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Los Angeles 2011: Ford Announces All-New Escape To Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show

Los Angeles 2011: Ford Announces All-New Escape To Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show

We know a lot about the next generation Ford Escape. We know that the next Escape will have two EcoBoost engine options, and that it will resemble the Vertrek Concept (shown here). We also now know that Ford will unveil the new Escape in a color called “Gin...

Los Angeles 2011: Ford Announces All-New Escape To Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show
Mind-reading car could drive you round the bend
Mind-reading car could drive you round the bend
One of the world's largest motor manufacturers is working with scientists based in Switzerland to design a car that can read its driver's mind and predict his or her next move.
Report: Subaru BRZ to make full concept debut in LA
Report: Subaru BRZ to make full concept debut in LA
The rear-wheel drive sports car collaboration between Toyota and Subaru has been causing a big stirrup across auto news desks all over the world. So far though, we’ve seen concepts, ideas of what the car may possibly be like when people get a chance to spen...
Volkswagen Up! City Car to Challenge Toyota
Volkswagen Up! City Car to Challenge Toyota
Volkswagen AG (VOW) will roll out the new Up! city car next month to tap growing demand for small, fuel- efficient vehicles as Europe’s biggest automaker aims to claim the industry’s top global sales position.
Los Angeles Tops List of Cities For Carless Residents
Los Angeles Tops List of Cities For Carless Residents
A surprising survey shows that Los Angeles tops the list of areas offering public transportation to its carless residents, trumping even New York.
2011 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge Focuses on Hot Movie Cars
2011 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge Focuses on Hot Movie Cars
Designers from the United States, Germany and Japan will compete in the 2011 Los Angeles auto show Design Challenge to create Hollywood's hottest new movie car.
Hyundai Elantra Coupe To Debut at 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
Hyundai Elantra Coupe To Debut at 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
In a deft move intended to strike the heart of Honda Civic sales, Hyundai will unveil its future Elantra coupe late this fall at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show.
UCLA study predicts LA will be a top market for electric vehicles
UCLA study predicts LA will be a top market for electric vehicles
Los Angeles will be a U.S. leader in the market for electric vehicles, with such vehicles accounting for nearly one out of every 10 automobiles purchased in the city in 2015, according to a new study published by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.
Los Angeles 2011: Ford Announces All-New Escape To Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show
Los Angeles 2011: Ford Announces All-New Escape To Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show
We know a lot about the next generation Ford Escape. We know that the next Escape will have two EcoBoost engine options, and that it will resemble the Vertrek Concept (shown here). We also now know that Ford will unveil the new Escape in a color called “Gin...

Putin Test Drives Europe's Cheapest Car, Takes 5 Attempts To Start

Putin Test Drives Europe's Cheapest Car, Takes 5 Attempts To Start

Russian PM Vladimir Putin has a hard time starting up the "Lada Granta," marketed as Europe's "cheapest car." This ha...

Putin Test Drives Europe's Cheapest Car, Takes 5 Attempts To Start

Mercedes-Benz Launches First Teen Driving Academy in Los Angeles

Mercedes-Benz Launches First Teen Driving Academy in Los Angeles

Mercedes-Benz offered experienced drivers a chance to improve their driving skills, by first launching its AMG Drivin...

Mercedes-Benz Launches First Teen Driving Academy in Los Angeles

Nissan To Fix 5,300 Leaf Electric Cars

Nissan To Fix 5,300 Leaf Electric Cars

Nissan Motor Co. says it is conducting a service campaign on 5,300 Nissan Leaf electric cars in the North American, J...

Nissan To Fix 5,300 Leaf Electric Cars

Chevy Recalls Cruze After A Steering Wheel Falls Off

Chevy Recalls Cruze After A Steering Wheel Falls Off

Imagine turning your car’s steering wheel, or giving it a gentle tug, and having it break away from the steering colu...

Chevy Recalls Cruze After A Steering Wheel Falls Off

Is this the REAL final frontier? Sir Richard Branson unveils plan to pilot mini-submarine to deepest point of every ocean

Mission impossible: Sir Richard Branson and American sailor Chris Welsh plan to take this eight-foot mini-submarine to explore the deepest points in the world's oceans

Sir Richard Branson plans to pilot a mini-submarine to the bottom of one of the planet's deepest oceans in his latest...

Is this the REAL final frontier? Sir Richard Branson unveils plan to pilot mini-submarine to deepest point of every ocean

EU to ban cars from cities by 2050

Top of the EU's list to cut climate change emissions is a target of 'zero' for the number of petrol and diesel-driven cars and lorries in the EU's future cities

Cars will be banned from London and all other cities across Europe under a draconian EU masterplan to cut CO2 emissio...

EU to ban cars from cities by 2050

Spider infestation leads to recall of 65,000 Mazdas

Spider infestation leads to recall of 65,000 Mazdas

Under the heading of strangest recalls ever, Mazda today is weaving the most bizarre of all: 52,000 Mazda6 in the U.S...

Spider infestation leads to recall of 65,000 Mazdas

Consumer Reports: GM's Volt 'doesn't really make a lot of sense'

Consumer Reports: GM's Volt 'doesn't really make a lot of sense'

Consumer Reports offered a harsh initial review of the Chevrolet Volt, questioning whether General Motors Co.'s flags...

Consumer Reports: GM's Volt 'doesn't really make a lot of sense'

UK mulls 80 mph speed limit...

UK mulls 80 mph speed limit...

Speed limits on the motorway could be increased to 80mph in a bid to increase productivity, Philip Hammond, the trans...

UK mulls 80 mph speed limit...

Car tech dazzles at Consumer Electronics Show

Car tech dazzles at Consumer Electronics Show

Automakers are taking a drive into the future at the Consumer Electronics Show. The annual event is traditionally a s...

Car tech dazzles at Consumer Electronics Show

Hemp drives green vehicle prototype; Calgary firm’s material will make lighter electric car

Hemp drives green vehicle prototype; Calgary firm’s material will make lighter electric car

Nathan Armstrong envisions a day when drivers will be rolling up to the curb in a car powered by an electric motor an...

Hemp drives green vehicle prototype; Calgary firm’s material will make lighter electric car

Bio-Bug: Car run on human waste is launched

Bio-Bug: Car run on human waste is launched

A car that runs on methane gas produced by human waste has been launched and its makers claim drivers cannot tell the...

Bio-Bug: Car run on human waste is launched
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