Archive for December, 2008

Performance Test: 2008 Toyota Tundra TRD

Filed under: Aftermarket, Trucks/Pickups, Toyota
Click above for a high-res image gallery of the Toyota Tundra TRD
We don’t do much performance testing of the vehicles we review here at Autoblog, partly because we don’t have the resources and also because our seat-of-the-pants-meter usually gives us the pertinent information we need about how a car (or truck, […]

Carmax Reveals Most Searched Used Vehicles

Filed under: Car Buying, Trends, Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan, Toyota

If you shopped for a used car in 2008, odds are you researched the Honda Accord, at least if you were checking out CarMax. For the third year in a row, the Accord topped the search list of CarMax.com, which is dominated by imports, like another […]

Give this 550-hp V10 Hartge BMW Z4 a home

Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Convertibles, Auction Action, BMW

Click above for image gallery of Hartge’s V10-powered BMW Z4
Here at Autoblog, we cherish the simple things in life. Like a cold beer on a hot afternoon, spending the holidays with family or stuffing an oversized engine into a little sportscar. It’s a time-honored tradition, and this example […]

Bid farewell to BMW’s legendary M inline-six

Filed under: BMW
Click above for a high-res pic of the S54B32
Say what you will about their design department, but BMW is known for producing some of the most amazing engines on the market. Especially the Bavarian automaker’s stoic M division, whose current V10 engine has won its fair share of awards and then some. The […]

How is the Genesis selling? Hyundai’s marketing VP spills the beans

Filed under: Car Buying, Sedans/Saloons, Hyundai

Click above for a high-res image gallery of the Hyundai Genesis
It’s no secret that Hyundai’s big push upmarket has come at a difficult time. With monthly sales plummeting and available loan capital shrinking, the Genesis sedan has seemingly picked an inopportune moment to roll onto America’s bloodied dealership forecourts. In […]

SEAT prices the old Audi A4 new Exeo

Filed under: Car Buying, Sedans/Saloons, Euro, SEAT, UK

Click above to view a high-resolution SEAT Exeo image gallery
When SEAT announced it was to launch a new flagship that was little more than an old Audi A4 with some new trim, we were puzzled. Everyone was puzzled. Was this Volkswagen’s big plan to revive its Spanish subsidiary? […]

Youth in Asia: Japanese sales plunge as young people abandon cars

Filed under: Car Buying, Japan, Lifestyle

Japan’s car sales are declining, just like they are in most countries. But unlike other markets, auto sales in Japan won’t be recovering anytime soon. The sales outlook is so bleak, in fact, that the Japanese automakers even have a word for it: “kuruma banare,” or “demotorization.” While it may […]

UK government commission calls for mandatory speed limiters

Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Safety, UK
More government regulation to protect people from themselves…whee! The UK’s camera-infested roads haven’t been the most blissful place for driving enthusiasts in the last few years, and now there’s a push to fit speed limiters to cars.
Proposed by the exhaustively-named Commission for Integrated Transport and the Motorists’ Forum, the […]

Spy Shots: 2010 Honda Odyssey to get more corporate schnoz

Filed under: Spy Photos, Minivans/MPVs, Honda

The corporate grille that’s been inflicted on all of Honda’s recent cars and trucks continues to spread roughshod through the rest of the automaker’s line and the 2010 Honda Odyssey minivan isn’t immune. While it’s hard to get excited about a vehicle that’s sole purpose in life is to transport […]

Is nothing sacred? Radio Flyer steps into the digital age

Filed under: Concept Cars, Tech, Toys, Lifestyle

Click above for a high-res look at the Radio Flyer Cloud 9
Childhood just isn’t childhood without owning a Radio Flyer. Made by a company now over 90 years old, the little red wagon long ago established itself as a mainstay for children across America and around the world. (Heck, […]