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REPORT: Subaru says it can't Justy-fy selling a subcompact in the U.S. 1 minute ago on Autoblog

What do Toyota, Nissan and Honda all have in common? (Besides the fact that they are all Japanese automakers, that is?) They all re-entered the subcompact market in 2006 after abandoning it years ago. What's more, Mazda is planning to bring its subcompact Mazda2 to U.S. shores next year, Suzuki ...

VIDEO: Chevy Volt squeals tires around the track 31 minutes ago on Autoblog

Fuel efficient cars are slow, right? Just ask Jeremy Clarkson, who famously pitted a Toyota Prius against a BMW M3 around a test track to prove that the hybrid isn't very efficient when pushed to its limit. While it's true that hybrids and diesels have a reputation for being more than a bit poky ...

Review: Gran Turismo 5 Demo requires serious skill [w/VIDEO] 1 hour ago on Autoblog

We're waiting with baited breath for the arrival of Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5. It's getting more difficult to sit on our hands all the time, so it's a good thing that Polyphony has released a time trial demo to wet our whistle. The demo is available free of charge for anyone on the Sony ...

VIDEO: Top Gear pits BMW X5 M against Audi Q7 TDI and Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged 1 hour ago on Autoblog

If you're like us – and odds are very good you are – you have an evergreen problem. Namely, getting your significant other to feel one-tenth of the excitement about cars that you feel. Sure, you've tried explaining that while you almost drove off the freeway, it's okay because you ...

Review: 2009 BMW Z4 sDrive30i is an easy lover 2 hours ago on Autoblog

BMW's storied history of building roadsters dates back to the original 328 of the 1930s. However, there have been gaps in the brand's open-top lineage, including one extended stretch through the '60s, '70s and '80s. After a dalliance with the bizarre European market Z1, BMW finally got serious ...

REPORT: GM to depart with form and run certain plants around-the-clock 3 hours ago on Autoblog

Two weeks from now, General Motors will start running its Fairfax assembly plant continuously on a permanent basis. The unprecedented around-the-clock operation, following on the heels of the temporary third shifts a few months ago, is intended to boost the plant's production from its current 4,500 ...

VIDEO: BBC interviews Schumacher about his return to Mercedes-Benz F1 3 hours ago on Autoblog

Let the rumors rest -- Michael Schumacher is back. As we reported earlier this morning, it appeared he was all set to sign with Mercedes-Benz, and now the deal is done. The newly named Mercedes GP Petronas team (nee Brawn GP) finally announced that they have signed the soon-to-be-41-year-old, ...

BREAKING: Ford says it has come to terms with Geely on Volvo sale 4 hours ago on Autoblog

Ford Motor Company has just announced that all major terms relating to the sale of Volvo have been settled between Ford and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited. That doesn't mean that all the Ts have been crossed on the deal, but it does indicate that Geely has met all of Ford's terms for ...

Ford Taurus SHO and Fusion Hybrid awarded 2010 Urban Autos of the Year 5 hours ago on Autoblog

There's seemingly no end to the lists and awards that can be dolled out to (sometimes questionably) deserving cars and trucks at the end of the year. Take, for instance, the Urban Automobile of the Year Award by On Wheels Media. This is the 14th year in a row the award has been passed out, and ...

He's Back: Schumacher reportedly signs with Mercedes-Benz F1 for 2010 5 hours ago on Autoblog

All clearances given, the BBC is reporting that Michael Schumacher is officially a driver for the Mercedes-Petronas F1 team. The deal is understood to be a one-year agreement, with Schumacher being paid £6.2 million ($9.82M U.S.) and having an open door at the end of the year to carry on if ...

AutoblogGreen for 12.23.09 8 hours ago on Autoblog

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Pics Aplenty: Mansory Cyrus goes out and about 18 hours ago on Autoblog

Besides talking to the cute blond at the Audi booth, your Autobloggers spent the most time at this year's Frankfurt show arguing in front of the Mansory booth. Why? Some of us simply loved the all carbon fiber Cyrus, while others thought reskinning an Aston Martin DB9 in unpainted CF wasn't the ...

More details on rumored 2013 Nissan GT-R hybrid 18 hours ago on Autoblog

If we told you there was a variant of the iconic Nissan GT-R putting out around 600 horsepower, gobs of weight-saving technology and fuel economy that can hit 25-30 mpg on the highway would you be interested? What if we told you that the added power came via the same 160 hp electric motor that ...

Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 12.22.09 18 hours ago on Autoblog

Review: 2010 Subaru Outback adds size, power and refinement for a big wagon winner It's longer, wider and heavier than the outgoing Outback, but Subaru's all-new pseudo-SUV proves that bigger and better aren't mutually exclusive. Ford goes open source, gets students to develop phone apps for ...

Forget the Tata Nano, Oklahomans can get a new electric car for $865! 18 hours ago on Autoblog

When automotive talk turns cheap, the most common vehicle that comes up is the Tata Nano, which currently holds the title as the Cheapest New Car in the World and is only available in India. So, Americans, how would you like to snag a brand-new electric car for the low, low price of just $865, ...

Audi R8 LMS could be racing in ALMS GT Challenge class in 2011 19 hours ago on Autoblog

When Audi announced its new GT3 class R8 LMS race car late last year it was expecting 2009 to be a year of learning and development. As it turned out, it was a hugely successful season, landing championships in the FIA European GT series, along with the German and Belgian national series. All ...

Autoblog Podcast #158 - 'Twas a few days before Christmas 19 hours ago on Autoblog

'Twas a couple nights before Christmas, and in the Autoblog house, Paukert and Shunk got Roth off the couch... For episode #158 of the Autoblog Podcast! What better way to get into the holiday spirit than an hour and a half of new Podcast? It's fresher than egg nog this week, as the trio chews on ...

Rumormill: Mercedes-Benz CLS shooting brake in the works? 20 hours ago on Autoblog

German automakers have apparently all developed kyphosis, as witnessed by the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo, the impending Audi A7 Sportback, and the Porsche Panamera. It seems the time is right for humpty-backed automobiles from Deutschland. Mercedes used the ConceptFASCINATION to spearhead the ...

Lilli Bertone takes the reigns of family design house 20 hours ago on Autoblog

The design arm of Bertone, which is now known as Bertone Centro Srl, is finally and completely back in family hands. Last year the entire company, its design and production divisions, went into bankruptcy. Fiat bought the production side, while control of the design side was held jointly by the ...

CAR catches up with designer Chris Bangle - Will he resurface after March 2010? 21 hours ago on Autoblog

There's little question Chris Bangle is one of the greatest designers of his generation. His cars were rarely pretty, but their influence resonated around the automotive world like a pipe bomb in an echo chamber. Much like cutting edge graphic design is born inside art school graduate schools ...

REPORT: Chrysler to bring electric Fiat 500, hatchback concept to Detroit 21 hours ago on Autoblog

Just because Chrysler won't be holding a press conference at next month's Detroit Auto Show doesn't mean that America's third-largest automaker is coming to the party empty-handed. Far from it, in fact, assuming there's truth to the rumors that the Pentastar will be showing off both an electric ...

REPORT: Last GM big block engine rolls off the line 22 hours ago on Autoblog

The Big Block. Rat Motor. Call it what you will, we can now officially add a final epitaph to the long-running engine's gravestone: R.I.P. The final L18 big block rolled down the assembly line at General Motors' Tonawanda plant in New York last week, and that engine was signed by all the workers ...

Ford goes open source, gets students to develop phone apps for Sync 22 hours ago on Autoblog

Before we get into the nitty and/or gritty of what Ford is up to with their pending Sync app store, we should share with you a few facts FoMoCo shared with us. In 2010 fully 28 percent of the driving population will be between the ages of 16 and 31. These folks, known as Millenials (though us ...

VIDEO: New spots from Ken Block prove he's got more skills, better drugs 22 hours ago on Autoblog

The Ken Block/DC Shoes marketing machine shows no signs of slowing as we drift bass-ackwards into 2010, and to close out the year, Block and his crew have released four new videos to delight, amaze and discombobulate. Although the Gymkahana Two Director's Cut and Block vs. Pastrana: Game of ...

REPORT: Track-focused, budget-oriented Toyota FT-86 on the way 23 hours ago on Autoblog

The latest issue of EVO hasn't dropped into our laps yet, but our favorite Brit pub apparently got the scoop on another variant of the Toyota FT-86 -- one that's supposedly track tuned and considerably cheaper than the model due to arrive in 2011. Powered by the same Subaru-sourced, ...

McChip introduces Ford Focus RS with 401 horses - Are you lovin' it? 1 day ago on Autoblog

There are few things we love more than hooning around in a vigorous, purebred sports car – and that's exactly how Mcchip-dkr describes its 401-horsepower Ford Focus RS. That's the Stage 2 version delivering the "whole-blood athlete," but if you want to work your way up to those heights, ...

Mysterious Dutch billionaire behind Spyker's renewed Saab bid? 1 day ago on Autoblog

Too bad Saab couldn't get this much ink while they were fully-alive. That's right folks, another day, another story about the undead Swedish brand. Just-Auto.com is reporting that a mystery Dutch investor is behind Spyker's 11th-hour bid for Saab. As we've learned, it's best not to do any Saab ...

Tornados Touch Down: Gemballa releases another pair of tuned Porsche Cayennes 1 day ago on Autoblog

Aha – so that Enzo MIG-UI wasn't the only duotone beast that Gemballa was hiding. For an encore, try this: the Gemballa Tornado 750 GTS/4. Based on a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, the German tuner adds new headlights and a night vision system, more of that widebody-and-vents thing, with LEDs ...

VIDEO: Man wins India Supreme Court case for 'mountain goat' claims about Chevy Forester 1 day ago on Autoblog

First of all, if you weren't aware already, the first-generation Subaru Forester was later sold in India as the Chevrolet Forester (General Motors doesn't have the CUV in its lineup anymore). There weren't any real changes to the vehicle in any way, it was really just a Subaru with a Bowtie ...

Review: 2010 Subaru Outback adds size, power and refinement for a big wagon winner 1 day ago on Autoblog

Even in the face of a bleak economy and dreadful auto sales, Subaru managed to have a breakout year in 2009. Products like the Forester and the Impreza helped Subaru achieve consistent year-over-year gains while the Japanese automaker continues to post stellar quality ratings through J.D. Power ...

Even more Honda CR-Z leakage, this time with interior shots 1 day ago on Autoblog

A couple of weeks back, the world got a look at some leaked Honda CR-Z brochure images. Today is more of the same, although these images are bigger and clearly. We also get some interior shots that were absent from the first brochure leak go-round. Not a bad looking place to spend some ...

Aston Martin One-77 closes in on being fastest car in marque's history, breaks 220 mph 1 day ago on Autoblog

Move over Jaguar XJ220. At 217 mph, your top end is just too slow. Hell, move over Batmobile. Why? The Aston Martin One-77, Britain's most expensive car ever, is now nearly its fastest. If not for the pesky, eternal problem of the McLaren F1 and its 241 mph top end, the One-77 would be the ...

If Saab dies, who stands to benefit? AutoTrader thinks it's BMW and Audi 1 day ago on Autoblog

When General Motors announced it was sending Saab to that great Viking longboat in the sky, AutoTrader.com dug through its search database to see where bereft Saab customers would turn to for consolation. This will be a surprise to almost no one, but other European marques top the list of ...

Volvo recalls over 140K 2001-2005 and 2010 MY vehicles over fuel system issues 1 day ago on Autoblog

Vehicles manufactured by Volvo are the subject of two different recalls newly announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA). The recalls, both involving problems with fuel systems, cover more than 140,000 vehicles manufactured within the past decade. The first recall ...

2010 Toyota Prius and 2011 Camry pricing rises a bit 1 day ago on Autoblog

Toyota has released pricing for their extensively upgraded 2011 Sienna and although the starting prices were down a bit compared to the current models, we can't say the same for the Prius and Camry. Tacked to the bottom of the Sienna presser was a chart showing that prices will be going up for ...

Ford brags about largest residual value increase in industry - $1,300+ year-over-year 1 day ago on Autoblog

Residual values tell you a lot about a vehicle. If a car or truck has good quality and has plenty of customer demand it will have high residuals. If it's a lemon on wheels, clogging the rental lots, it will carry poor residuals. Detroit automakers have fared poorly in residual values for quite ...

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Autoblog Podcast #158: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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