Ford goes Ecoboost craz...
Filed under: Ford , Latest News Ford reckons that petrol engines are going to win market share back from diesel engines, and is planning to triple production of Ecoboost petrol engines to meet demand. The amazing new 1.0 Ecoboost will take the lion’s share of the increased output,...
Eight Automakers Workin...
A group of automakers—Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, and Volkswagen—is announcing a new charging standard for electric vehicles at Electric Vehicle Symposium 26. The new standard uses a single plug to handle all types of charging, including fast charging...
2013 Ford F-150 Spy Pho...
What It Is: A lightly face-lifted 2013 Ford F-150 caught while testing. The current F-150 generation was introduced for 2009, and although it has received a few powertrain updates along the way, 2013 brings the first major cosmetic changes. (more…) Originally posted here: 2013...
2013 Dodge Dart Aero An...
This is a regular Dodge Dart. On a bridge. In an effort to reach or surpass the vaunted 40-mpg mark that manufacturers have been aiming at for months now, Dodge will release the Dodge Dart Aero in the third quarter of this year. Although still undergoing final engineering, a Chrysler...
Ford Partners with Dow ...
Ford has announced it is partnering with materials and chemical giant Dow to research and develop economical carbon-fiber composites. Today, carbon fiber is hardly an inexpensive material—hence the reason it has largely remained in the realm of high-end road cars and race cars (such as...
UK car market: Land Rov...
Filed under: Latest News The UK car market is generally a pretty stable place – market shares tend to move by a fraction of a percent year by year. Not this year – it’s like a fireworks party, with some manufacturers shooting into the sky and others burning out and...
Ford tech lets you text...
Filed under: Latest News Ford doesn’t think that the best way to crack down on the huge (and rising) danger of text driving is to simply tell people to stop it. Instead, the company has come up with a text-to-speech system, so drivers never need go without a text. Ford’s own...
2013 Ford Explorer Spor...
Ford is adding a new, sportier model to the 2013 Explorer lineup called, appropriately, the Sport. (Blue Oval utility freaks should note that this is still based on the regular four-door, three-row body style, and isn’t a revival of the old two-door Explorer of the ’90s and 2000s.)...
2013 Maserati Quattropo...
What It Is: The 2013 replacement for Maserati’s only current sedan, very little of which is actually visible here. Other than the door handles, windshield, side windows, and the head- and taillamps—which are grafted-on pieces from today’s Quattroporte — there is nothing we can...