Several potential buyers interested in Saturn

The future of Saturn is anything but clear but as the weeks roll on decision time for General Motors continues to contract. The ailing Detroit carmaker confirmed in its most recent viability plan that it would only supply product to Saturn through the 2012 model year, and earlier this month in a letter to dealers [...]

China’s carbon emissions jump 80% in just three years

Beijing’s efforts to cut its local pollution for the Olympics aside, China has shown little interest in cutting back its output of carbon into the atmosphere. Even with Beijing’s drastic measures, athletes and press complained of the oppressive atmosphere. Now it looks like China’s atmosphere may become the world’s, outweighing the emissions cuts in Europe [...]

Tesla promises profits by mid-year, Model S coming March 26

Nero fiddled while Rome burned, and Tesla is getting ready to rake in the profits while the car industry crumbles. Or at least that’s sort of the picture presented by the company’s latest newsletter.
The $40 million round of financing is twice what Tesla needed to achieve profitability, says the company, though it’s still well short [...]

Renntech declares ‘Horsepower War’ ongoing with new SLR 777

Mercedes-Benz’s AMG arm has declared the horsepower war over two years in a row, all the while continuing to turn out new and improved - and more powerful - cars. Renntech has taken its cues from the spirit, if not the letter, of AMG’s announcements with its latest modification, boosting the SLR supercar’s output to [...]

CL65 AMG In The 1/4 Mile

BoostinProductions has been down at the strip once again and here’s some stock German performance for your enjoyment.
Add the letters AMG to the back of your Merc and nice - and fast - things happen! Check out how the CL65 AMG, with its 6.0 liter bi-turbo V12 monster under the hood, puts [...]

Working at Honda is Da Bombdigitty…

 BoingBoing received an open letter from, what appears to be an engineer, (more likely someone from the PR or Marketing Departments) describing the blissful “Joys” of working in an environment with no “lines of demarcation segregating futurists from the present applications of science.” Really??? An engineer huh? Doubt it. Much!
Anyone who has ever worked in any [...]