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The first road trip that springs to mind, and it is possibly because where I am sitting the sun is out, is the journey from San Francisco, through Los Angeles and down towards San Diego, or Tijuana if you are Mexico-minded. I made this trip a few ...

The first Chinese automaker has officially entered the UK market. Great Wall will be selling the Steed in the UK starting in 2012.  Great Wall claims that the Steed will be the cheapest truck to run and own in the UK. It comes with a 2.0l...

Apparently the Greek government has paid off all of its debt and everyone in the country has a job because it just agreed to contribute €30 million to build a race circuit capable of hosting a Formula 1 race.  The ministry of develop...

The Chevrolet Volt has become the first electric vehicle to win the Green Car Journal’s Green Car of the Year. The electric car with extended-range capability was announced as the winner of the award at the Los Angeles Auto Show. “This h...

Winner will be revealed at the Los Angeles Motor Show

The nominees for this year's Green Car of the Year Award have already been revealed by the Green Car Journal, the award organizer. The winner will be announced in November at the Los Angeles Motor Show. The list integrates five vehicles t...

A trend has been building over the last several years in the automotive industry. At nearly every auto show in recent memory at least one automaker as presented a supercar or luxury that is either pure electric or a super efficient hybrid. As the ...

Reports coming from Italy state that Ferrari will be presenting at the end of the month, at the Paris Motor Show, a more fuel-efficient version of its California convertible. This is part of the Maranello brand’s plans to come closer to Europe'...

Engineers at smart have reduced the fortwo cdi C02 emissions to just 86 g/km, enlarging the model’s leadership among the most environmentally friendly cars with a combustion engine. The environmental friendliness was always one of the main fea...

Just in time for the start of the campaign for the new and seventh Volkswagen  Golf, the environmentalist organization Greenpeace once again target the Wolfsburg based automobile company with regards to the environmental performance of its ve...

When it goes on sale late this year, the seventh generation Volkswagen Golf will be among the cleanest cars in its class. Two of its models produce less than 100g/km of CO2, but that is not enough for environmental organization Greenpeace who are ...