200C EV concept previews Chrysler’s new design DNA

Following on from the Dodge Circuit EV sports car shown earlier today, Chrysler has revealed the 200C EV concept, which is designed to showcase the carmaker’s future designs as well as its electric powertrain technology in a premium sedan. It doesn’t end there as the concept also previews a new interior concept multimedia screen for [...]

Chrysler presents Dodge Circuit EV at Detroit Auto Show

Back in September Chrysler showed off three vehicles designed to show the world that it too could keep up with Ford and GM as they developed low emissions powertrains for the future. One of those vehicles was essentially a Lotus Europa with Chrysler badging, but this was understandable as the project was in its initial [...]

Toyota reveals iQ-based FT-EV Concept

Toyota has announced that it will display its new FT-EV concept at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, while also confirming that it will launch an urban commuter ‘battery-electric vehicle’ (BEV) by 2012. The world’s largest carmaker also revealed that it will start consumer trials of a fleet of 150 plug-in hybrids towards the end of [...]

Spy shots: Barely disguised 2010 Jaguar XKR facelift

Prototypes for Jaguar’s facelifted XK have been spotted testing in the UK and Germany ahead of the updated model’s world debut, which is expected to take place at next week’s Detroit Auto Show. In the past we have seen images for both the standard XK coupe and convertible, as well as a mystery test-mule for [...]

Report: Mitsubishi to supply PSA Peugeot Citroen with electric vehicles

Back in June of last year, PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi announced that both companies were to start a feasibility study in the field of electric powertrains. The project, which was to run over several months, related to the development, the manufacture and the use of an electric powertrain for small urban vehicles.
Japan’s Nikkei daily [...]

New details on Murcielago SV emerge

Talk of a new, lightweight and high-power variant of the aging Lamborghini Murcielago dubbed the ’superveloce’, or SV, has been circulating the web for months now. A new report from an enthusiast forum has revealed what appear to be credible details of the car’s specifications and design.
The SV model would be used to breathe life [...]

Australian firm working on beefed-up Nissan GT-R gearbox

Rumors, reports and even the odd video of its slick dual-clutch AWD gearbox grenading itself into oblivion have plagued the Nissan GT-R since shortly after its release into the wild. A short while later we learned that using the undocumented AWD launch control feature could void the relevant sections powertrain warranty, Nissan followed that up [...]

GM Performance Parts offering ‘Body in White’ Camaro for $7,000

GM Performance Parts (GMPP) will be offering ‘body in white’ packages for the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, with sales expected to begin in the first quarter of 2009. Body in white refers to the stage in automotive production when the car’s sheet metal has been assembled, but components such as the interior and powertrain are yet [...]

Audi expands U.S. A4 range with FWD and manual models

Audi is expanding its 2009 A4 lineup with two new models, one featuring front-wheel drive and one featuring a six-speed manual transmission.
The front-wheel-drive model, known as the 2009 Audi A4 2.0T FrontTrak, will be using the carmaker’s award-winning 2.0L TFSI engine mated to a multitronic continuously variable transmission. The new front-drive entry level model will [...]

GM Delays Construction of Chevy Volt Engine Plant, Says Hybrid Still on Schedule

Financially strapped General Motors Corp. has quietly deferred construction of the Flint engine plant it announced with great fanfare earlier this year as the home of the new four-cylinder engines it would be using in the upcoming Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid.
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GM's new 1.4-liter engine is displayed at vacant lot slated to [...]

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