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Main > Car Makers News > Saab > Saab launches Pure BioPower Eco Clothing Collection Saab has embraced E85 as an alternative fuel in Europe as a way to offer good performance and relatively good emissions using small turbocharged engines. Because ethanol has a higher octane rating than gasoline, boost pressure can be raised, allowing for a higher specific power output. It also helps that Saab already had a history of being quirky and using turbocharged engines in their vehicles. As an added bonus, it also gets to capitalize on the "green" aspect of the biofuel, and is leaving no... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:41 Article Views Rating: 206 Main > Car Makers News > Other > New York 2008: NYC oddities and side splitters We were extremely busy while trying to cover the snot out of the New York Auto Show this past week at the Jacob Javits Center. Even when we were running across the show floor to make a press conference and get a good seat, we still had our fingers on the trigger of our many DSLR cameras. At times we caught some interesting and downright funny things that just didn't fit into any other gallery except one devote to the odd and slightly hilarious. Check them out in the gallery below, complete with captions... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:38 Article Views Rating: 204 Main > Car Makers News > Mitsubishi > New York 2008: The Mitsubishi i is A-OKei Click image for a high-res gallery of the turbocharged Mitsubishi iI'm the resident kei car obsessive here at Autoblog. That means I'm the guy who actually thinks, "That is awesome," when he reads the Google translated announcement of yet another Suzuki Wagon R variant. Hell, I did two posts on the one-off Hello Kitty Mitsubishi i. Keis are cool. So, you can imagine how happy I was to see that Mitsubishi brought along a small fleet of its i minicars to the New York Auto Show this year. Mitsubishi's... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:37 Article Views Rating: 227 Main > Car Makers News > Other > B170 NTG Blue Efficiency Mercedes Benz In Summer 2005 Mercedes-Benz started making B-class four-door crossovers. This year it is unique due to its usage of natural gas as fuel. In total the company offers 7 different engines for the B-class vehicles. There is a choice of gasoline and turbo-diesel. But the new B170 NTG Blue Efficiency model runs on both gasoline and natural gas. It has a switch that shuts down the engine when the car is going to change the fuel. This option will help the car to attract more interest from consumers. The look... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:35 Article Views Rating: 260 Main > Car Makers News > Mercedes-Benz > Mercedes-Benz E550: A plush highway cruiser NEW YORK -- Poverty is greatly overrated. So is what is construed as "just-folks" normalcy. Both conditions are heralded only by people who don't have access to lots of money. In a word, Paris Hilton is right. It is better to be rich, even if you are not much of anything else. Money at least gives you the opportunity to try to become something better. The theory is crass. But it is nonetheless true, as evidenced by anyone confronted with a choice between driving an economy car or a 2008 Mercedes-Benz... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:33 Article Views Rating: 208 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Foley is parting with beloved Corvette Attention, political and hot rod junkies: Now's your once-in-a-lifetime chance to own a little red Corvette once driven by the speaker of the House of Representatives. That's right, former Speaker Tom Foley's 2001 shiny Corvette convertible is up for sale. Much to the Washington Democrat's chagrin. Foley, 79, now largely retired as a lobbyist with Akin Gump, is no longer driving. But it sounds as though he'll always have a soft spot for the car. "He loves that red Corvette," says Foley's wife, Heather... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:33 Article Views Rating: 237 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Abt tunes the VW Touareg TDI Turbodiesel motors are getting lots of press lately, and VW group vehicles are garnering much of that attention. Audi’s R8 looks to be getting a V8 TDI motor soon, and the Jetta TDI Cup in the U.S. is helping to bring diesels back into the American public’s consciousness, albeit slowly. German performance tuner Abt has already done most of VW’s lineup, but now it’s turning attention to the latest Touareg 3.0 TDI. Focusing on power upgrades and appearance modifications, the Abt... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:53:52 Article Views Rating: 244 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Kelley Blue Book 2008 Brand Image Awards Influential auto resource Kelley Blue Book KBB and its marketing research team have compiled a list of vehicles based its consumer perception data. Researchers look at carmaker’s achievements in creating and maintaining brand attributes that consumers look for when buying a new car, and is one of the best indicators of how certain brands are perceived by the public. The winners were announced during a media event at this week’s New York Auto Show and include top picks for ‘Best Interior Design’... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:53:36 Article Views Rating: 347 |
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