The fuel-efficient Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion will arrive in the U.K. later this year. Volkwagen’s BlueMotion brand represents the most efficient and economical vehicle in each of the automaker’s car ranges. VW will expand its BlueMotion brand with the Passat BlueMotion that will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
The Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion features […]

Audi is expanding the range of its two highest-volume models, delivering four new, more efficient models — the A3, A3 Sportback 1.9 TDI e and A4 2.0 TFSI e (sedan or Avant). The advanced engines employ direct fuel injection for both the petrol and diesel engines.
All four new models feature a gearshift indicator, located in […]

Volkswagen is showcasing a series of vehicles with lower environmental impact at the Designing Sustainable Mobility Summit, held at Art Center College of Design in Southern California. Volkswgen is joining with designers and other transportation experts to share ideas on ways to make future mobility more environmentally compatible.
At the event’s Green Cars/Pasadena ride-and-drive, attendees and […]

Last September, we reported that Subaru was developing its first boxer diesel, following the automaker’s announcement at the Paris Motor Show. Now Subaru has announced that it will unveil the world’s first horizontally-opposed turbo diesel engine at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
The first models to be available with the turbodiesel boxer engine will […]

Dodge today unveiled its new Class 4-5 2008 Ram 4500 and 5500 Chassis Cabs at the Chicago Auto Show. Hoping to steal some of the sales in the medium-duty truck market — from dominate player Ford, and to a lessor extent GM, Dodge expands its commercial presence with it newest chassis cabs.
The 2008 Ram 4500 […]

The Chrysler Group is strongly considering offering diesel-powered versions of its Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country in North America as early as 2010.
Changes in Chrysler production plans — the automaker plans to move production of its diesel-powered minivans for Europe to the United States — are helping to make case for U.S. […]

Honda announced that it will unveil the “Small Hybrid Sports Concept” at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Following Toyota’s recent debut of the FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept at the Detroit Auto Show in January, Honda’s concept also merges a hybrid engine and a fun-to-drive, but in a smaller package.
“Honda Small Hybrid Sports Concept represents […]

Volvo has confirmed that its is developing a hybrid electric plug-in version if its C30 hatchback. A prototype of the C30 plug-in hybrid may compete in November’s Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Shanghai.
The C30 plug-in hybrid prototype is expected to use a small diesel engine and an electric generator. With fully charged batteries, the car will […]

Cadillac will offer a diesel version of the new CTS sedan for European markets. The diesel CTS, which will arrive after the initial launch this October, will be offered to compete with German premium brands. Diesel-powered versions of Cadillac’s German competitors account for over 50 percent of sales, with Audi around 70 percent, BMW at […]

Volkswagen will unveil its second BlueMotion vehicle — the Passat BlueMotion — at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show in March. VW’s BlueMotion banner is for its most fuel-efficient vehicle in a given model segment. The first car to receive the BlueMotion banner was the Polo BlueMotion, which sips a measly 3.9 liters per 100 kilometer […]