HUMMER’s a flashpoint for controversy. It’s a brand so reviled by tree huggers, its dealerships have been firebombed. Of course, that’s a badge of honor to its die-hard fans, who’ll gladly give up their HUMMERs-and you can pry them from their cold, dead hands. The partisanship blurs the big issue with the small HUMMERs. […]
Lexus has released details for its all-new 2011 Lexus CT 200h compact hybrid, which is set to star next week at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Serving as a new entry point to the Lexus brand the CT 200h will enter production towards the end of the year for worldwide sale, which presumably means […]
Traffic congestion isn’t just annoying, it’s wasteful. Every year, American drivers fritter away nearly a week of their lives and 26 gallons of gas while stuck on crowded roads. All told, that’s enough fuel to fill 58 supertankers. Thankfully, IBM’s industrious team of scientists are working on a system that will soon provide highly […]
With auto repair chains ever expanding and dealership service becoming more consistent and predictable, you might think that repair costs are becoming much more standardized than they used to be for car repairs done at independent shops, with very little variation, once you average a few shops, across town or from city to city. […]
When the auto market fell apart last year, the era of cheap car leases came to an abrupt end. And only recently have manufacturers tiptoed cautiously back into offering lease payments for some models, rather than selling them outright. The latest maker to join the lease parade is Tesla Motors, which is now offering […]
UPDATE: GM has just confirmed the sale to Tengzhong will not take place and that it will begin wind-down operations for the HUMMER brand. More to come — the entire release follows at the end of this post. UPDATE 2: The Wall Street Journal says that General Motors is evaluating two late offers for […]
HUMMER’s a flashpoint for controversy. It’s a brand so reviled by tree huggers, its dealerships have been firebombed. Of course, that’s a badge of honor to its die-hard fans, who’ll gladly give up their HUMMERs-and you can pry them from their cold, dead hands. The partisanship blurs the big issue with the small HUMMERs. […]
Honda is set to unveil a radically styled electric three-wheeler concept at next week’s 2010 Geneva Motor Show, which the automaker has revealed the first details on today. The new concept is called the Honda 3R-C and it envisages the automaker’s vision for a minimalistic urban commuter. Designed to carry just one occupant, the […]
We get punchy around High Gear Media occasionally, and sometimes we BS back and forth about topics less salubrious than, say, fuel efficiency and lowering our oil dependency. Which is how the following question came up: If the urea runs low in my new clean-diesel car, can I just pee in the tank to […]
2010 may be the lunar Year of the Tiger, but if things continue as they have, it could be remembered as the Year of the Recall for many Asian automakers. Not only are Japan’s Toyota and Honda up to their eyeballs in fixes, but now Korean automaker Hyundai has announced that it’s issuing a […]
