| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  Monday, November 15, 2010 |  | The Buick LaCrosse will get an eAssist feature for 2012.... | | It's sort of like a diet hybrid--green car light, if you will. But by dipping into several existing technologies, Buick is wringing an impressive 37 mpg out of the LaCrosse for 2012. The "eAssist" technology will be standard on all base LaCrosse sedans with the 2.4-liter Ecotec engine. Buick is swapping out the alternator with a belt-driven electric generator that works with 115-volt... |
|  | | First came the Genesis sedan and coupe. The Sonata followed. Days away is the Equus. They're all sculpted, sleek, relatively powerful for their segments and hell-bent on one thing: changing the perception that Hyundai is a car you buy when you can't afford anything better. Now comes the Elantra,...
|  | | They're the single most identifying symbol Buick has, something that represents the brand's enduring mark on the 20th century and perhaps its hope for the future. They're the portholes--a link to the past executed in a more contemporary fashion. And if a top General Motors designer has his...
|  | | Italian supercar maker Lamborghini has guaranteed that next year's Murciélago replacement will maintain the high-horsepower rage by confirming that it will have an all-new V12 engine and an innovative new gearbox. In a big-spending move that Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann claims will jump...
|  | | This is Hollywood, so count on the usual glitzy product debut action at the Los Angeles auto show, which begins this week. The real surprise has to do with who will be supplying the star power. Both Chrysler Group and Nissan North America plan important launches here this year--after...
|  | | What is it? The Jaguar C-X75 is a concept car that celebrates 75 years of the Jaguar name in the form of a range-extended electric two-seater supercar. It showcases a futuristic propulsion system cloaked in a sleek aluminum chassis inspired by the shape of the 1966 XJ13 Le Mans prototype. ...
|  | | Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team principal Stefano Domenicali refused to blame any individual for the strategy decision that cost Fernando Alonso the world championship in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Ferrari called Alonso into the pits early in the race after title rival Mark Webber pitted and...
|  | | Rubens Barrichello has been confirmed as a Williams driver for next year, while just a week after winning the pole in Brazil, Nico Hulkenberg is leaving the team. The second driver for the Williams team has not been announced, but the world will not be surprised if it is GP2 champion Pastor...
|  | | Dodge is 14 months away from having a 40-mpg small car based on a Fiat platform. The tooling for that car was recently handed off to Chrysler Group's engineering department, Dodge CEO Ralph Gilles told journalists in San Francisco on Sunday. That small car is key to Chrysler's recovery...
|  | | After four years of hyping its curvy, fluid Nagare styling philosophy--but developing only one production vehicle with the look--Mazda has changed design course. Now the Japanese carmaker wants to go with a simpler, more upscale style. So the design language seen in the Shinari concept car...
|  | | The Fiat 500 subcompact might be Italian through and through, but the U.S. version that arrives in dealerships late this year will cater to American tastes. The American car will have a more powerful engine than the European version, a slightly softer ride and--most important--more substantial,...
|  | | Expect strong Mercury sales numbers for November. Last week, some Mercury dealers pushed to move out their inventory--or at least take final incentive payment from the company and report the vehicles as sold--by Friday, Nov. 12. If they did so, Ford had promised to get them their cash...
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|  | | So, will this year's NASCAR championship come down to this: Denny Hamlin had to stop for fuel and tires in the final laps at Phoenix, but Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick went into fuel-conservation mode and didn't stop?Oh, it's far more complicated than that, of course. You can't possibly run 35...
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|  | | Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber on Sunday said that he tried his hardest to win the 2010 Formula One World Championship, and he has no regrets about anything that happened this year that led to him just missing out on the title in Abu Dhabi. Webber finished third in the championship after leading the ...
|  | | Sebastian Vettel struggled to find the right words after his amazing Formula One World Championship victory in Abu Dhabi on Sunday evening.The German didn't know until the checkered flag waved that he had done enough to clinch the title, as his Red Bull Racing team wanted him to focus on winning...
|  | | Seven-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb underlined his dominance of the 2010 World Rally Championship with his eighth victory in the final round of the season at Wales Rally Great Britain--but Citroen privateer Petter Solberg came close to clinching his own first win in five years after an...
|  | | Don't be so quick to put Tony Stewart in a Chevrolet in the Izod IndyCar Series, either driving a car or owning one.Who says? Stewart does.During NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series event at Phoenix International Raceway, Stewart said Chevy's joining IndyCar does not increase the likelihood that he will do...
|  | | Three years after a crash almost ended his career, drag-racing legend John Force won his 15th NHRA Full Throttle Series Funny Car championship in improbable fashion on Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif."I've got to give it to my great group of guys," Force said. "I just believe...
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|  | | Fernando Alonso on Sunday cited his five victories this season as the high point of his year, after failing to win the championship that many thought was there for the taking.Following the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Spaniard said he is satisfied with 2010 despite his obvious...
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