TOP 10  -  Toyota to Make Hybrid Engine Available on All Its Models

The announcement came as all of the auto makers at an industry conference this week in northern Michigan maneuvered to carve out their own niches in fuel-efficient design, from expansion of the gasoline/electric hybrid technology already available in the Prius to the new plug-in hybrid vehicle known as the Volt under development by General Motor Corp.

[ Source : wsj ]

TOP 9  -  Yes, It's Really a Porsche! A German cult car finds a good home

I bought a red 1976 Porsche 914 back in 1980. It was love at first sight but it had a lot of issues that I couldn't afford to deal with - I had just moved to California from the East Coast and didn't realize just how high the cost of living was in the Bay Area. The car had to go. Since then, I had always wanted another one - not just another Porsche, but another 914.

[ Source : sfgate ]

TOP 8  -  The New Mini Cooper

Those teeny little smart cars that seat two people and look like they'd collapse like an accordian if you had a fender bender with a taxi? Despite plenty of criticism of Daimler's new Fortwo ("FOR-twoh")—"I felt I was in a car priced at about $10,000 and built in some Eastern European factory devoid of modern robotics," and "It feels a bit like a kit car, one my Dad and I might have built in the driveway," writes BusinessWeek—the model has been selling briskly. Between January and July of this year, Daimler has sold 13,958 of the eight-footers, which if you weighed them all, would still only equate to about four Hummers.

[ Source : cityfile ]

TOP 7  -  2009 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG

A powerful V-8 engine and a smart seven-speed automatic transmission make up the 2009 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG's power train.

[ Source : cnet ]

TOP 6  -  2008 Kia Rondo

With a base price starting at $16,395, the front-wheel drive Kia Rondo crossover utility vehicle offers a great deal of versatility — with a heavy dose of affordability — in a smart package.

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TOP 5  -  Ford to build Lincoln MKT crossover

The sleek Lincoln MKT crossover concept is going to become reality in 2009.Ford said Friday the eye-catching show car, which was unveiled at the Detroit auto show in January, will go into production next year.

[ Source : autoweek ]

TOP 4  -  Fiat 500 in India

Fiat launched its Fiat Cinquecento or 500 in India in a glittering function at Taj Land's End in Mumbai in July. The car has made a quite entry in the Indian car market. It is currently priced at Rs. 14.85 lakh, ex-showroom, Delhi. It is being imported as a completely built unit which makes its three times the price of a Swift. Even the engine is same as in 1.3 Litre, 75bhp multi-jet diesel engine equivalent to the one in Swift or Palio. However, Fiat 500 offers a wide range of paint shades and choice of interiors unavailable to Indian customers in other brands. The car shall be available in 11 colours and could be customised completely according to consumer's taste.

[ Source : cartradeindia ]

TOP 3  -  Paint the town red in Audi S5

Not exactly great timing for a $50,000, 14-mpg coupe, but Pete 'n' Pam find that luxury can be enticing. Will they yield to the sybaritic comfort or practicality?

[ Source : statesman ]

TOP 2  -  Ferrari Red Letter Days: Teenage kicks

She couldn't. Garrulous at the best of times, Lucy was apparently able to speak only in complete, breathless monologues. Older brother Tom wasn't much better, even though he usually communicates in little more than a sullen mutter - as upper teenage boys are wont to do. The cause of their animation? A Ferrari 550. And they hadn't merely been sitting in it: just short of their 14th and 17th birthdays respectively, they'd driven it.

[ Source : telegraph ]

TOP 1  -  BMW Recalls 150,000 Vehicles for Airbag Problem

BMW—the world’s largest premium car maker—is recalling approximately 150,000 of its vehicles in North America, it said this week.  The recall has been put in place to correct a possible airbag defect.  Apparently, the defect may prevent the front passenger airbag from opening in a crash.

[ Source : newsinferno ]