Who had the shortest test-drive in history and what car was it? The answer is easy: it is the recent test that President Obama had in a 2011 Chevrolet Volt. The distance was about 10-40 feet.
The President went to Detroit to visit the plants of two American auto manufacturers: GM and Chrysler this Firday, July [...]

Long time ago, in 1970s, an Italian design company, Giugiaro, has created the image of the first-generation VW Golf. Since then the companies worked together at several projects. In 2008 they have arranged a comprehensive development agreement according to which Giugiaro has worked on the design of new Up!
Founded by the Giugiaro family in 1968, [...]

It is obvious that hydrogen is one of those few elements which are in endless supply on Earth, so if there is any way to have ecologically clean and at the same time cheap kind of fuel is to try using hydrogen. Different car manufacturers had specialists working on the technologies which could make this [...]

Two auto-giants Daimler and Nissan-Renault have decided to arrange a partnership the main goal of which is development of small vehicles. Companies do not fully merge, but rather agree to use only 1-3% of each other.
The agreement has been signed yesterday and it states that there will be engine sharing and maybe some other parts [...]

The 2010 Geneva Auto Show is starting on March 2. Many car manufacturers have already prepared their new projects for this exhibit, but they keep the details in secret. Ferrari is working on the 599 Hybrid and does not unveil any details, but a couple of its pictures have already leaked to the Internet.
According to [...]

Toyota came up with an unusual advertisement for new Prius. The car manufacturer “plants” 18-foot-tall plastic daisies in the biggest cities of the U.S. Boston residents have already noticed huge flowers on their streets last month and this week they are going to New York. After this the traveling ad goes to Chicago, Seattle, San [...]

In the end of last year the U.K. Police has received the latest three models of Evolution from Mitsubishi. This year they are offered a sedan from Jaguar.
British police department is the luckiest or the richest in the world to be offered several new models from the world leading manufacturers. Just in 2008 they could [...]

Tomorrow is going to be a great event for Mustang lovers. The brand is commemorating its 45th anniversary. The four-day celebration will take place at Barber Motosports Park, Birmingham, Alabama.
Ford vice-president, Jim Farley, said that Mustang “has been a symbol of American freedom and fun” since the first day it was launched, April 17, 1964. [...]

Insurance Institute for Highways Safety has established new ratings for vehicles. Now not only standard parts like front, rear and sides will be checked for strength, but roof as well. According to their opinion the roof has to be strong to protect passengers in rollover crashes, because they might be injured by roof itself if [...]

Hybrid invasion of the U.S. is going fast and soon every second car on the roads will be “green”. This week was significant for Japanese and American automakers: Toyota has announced that it reached one million mark in sales of gas-electric cars for American customers and Ford has assembled 100,000th hybrid SUV.
Both automakers are happy [...]