GM's New European Small Car   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
General Motors has unveiled its Opel Agila small-car model for the European market, with claims that the diesel version will offer gas consumption of five liters per 100 km of fuel and that the lower roofline and shape accounts for...
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Rossion Q1 Makes a Curious Street Racer   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
It costs about $90,700 and produces 450 hp, thanks to a twin turbocharged, 3.0-liter Duratec V6 engine. What's more, it's gorgeous--and plush: hand-stitched interior, high end audio and a navigation system. In a former life, this car was the Noble...
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Is Big Brother for the Roadways Really Such a Bad Thing?   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
In a Wall Street Journal op/ed piece, Holman Jenkins takes on Michael Bloomberg's plan to use hundreds of cameras to photograph license plates and charge cars according to congestion pricing for driving into Manhattan. The plan has less to do...
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Ford Airstream Is Big on Concept, Low on Practicality   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Believe it or not, but the fastest growing demographic for RV owners is 35 to 54 year olds, not the geriatric set. Ford's concept Airstream is aimed squarely at a younger army of road-trip warriors. But the high concept of...
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Popular Mechanics Debunks Five Myths About Corvette SS   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Rumors continue to swirl around Corvette's supercar, the SS (concept car shown here), which is still under development. Popluar Mechanics purportedly puts some of these rumors to rest: 1. The SS will have a manual transmission. False: the blown engine...
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New Technique for Cost-Effective Hydrogen Described   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
A paper published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society proposes a new method of producing hydrogen for portable fuel cells--in a cost effective way. According to the paper, modified aluminum powder can be used to react with water...
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Kia Excee'd Cabrio Shrugs Off Boring Box Reputation   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Kia has been taking auto journalists around for party rides in its concept Excee'd Cabrio soft-top, which is always a good indication that a go-ahead for production is just around the corner. The car is quite obviously not another Korean...
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Europe Loves SUVs   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Many Americans characterize the European mindset as somewhat progressive and more sophisticated than in the U.S. While health care in France is infinitely superior for one thing, such sweeping statements are often patently false. For example, whoever would have thought...
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Even Oil Industry Urges Alternative Fuels   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
In a startling draft report of a study commissioned by the government, oil-industry leaders acknowledge that the United States will need to develop as many supplemental sources of energy it can--from biofuels to nuclear power to extraction from oil sands....
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In Big Reversal, Ford Ponders Sale of Volvo   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Smarting from losses of $4.8 billion in its Premier Auto Group, Ford has been unloading luxury makes left and right. But Volvo was to be the exception--until this week. The reversal is noteworthy since Volvo has steadily contributed to Ford's...
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