Archive for January, 2010

Geneva Preview: Toyota pulls the sheet on retouched Auris

Filed under: Budget, Geneva Motor Show, Hatchback, Toyota

2010 Toyota Auris - Click above for high-res image gallery
Toyota isn’t saying much about the refreshed 2010 Auris right now, waiting for the Geneva unboxing, but here are a couple of photos to get you excited. It looks like there will be little nips and tucks all around, […]

2010 Detroit Auto Show attendance beats ‘09 by 65k

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show

The 2009 edition of the Detroit Auto Show was depressing on a variety of levels, ranging from the number of automakers who either pulled out or didn’t bring anything new, to the industry’s general malaise as a whole. The show was upsetting on a regional level because attendance dropped.
Luckily, 2009 is […]

First image from Pixar’s Cars 2 revealed?

Filed under: Etc.

The movie Cars 2 is slated for release in Summer 2011, and that means that Hollywood CGI types are busy sketching, rendering and compositing. Production artwork (seen above) found in Disney’s annual report, has Lightning McQueen running in Japan ahead of what we’d imagine is a Formula 1 car. The plot has McQueen […]

Video: Cars.com shows off Super Bowl commercial early

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos

Click above to watch the video after the jump
It seems like only yesterday that Internet companies dominated the Super Bowl commercial water-cooler talk, but in fact it was a full decade ago. While most of those businesses are long gone, the few remaining Internet survivors like Go Daddy and Monster can be […]

Report: Mercury planning C-segment vehicle for 2012

Filed under: Sedan, Hatchback, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Rumormill

Lincoln Concept C - Click above for high-res image gallery
According to Automobile Magazine, Ford is putting Mercury on its list. Sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves. Specifically, the list in question contains the names of 10 vehicles the Blue Oval plans to build off its global compact car platform. […]

Chrysler jumps on bandwagon, offers incentives to Toyota customers

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Toyota

2010 Dodge Ram HD - Click above for high-res image gallery
Earlier this week, General Motors announced that it would offer special incentives to Toyota owners in an effort to capitalize on the Japanese automaker’s recent recall troubles. Ford and Hyundai eventually followed suit, while Chrysler stood to the side mulling […]

Pastrana puts competition on ice at Rally America Sno*Drift

Filed under: Motorsports, Ford, Subaru

Rally America Sno*Drift 2010 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Travis Pastrana has no shortage of critics who claim the daredevil is skating on thin ice. Okay, that was a terrible segue into this year’s Sno*Drift, the opening event in the Rally America Championship series, but yes, Pastrana and co-driver Christian […]

UPDATED: Video: In-depth look at Toyota’s sticky accelerator

Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Toyota

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var digg_url = \’http://digg.com/autos/Video_In_depth_look_at_Toyota_s_sticky_accelerator\’; We’re all gearheads here at Autoblog, with varying degrees of mechanical competence. But when the time comes to get technical - really technical - we inevitably hit up our own Sam Abuelsamid to get into the nitty gritty […]

Find of the Day: Bugatti Veyron with matching transporter

Filed under: Car Buying, Coupe, Performance, Truck, Europe, Bugatti, Mercedes-Benz

2007 Bugatti Veyron with matching Mercedes Atego transporter - Click above for image gallery
We never thought we’d see the day when someone would have to sweeten the deal to sell a car as eminently desirable as a Bugatti Veyron. But with the economy still putt-putting […]

Top Gear crew dinged for being scruffiest blokes on the telly?

Filed under: Etc., UK, Celebrities

Reports like this make us glad the Autoblog Podcast is audio-only. A new survey of British television viewers finds that the UK wants more smartly-dressed personalities and pundits. 1,000 people were asked their thoughts about fashion on the telly, and two-thirds of the Top Gear crew received the dubious honor of […]