Earlier this year, Lamborghini said that it will invest a total of 35 million euros ($49 million USD) over the next 5 years to cut CO2 emissions of its lineup by 35 percent by the year 2015. To do this, Lamborghini said that it will continue engineering efforts to decrease vehicle mass, improve combustion,... 

Japanese tuner Exclusive Zeus has done a job on the Honda Insight, so that now you can be green and still be a badass. Part of the company’s GLMRS Line, the kit consists of front and rear spoilers, grille, and side skirts fabricated in aluminum – but you’ll have to take care of the wheels... 

Anyone who’s picked up a Lotus Elise or Exige before the kids from Hethel began offering a factory supercharged engine, help is at hand. Drivers of normally aspirated Lotuses can now get a factory style blower kit from Lotus Cars USA. The system is completely emissions certified, warrantied and... 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has processed 80,500 transactions so far, and the early winner of Cash For Clunkers appears to be the Ford Focus. The Detroit News is reporting that the Focus is the number one vehicle purchased under the government program, showing us why Ford’s... 

Chevrolet Orlando Concept Next to Get Volt Powertrain?: GM bosses say the Chevrolet Orlando concept will come to market in 2011. But will it also be the next vehicle to get GM’s gas-electric Voltic powertrain? General Motors With GM having spent a reported $1 billion bringing the Chevrolet Volt... 

FoMoCo’s chief financial officer Lewis Booth said today that the Dearborn automaker plans to refresh 70 to 90 percent of its vehicle lineups by volume in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa by 2012. Giving an analogy of doughnuts, Booth said that Ford is “going to have fresh products.” “I... 

In the ongoing battle between hybrids and diesels for “payback time” supremacy, the latest round goes to the oil burning posse. That’s the report from Edmunds, which did a recent numbers crunch comparing the two fuel-saving drivetrains and found the scales have tipped in favor of diesel... 

Over the weekend we say Nissan’s new electric-car called the Nissan LEAF EV. The car will hit North American markets in late 2010. It will be mass marketed worldwide by 2012. We now have a video showing us the new Nissan LEAF in action. Refresher: Power comes from a 107-hp electric-motor that runs... 

BMW has released more official pictures of two special edition Minis. The Mini 50 Camden and Mini 50 Mayfair are being launched to commemorate Mini’s 50th anniversary, which it will celebrate on 26 August. The two new models will be seen at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September and the show will also... 

You know what the biggest problem with Porsche’s 997 Turbo is? Too slow. They’re like German desert tortoises. Just kinda clumsy and always in the way. 480 horsepower and 457 lb-ft of torque rotating all four wheels might sound fast on paper, but it just isn’t. Understanding this,... 

The world’s most successful open-top sports car with more than 860,000 sales spread over three generation models, the MX-5, also known in other markets as the Miata or simply Roadster, is celebrating its 20th birthday this year and to commemorate the event, Mazda has introduced a special edition... 

Remember the rumor that Roger Penske is looking to bring Renault back to America via his recently-procured network of Saturn dealerships? Consider it a rumor no more, as the deed has been confirmed by none other than Renault’s chief operating officer Patrick Pelata, who said in a recent interview: “He...