Volkswagen Unveils ?Think Blue? Eco Campaign in Order to Think Green

Volkswagen is going green with the color blue with its new Think Blue environmental-consciousness initiative, which plays off the brand?s successful ?Think Small? Beetle ads from the 1960s and is intended to educate the masses about eco-friendly practices that can be applied in daily life. VW itself is getting in on the blue thinking: The [...]

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Review: 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

No one out-zombies Mitsubishi. Quite a few manufacturers have had brushes with death, only to bounce back strongly with competitive new cars. For Mitsubishi there?s been no bounce. Yet they?re still alive. Assuming Mitsubishi?s people aren?t actually brain dead, they must be in crisis mode. And cash must be short. So if they employ their [...]

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Mini Commissions the One-Off ?Red Mudder? To Raise Money for AIDS Charity

While it might look like Canada?s latest national rally car, the Mini Cooper S ?Red Mudder? is actually a factory-commissioned one-off. The minuscule dirt plugger was presented at this week’s Life Ball event, an annual fundraiser for AIDS-fighting projects. This is the 11th time Mini has prepared a special vehicle for the event; past Life [...]

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Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 90: 2011 Lotus Evora S

On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car?s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Only a few of you who commented figured out that this week?s sound came from the Lotus Evora S, although most of you correctly identified that the sound was from a six-cylinder engine. Like that [...]

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Future Vision: Mercedes-Benz Aria Concept 'Swan Wing'

Created by student Slavche Tanevski as part of his bachelor thesis at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, the striking Mercedes-Benz Aria Concept "Swan Wing" is a highly detailed study that depicts what an electric-powered Mercedes-Benz vehicle might look like, circa 2030.

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Tesla Roadster 2.5 snags official 119 MPGe rating

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Tesla Roadster 2.5 fuel economy label

Within hours of posting on the Tesla Roadster's official EPA rating and emphatically pointing out that no production vehicle beat the Roadster's EPA-assigned 111 MPGe rating, along came an automobile that knocked the Roadster from its number one spot. It was bound to happen, right?

So, what's this mystery vehicle that smokes the original Roadster's 111 MPGe rating? It's none other than the Roadster 2.5. The Roadster 2.5's government-certified window sticker shows 112 MPGe on the highway and 124 MPGe in the city, for a combined rating of 119 MPGe. That last number bests the original Roadster's rating by eight mpge. However, all of the other stats (i.e. annual fuel costs, approximate range and kW-hrs per 100 miles) remain unchanged.

Now, Tesla has secured the top two spots in the lofty MPGe club. So, when will a vehicle rise up to the challenge and knock the Roadsters from their perch?

[Source: Consumer Reports]

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Name That Shifter, No. 25: 1993 Mazda MX-6

On Monday we presented this week?s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. The presence of a ’90′s-era Mazda shift knob and leather seats helped many of you recognize the car as a Mazda MX-6. The first commenter to correctly identify the car was repeat [...]

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Nissan LEAF NISMO RC EV takes to the track

A new video of the Nissan Nismo RC shows the electric-powered GT car at speed and outlines the direction the automaker intends to pursue in making emissions-free "green racing" a far more familiar part of the world motorsport scene.  Although no specific plans have yet been revealed, Manaki Iwamoto of the automaker's International Motorsports Planning Department confirms that this slick mid-engine/rear-drive EV racer that uses all of the standard powertrain elements from the production Nissan LEAF will be circuit bound in the not-too-distant future -- either in a single series spec format or against other similar battery-powered challengers.

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