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Cross your fingers: 2008 Audi RS4 may be coming to US
2007-04-21 00:06:00
The folks over at Automobile are saying that they’ve been told by Audi ’s product planners that the Audi RS4 cabriolet still has a very good chance of making its way onto the US shores. When the Audi RS4 originally made its debut in the US in 2006, Audi said it had no plans of bringing ...
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Top 10 Hottest White Cars: White colored cars making a comeback
2007-04-20 23:47:00
According to new-car-discount.com, white colored cars are making a huge comeback as buyers shift away from popular black, silver and red. According to a study done by the company, 62 percent of cars sold in the last six months were white. So we decided to go on a little hunt and find the best looking ...
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Moment of Silence: Ferrari 599 burns in Holland
2007-04-20 23:33:00
Seems like cars are just burning left and right these days in Europe. Yesterday we brought you a video of the Mercedes-Benz DTM C-Class going up in flames and today it’s the Ferrari 599. A Jalopnik tipster, since the article is in Dutch, told them: “Yesterday in Holl and a Ferrari 599 just burned spontaniously…They were standing ...
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Barack Obama says take the California low carbon fuel standard nationwide
2007-04-20 23:18:00
Filed under: Legislation and Policy Democratic Illinois Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama today called for a reduction in carbon emissions in the U.S., basically by taking California ’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an order to start in January, nationwide. His Earth Day catchphrase: “end the tyranny of oil.” According to ...

HybridCenter calls for the Toyota Estima to be brought stateside - sign the
2007-04-20 22:35:00
Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota Wish you could have a minivan and a hybrid, too? The combination has been available in the Toyota Estima in Japan for six years, and the Union of Concerned Scientists and HybridCent er.org think it’s high time this vehicle is available stateside. As part of an Earth Day push, the two organizations have ...
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Will automakers pull a repeat of 1970?s technlogy leap? EPA thinks so
2007-04-20 21:44:00
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, SAE World Congress Over at the SAE Congress in Detroit, freelance writer Tim Moran got the perspective of Margo Oge, director of the EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, who said that the EPA expects the automakers to be able to achieve tremendous leaps in cleaner vehicle technology, similar to the ...
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German Minister Drives Off in BMW Hydrogen Car
2007-04-20 21:40:00
BMW gave the keys of one of the world’s first hydrogen production car for an extended loan today to German y’s Federal Mini ster of Economics and Technology Michael Glos. This was the same BMW 7 series I got to test drive for Wired last year, which has a dual hydrogen and gas motor and one very ...
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Friday Fleet Notes: 04.20.2008
2007-04-20 21:09:00
In this week?s edition of Frida y Fleet Notes , our staff chimes in on a number of cars recently reviewed on Cars.com, as well as one that was in the fleet for an upcoming faceoff. 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer The manual transmission is a gem. It has the solid feel of a Mazda3?s shifter with the precise operation of ...

General Motors Death Watch 118: Too Much Too Little Too Late
2007-04-20 19:12:00
When Car Czar Bob Lutz told the world that GM was putting the Zeta platform on hold, it was the second time the rear-wheel drive (RWD) program had been chopped. Two years ago, GM killed Zeta for being too pricey. Less than half a year later, the RWD program was resurrected; working with GM’s Holden ...
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General Motors Death Watch 118: Too Much Too Litte Too Late
2007-04-20 19:12:00
When Car Czar Bob Lutz told the world that GM was putting the Zeta platform on hold, it was the second time the rear-wheel drive (RWD) program had been chopped. Two years ago, GM killed Zeta for being too pricey. Less than half a year later, the RWD program was resurrected; working with GM’s Holden ...
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Video: BMW CS Concept (photo updates included)
2007-04-20 16:56:00
Yesterday BMW unveiled the new CS Concept at the Shanghai Auto Show, which is supposedly the German auto makers concept version before resurrecting the 8-Series to compete with the Mercedes-CLS and Audi’s upcoming A7. Measuring longer than the BMW 7-Series at 5.10 metres or 200.8 inches the BMW CS Concept, when put into production, is ...
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Larry Neal creates the Super Sky Cycle, a registered flying motorcycle - wi
2007-04-20 16:46:00
Filed under: Etc., Transportation Alternatives Flying cars, the dream of many a crack inventor, have never really gotten off the ground (hee hee). Sure, there have been a few that have actually been produced and offered to the public, but none has ever been even close to what most would consider a success. So, Larry Neal, ...
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Will Indies Be First With Mass-Market Electric Vehicles?
2007-04-20 16:23:00
Concerns about climate change are slowly reshaping American attitudes towards transportation — the number of folks who are considering the environmental impact of their driving is growing faster than Al Gore’s waistline. In response, several independent auto companies are vying to build an all electric or plug-in hybrid car that functions like a gas vehicle ...
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Will Indies Be First With Mass-Market Electric Vehicles
2007-04-20 16:23:00
Concerns about climate change are slowly reshaping American attitudes towards transportation — the number of folks who are considering the environmental impact of their driving is growing faster than Al Gore’s waistline. In response, several independent auto companies are vying to build an all electric or plug-in hybrid car that functions like a gas vehicle ...
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Senator wants EPA to issue new regulations on CO2 emissions
2007-04-20 15:59:00
Filed under: Legislation and Policy In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision that the EPA does have the authority to regulate greenhouse gases, Senator Barbara Boxer is urging the Bush White House to do something quickly to curb greenhouse gases. Boxer, who is chairwoman of the Senate Environment Committee also wants the Environmental Protection ...
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As president, Chris Dodd would enact Corporate Carbon Tax
2007-04-20 15:09:00
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Legislation and Policy Chris Dodd is the first presidential candidate to support a carbon tax. David Roberts at Grist read through Dodd’s energy speech from yesterday and found a firm stand on not only expanding a cap and trade bill but enacting a corporate carbon tax. “An America that taxes the ...
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$22.5 million biofuel research program coming to Iowa State from ConocoPill
2007-04-20 14:22:00
Filed under: Biodiesel, Emerging Technologies, Ethanol The latest university-oil company partnership for biofuel research will be at Iowa State University, courtesy of Conoco Phillips. The oil company will pay $22.5 million over eight years to fund a Biofuel s Research Program at the school. The goal is to develop new renewable fuels that can be used for heat ...
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Reducing our dependence of foreign oil with our car seats?
2007-04-20 13:31:00
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., Manufacturing/Plants, Vegetable Oil, SAE World Congress I plan on sharing some interesting bits of information that I got from some of the men behind the soy industry in general, the United Soybean Board, while I was at the SAE Congress in Detroit soon. But, one tidbit is that I was able ...
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Review: Saab 9-5 Aero
2007-04-20 13:18:00
Saab may have been "Born from Jets," but there's little about the brand's current offerings that you'd call state-of-the-art. The 9-3 has changed little since its ‘03 introduction. The 9-7X dates back to the ‘02 Chevy TrailBlazer. And the 9-5 has been stuck in holding pattern since ‘98. I recently tested a 9-5 to see ...
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Friday Morning Humor: Jay Leno preview?s An Inconvenient Truth 2
2007-04-20 11:02:00
Filed under: Etc. Jay Leno is known mostly on AutoblogGreen for his tasty biodiesel/speed habit (whether by bike or car), but he recently managed to poke fun at global warming and Al Gore with this spoof trailer for An Inconvenient Truth 2. There’s not much to say about it; it’s kind of a one-bit joke and ...
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Pork Politics: Animal Fat Diesel Irks Biorefiners
2007-04-20 02:47:00
Turning animal waste into a clean fuel is promoted as being good for national security and the environment, but biodiesel backers don’t want oil companies to get a tax credit meant for agriculture. Earlier this week ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods announced they will begin turning chicken, beef and poultry waste into “renewable diesel” through a ...
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Shanghai Motor Show: GM unveils fuel cell E-Flex
2007-04-20 01:00:00
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hydrogen, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive click on the image for a high-res gallery of the fuel cell E-Flex platform digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/hardware/Chevy_Vol t_version_1_5_GM_unveils_fuel_cell_E_Flex _in_Shanghai ’; In the last few months General Motor s has been on real energy diversity kick. They seem to have bought wholeheartedly into the idea that monocultures are bad, particularly when it comes to ...
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Maserati Granturismo: $95k puts it head-to-head with Jaguar XKR
2007-04-19 23:56:00
Maseratis have always been cheaper than people tend to think. When Maserati conducted a research they found out that people thought that Maserati cars were at the price level of a Aston Martin DB9 or a Bentley Continental GT rather than a Jaguar . And while that may be a compliment, people who could afford them were crossing Maseratis ...
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Top 12 Luxury Cars to take over China: Flippin-rich Chinese love the high-l
2007-04-19 23:41:00
The 2007 Shanghai Auto Show starts today, and many of the world’s luxury auto makers are getting ready to show off their lineups for China and there is a very good reason why they should. China’s luxury car market is growing twice as fast as it’s overall market, which is the second biggest in the world ...
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Mercedes-Benz CLK Sport Edition announced
2007-04-19 23:08:00
Mercedes-Benz today announced the new Sport Edit ion for the Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class coupes and cabriolets. With muscular AMG styling features for an even more dynamic appearance, the Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Sport Edition includes a new front apron, rear apron, side skirts, bi-xenon headlamps,  chrome-plated exhaust tailpipe with a special rear silencer and an AMG sports steering wheel. It rides ...
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Nissan ups the price on the Altima Hybrid
2007-04-19 23:02:00
Filed under: Hybrid , Nissan Click on the photo for the gallery from our recent review The Nissan Altima Hybrid has only been available for a few months and you can only buy one in eight states that use the California emissions standards but the price is already going up. Nissan just announced a $590 increase to the ...
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Watch out Evo and WRX: Porsche 911 GT3 does the rally thing
2007-04-19 22:32:00
This may put an end to Mitsubishi Evo’s and Subaru WRX’s popularity in the rally world. Belgian Tuner Futureworld worked with Porsche to develop 10 Porsche 911 GT3 rally cars that will be taking part in the German Rally Championship. With a price tag of 125,000 Euro, the Porsche 911 GT3 rally car is powered ...
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Dine out with Diesel guide gives tips on feeding veggie oil to your Benz
2007-04-19 22:18:00
Filed under: Vegetable Oil, Mercedes Benz MercedesSource is a place for gearheads with a fondness for the Benz classics to keep their cars running. The site also offers a guidebook called “Dine Out With Diesel ,” which is a slight misnomer because the whole point of the book is to get off of diesel and into straight ...
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Video: 2007 DTM C-Class goes up in flames
2007-04-19 22:00:00
During a DTM presentation at Düsseldorf?s Königsallee (however you say that), a five-year-old race car that was fitted with the body work of the new 2008 C-Class caught fire due to an overheated brake. The cause for the fire? Well, supposedly driver, Bruno Spengler said “I got out of the car and discovered that the ...
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IIHS Lists Deadliest Vehicles
2007-04-19 21:52:00
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released a list of the deadliest vehicles on the road between 2002 and 2005. The list below identifies the most- and least-deadly cars and trucks, but they?re all 2001 - 2004 vehicles. It?s important to note that in just the three model years since then, there have been ...
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