Car Blog

Roush Fenway Racing appears to be back on top
FOXSports.com
Team co-owner Jack Roush has said the organization originally didn’t test its cars at non-sanctioned tracks, thinking that was prohibited by NASCAR rules,

‘Black Cars’ Are Destined to Turn Green
New York Times, United States
By DIANE CARDWELL Those long lines of sleek black cars that idle outside corporate headquarters, belching exhaust as they wait to shuttle executives from …

Hyundai, GM to cut price of small cars
Hindu, India
New Delhi (PTI): Much to the delight of prospective small car buyers, leading manufacturers Hyundai Motor India and General Motors today said they would

Honda tops list of best cars
Newsday, NY
BY TOM INCANTALUPO | tom.incantalupo@newsday.com 5:51 PM EST, February 28, 2008 Honda still makes the best performing and most reliable cars sold in America …

Small cars see yet another excise duty cut
Business Standard, India
P Chidambaram announced a slash in excise duty on small cars from 16 per cent to 12 per cent. This is on cars measuring less than four metres and with …

Hybrid cars get government nod
Business Standard, India
After much pre-budget debate, the Union Government has announced a slash in excise duty rates for hybrid cars. The Finance Minister provided relief to auto …

Hyundai Cars Highly Rated by US Consumers
Korea Times, South Korea
Kia Motors, an affiliate of Hyundai Motor, also continued to gain a good reputation in the European market with its small family car “Cee’d. …

Small cars, drugs to be cheaper
Rediff, India
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has reduced the customs duty on small and hybrid cars. The Excise duty on small cars reduced to 12 per cent from 16 per cent …

Italians corner market in fake Ferraris
Times Online, UK
Now police have broken a ring of talented mechanics who have turned down-at-heel cars into replicas of Ferrari sports cars for sale at rock bottom prices to …

Boyd Coddington, 63; custom car designer starred on ‘American Hot Rod’
Los Angeles Times, CA
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Boyd Coddington, a renowned Southern California hot rod and custom car designer and builder who starred …

Bond fantasy becomes fact — just don’t expect RACV help
“Pond, James Pond”: Test drivers take concept car designer Frank Rinderknecht’s Lotus creation for a spin underwater. THIRTY years after James Bond …

It only ever existed in world of James Bond – until now
By ALASTAIR JAMIESON CINEMA audiences gasped as James Bond’s white Lotus Esprit plunged into the sea and became an armed submarine in the 1977 film The Spy …

James Bond Fantasy Comes True
Designers are bringing back memories of a famous James Bond scene – by producing a car that can travel under water. In the 007 film The Spy Who Loved Me, …

Land-Locked Swiss Invent Underwater Car
GENEVA (AP) — OK, so the Swiss have invented a car that runs on land and underwater. But did they REALLY have to make it a convertible? …

GM: Oppose State Greenhouse Gas Laws
General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner urged a group of auto dealers Saturday to lobby against individual states trying to set their own …

GM CEO Calls For Auto Dealers To Help Lobbying Efforts
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- General Motors Corp. (GM) Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner called on auto dealers Saturday to help the industry prevent …

Auto MNC workers hit training circuit overseas
Top notch executives no longer have the sole privilege of training overseas. Blue collar workers are following suit, as transnational …