker—not after seeing the world-beating performance they've built into the CTS-V. It's just that Cadillac's reputation for ...    Read more

It's hard to argue against Cadillac's successful SRX . Sales of the luxury crossover are up 18 percent year-to-date, second-best in its class, and it even outsold the vaunted CTS from January through June. But instead of standing pat, Cadillac is fixing for 2012 what ain't broke for 2011. That's ...    Read more

Want to have your cake and eat it inside an SLK55 AMG roadster? Mercedes-AMG is helping to make the philosophical conundrum a reality with its newest V-8 for the 2012 SLK55 AMG roadster. We had no issue with the output from the previous model's 355 horsepower, 5.5-liter V-8, but its ...    Read more

Ever wonder what it’s like to drive a street-legal, turbine-powered Batmobile? Yeah, us too. Though we’ll probably never get the chance to fiddle with the Dark Knight’s ride, Casey Putsch, a race car driver and vintage car restorer from Ohio, did.   Early this year, Putsch restored Anton Furst’s 1989 Impala-based design and outfitted ...    Read more

Porsche is planning to launch a new exotic sports coupe and convertible in 2014/2015, Autocar reports. Based on the second-generation Panamera sedan due at the same time, the new car would fill what Porsche feels is a hole in its new model lineup. Hole? Yeah, we’re scratching our heads, ...    Read more

Think the gorgeous, new Aston Martin V12 Zagato is just a souped-up Vantage? Think again. Zagato’s history as an Atelier—French for workshop (of an artist), goes back to 1919, when Ugo Zagato left Officine Aeronautiche Pomilio and used his knowledge of aeronautical technologies, materials, and solutions to ...    Read more

BMW announced today that it has signed on to be the main automotive supplier for the latest installment of the Paramount Pictures’ franchise, Mission: Impossible. The fourth film in the series, Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, will feature the new BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept car, among others. The ...    Read more

For 89 years, the baddest of dirt race aficionados, drivetrain gurus and wild-winged pioneers have embraced the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb as one of the ultimate racing thrills the world has to offer. But the familiar challenge—as the air thins, power dies—met a new challenger for 2011, one unaffected ...    Read more

Everyone loves a new car, but for most of us, buying a new car is an arduous and forgettable experience. Recalls, industry shakeups and restructurings, and the perception of a half-century’s worth of sleazy car salesmen have done much to erode consumer trust. When buying or looking for a new car, it’s ...    Read more

Anaheim, California-based Fisker Automotive, which bills itself as America’s premium builder of environmentally conscious  luxury cars, today has officially announced that it will begin hiring workers to build its a new generation of extended-range EV (EVer) cars dubbed "Project Nina"  at its re-commissioned Wilmington, Delaware, plant it purchased from ...    Read more

Looking for a way to move about the city without a car, yet shielded from the elements? Well, General Motors has it for you. The “it’ is the latest model from General Motors, a P.U.M.A. Futurists expect things to be very, very crowded in our cities and that means that ...    Read more

Is less more? Some companies some times promote their product or service this way. Perhaps they will focus on the cost of the service and product as being less expensive and yet you get more for your money, thus less is more. What about a car? Can less be more? ...    Read more

GRAND BLANC, Mich . – Goodwrench is sending a few automotive maintenance myths to the scrap heap in an effort to help consumers save money, time and wear and tear on the environment. The effort continues with the biggest myth in the business, the often-recommended 3,000-mile / three-month oil change.GM ...    Read more

Imagine zooming around the front yard with one of these.This science fiction design for 2030 has a distinctly reptilian amphibious shape and a single front ball with 90 degrees freedom of rotation for steering. It isn’t practical of course, as 3 supports generally has a less stable center of gravity ...    Read more

Saleen, long time known for it Mustang based offerings, and more recently for its incredible S7, is looking to expand it product portfolio further.The latest concept, dubbed the Raptor, is like the S7 an in-house creation free of ties from other manufacturers. Also like the S7, the car boasts a ...    Read more