Last year at the 2011 Qatar Motor Show, Volkswagen wooed the audience with its XL1 plug-in hybrid concept car, a vehicle it said would get an amazing 0.9 liters per 100 kilometers, or 260 mpg. Now, a road-going prototype version of the gas-sipping two-seater has been spotted undergoing extensive...
If you drive a plug-in electric or hybrid car, you may have encountered the reserved ‘green car only’ parking spaces that some towns, cities and businesses put in... August 27, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4
As any graduate will tell you, the first few years out of college can be exciting, but financially tough. So for any recently-matriculated graduate, owning a car that gets... August 27, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
It's fairly easy to point at trucks and supercars as the biggest gas-guzzlers on the market, but for the average person on the street it's a lot harder to identify the cars... August 24, 2012 by Antony Ingram 6
Given the length of time the U.S. Government is taking to set new gas mileage standards for 2025, you’d be forgiven for thinking the only benefit from driving a high... August 24, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 15
One of the great things about living in a free country is having the luxury of a choice of products and services. We may not always agree with someone's choice of car, but at... August 23, 2012 by Antony Ingram 7
It’s been a long time since it was unveiled at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, but Chevrolet has finally detailed pricing on its 2013 Sonic RS. At $20,995, the... August 23, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3
People are expecting more and more from their performance cars these days, and that includes improved fuel efficiency. That's why, even with traditionally V-8 pony cars like... August 22, 2012 by Antony Ingram 14
It has been in production in one form or another for 38 years, but the next-generation Volkswagen Golf, due to be unveiled next month at the 2012 Paris Auto Show, will be the... August 22, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3
If you've ever had a car stolen, you'll know how much it really, really sucks. More than 700,000 Americans in the last year alone will know that feeling, as that's how many... August 21, 2012 by Antony Ingram 1
If you’re preparing to return to college in the next few days -- or are a Freshman heading away from home for the first time -- your preparations probably include a... August 21, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1
In the old days, choosing a transmission was pretty simple. With only manual and automatic options, choosing was simply a matter of deciding whether you wanted to stir your... August 21, 2012 by Antony Ingram 10
Yesterday, Honda started production of its 2013 Accord. Due to go on sale in the U.S. this fall, it will be offered with a whole new range of engines and transmissions... August 21, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4
In hybrid and electric cars, regenerative braking systems are used to convert kinetic energy into electrical energy under braking, slowing the car down and improving gas... August 20, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1
In coming years, every car company will make every vehicle it builds greener--meaning more fuel-efficient--courtesy of increasingly stringent gas mileage and carbon emissions... August 17, 2012 by John Voelcker 3
Yesterday, the U.S. EPA had planned to release final rules on new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations requiring automakers to achieve average fuel economies of... August 16, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4
