Yearly Archives: 2011
2012 Hyundai Veloster: Hyundai Releases Another Teaser…Third Door Revealed
Hyundai has released another teaser photo of the 2012 Veloster, which will be officially unveiled at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show this month. This latest teaser photo shows off a passenger side rear door and a hatch that features split rear glass. The 2012 Veloster is expected to be powered by a 1.6L engine that will be mated to...
Volvo XC30 Reportedly in the Works and Due in 2013
In an effort to increase its sales in Europe, Volvo is fast at work on a new smaller crossover dubbed the XC30. The XC30 will be smaller than the XC60 and will compete primarily with the BMW X1, upcoming Audi Q3 and a new small crossover from Mercedes that is being referred to as the GLC. The XC30 will...
2011 Sonata Hybrid Gets 60 MPG and Travels 2300 Miles on Two Tanks
Wayne Gerdes, the professional driver who invented the term hypermiling, recently got behind the wheel of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and drove it across the country on two tanks of gas. To complete the hypermilling challenge, Gerdes drove the Sonata Hybrid from San Diego, CA all the way to the other side of the country to Jekyll Island, Georgia...
2012 Chevy Camaro to Get New LFX V6 With Around 330-HP
GM has some changes in store for the 2012 Camaro. Camaro5 is reporting that the 2012 Camaro is going to get a new 3.6L V6 that is being labeled as the "LFX." The 3.6L LFX engine is the same size as the current 3.6L V6, but in order to put out as much power as it can, it features Spark-Ignition...
Ford Teases Focus EV Before CES Unveiling
It's been a year since Ford announced that the Focus would be getting an all-electric version and now Ford has released a teaser photo of the Focus EV. The Focus EV will be officially unveiled at the 2011 International CES in Las Vegas this Friday. Ford hasn't released the official specs, but it's expected to be able to travel up...
GM Discontinues the Cadillac SRX Turbo
It had been rumored that GM was going to kill off the turbo version of the Cadillac SRX crossover and today it was officially confirmed. According to Cadillac spokesperson Robyn Henderson, the SRX turbo has been discontinued due to slow sales since over 90 percent of SRX sales have been the 3.0L model. The press also criticized the 300-hp...
VIDEO: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Caught in Abu Dhabi
BMW has confirmed that the Vision EfficientDynamics will go into production in 2013, but it looks like a recent photo shoot in Abu Dhabi is giving us our first glimpse at the production version... or at least a prototype that is closer to the production version. The prototype seen here is slightly different than the camouflaged prototype that BMW showed...
