Tag: Auto

Volkswagen product specialist Danielle Gumro talks with automotive journalists and VW enthusiasts at the New York International Auto Show about what they think of the car's new iconic shape and high-performance features.
Danielle also asks people to share their Beetle stories.

In Search of the People's Pony CarJoin Motor Trend as we take four V-6 powered, automatic equipped coupes - the 2011 Ford Mustang, Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Dodge Challenger and Chevrolet Camaro - out in order to determine the People's Pony Car.

(Reuters) - Electric cars are riding high, as incentives and new models make them a realistic option, but the fresh attention may highlight flaws compared with gasoline and alternatives such as biofuels.

The attention rankles with some in the biofuel industry, whose own hype was abruptly halted by a glut of production in 2007, subsequent bankruptcies and a fall from grace after a link was drawn -- which they dispute -- between biofuels and spiraling food prices and rising hunger.

GENEVA--While automakers unveiled hybrids and electric cars at the 2010 Geneva auto show, a dangerous-looking green wedge bearing a bull logo garnered a constant ring of photographers. Hybrid automakers should take note that a hot piece of hardware like the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera still excites passion and design, accordingly.

Lamborghini makes a green play with the Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera, citing a 20.5 percent reduction in CO2 emissions over the previous model.

Auto Repair Advice: Learn To Speak "Auto Tech" will show you how to speak to your automotive technician so he will understand exactly what is wrong with your car.

(NAPSI)-You may be better able to stay on the road to safety and savings the next time you need to have your car repaired if you select a quality facility and learn to speak a little "auto tech."

What to do if you're in an auto accident...that's the one thing you don't learn in drivers education classes. Contact the police and your insurance company, but read these helpful tips to find out what to do and more important...what not to do when you have a car accident.


(ARA) - As winter approaches, snow, ice storms and fewer daylight hours mean more drivers are at the risk of being involved in a motor vehicle accident. Would you know what to do if you were driving and hit another vehicle, a pedestrian or a biker?