Filed under: Technology, Volvo
Volvo 2.0-liter GTDi engine - Click above for high-res image gallery
Direct injection and turbocharging go together like peanut butter and jelly. Abbot and Costello. Brett Favre and protracted retirement negotiations. And it’s easy to understand why. Few of us seem willing to give up performance in the name of fuel efficiency and […]
Filed under: Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, BMW, Rumormill, Electric, Diesel
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According to an unnamed “senior BMW authority out of Munich” speaking with InsideLine, the German automaker will indeed build a production version of the Vision EfficientDynamics concept that debuted last year at the Frankfurt Motor Show. […]
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 […]
Filed under: Safety, Technology
This one doesn’t surprise us one bit and we’ll explain why in a moment. Until then, clock this: a Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) study determined that laws banning the use of hand-held phones have no effect on the crash rate. None, as in zero effect. Says HLDI and Insurance Institute for […]
Review: Need For Speed Shift fills gap between Forza 3 and GT5
We take Need For Speed Shift for a virtual spin and determine that it’s the perfect ‘tweener to everyone’s favorite racing sims.
Introduction to Ice Racing: Part 2
In the second installment of our Ice Racing series, we discuss technique, vehicle choice and how to prep […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Japan, Scion, Toyota
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Be still our hearts. A Toyota post that doesn’t involve a recall. Instead, we’ve got an unsurprising report about ToMoCo’s plans to start a new, in-house performance division dubbed “Gs” sometime in 2010.
Earlier this month, Toyota trotted out […]
Filed under: Recalls, Toyota
Toyota’s President and CEO, Akio Toyoda, made his first public comment about the the Toyota recall during an interview with NHK today, in which he publicly apologized to the company’s customers. “I am deeply sorry,” the grandson of the automaker’s founder told the Japanese network, going on to say that “we think […]
Filed under: Europe, Recalls, Toyota
As expected, Toyota Europe announced details today surrounding the recall of cars for defective accelerator pedal mechanisms that began in the U.S. Like the U.S. recall that involves 2.3 million vehicles across eight model lines, the European recall also involves eight models: the Auris, Avensis, Aygo, Corolla, iQ, RAV4 Verso and […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, SUV, Etc., Hummer, Specialty, Design/Style
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In 1948 American born artist Man Ray wrote, “There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it.” This is nearly 30 years after he glued […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Hatchback, Ford, Racing
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Ken Block’s inaugural outing in his new Ford Fiesta Rally car took place on Thursday ahead of today’s opening of the Sno*Drift Rally America Series, and the crew at Monster have released some footage of Block’s maiden run.
After the jump, you’ll […]