At the same time that Toyota president Katsuaki Watanabe was announcing lowered sales forecasts for the automotive giant through 2009, he also released info that fleet testing for the Plug-in Prius has been moved up a year. No doubt, the two are related. Even though Toyota is still locked in a race with General Motors […]
Posted on August 29th, 2008 by Shorty
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Word has it that Hyundai will be bringing a five-door hatchback, the i10, made in Chennai, India, stateside to go head-to-head with the Smart ForTwo and the Honda Fit. Reportedly the i10, onsale since last October in some 70 countries, gets 56 miles to the gallon. Size-wise it falls right in between its two main […]
Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Shorty
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I don’t think anyone can argue that we are seeing a rapid globalization of the automotive industry. With few efficient models on hand to offer Americans suffering from high gas prices, car-makers are bringing previously European-only models to the U.S. and the door is open for makers from China and India to get a foot […]
Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by Shorty
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I just returned from a week in San Francisco (and let me just say that Mark Twain was right about the summer weather there), where I kept seeing these cute, tiny yellow cars populated by one or two helmeted tourists, and sharing audio GPS with passers by. I was curious, of course, so I […]
Posted on August 13th, 2008 by QueenMab
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Yesterday while I was on the exercise bike I was reading Ghost Hunting by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, the guys from the Ghost Hunters show. In the chapter on the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, the text explained that the guy who built the place was one of the Stanley brothers responsible for […]
Posted on August 9th, 2008 by Shorty
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Controversies notwithstanding, the Olympics are gearing up and they’re doing so with a green presence courtesy of Volkswagen. The Beijing Olympics will make use of a fleet of 5,000 green cars made by official sponsor VW. They’re using the following models:
- Magotan 2.0 TDI
- Magotan BlueMotion
- Sagitar 2.0 TDI
- Touran EcoFuel
- Tiguan 2.0 TDI
Essentially the […]
Posted on August 6th, 2008 by Shorty
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