Filed under: Aftermarket , Performance , Hatchback , Ferrari There are drawbacks to every kind of alternative to burning fossil fuels in our cars. Electric cars don’t have enough range.Hybrids are burdened with what essentially boils down to two parallel powertrains. Hydrogen is limited to where it is available.
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Report: Ferrari FF converted to run on bio-ethanol packs 875 hp
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Spy Photos , Sedan , Cadillac , GM We’re just a week away from the official reveal of the 2013 Cadillac ATS , but the Caddy crew is continuing to work through the winter to hone its 3 Series fighter. These latest shots of the ATS show a production-spec fascia (albeit obscured by camo), along with road-ready headlamps, tail lamps and a pair of vertical LED fog lamps set low in the front bumper. You can also catch a glimpse of the inset dual exhausts, which we’re assuming will be available on both the V6 and four-pot variants.
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Spy Shots: 2013 Cadillac ATS takes one more camo’d run
Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Lexus , First Drives , Luxury Lexus’ Best Compromise Yet Ever since the Prius unexpectedly became the Xerox of hybrids and a greenie icon, Toyota has been trying to figure out how to apply the technology to its other models. Its results have been decidedly mixed, nowhere more so than with its luxury lineup. But with the 2013 Lexus GS 450h, Toyota thinks it has finally figured out what a hybrid luxury car should be.
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First Drive: 2013 Lexus GS 450h [w/video]
Filed under: Crossover , Ford , New Car Reviews EcoBoost Finds Right Mix Of Power, Efficiency The sport utility vehicle became an endangered species not long after fuel prices began to skyrocket. But while vehicle buyers changed their shopping habits, they didn’t actually stray that far from the SUV formula. Many of today’s hottest-selling vehicles are crossovers; essentially the same tall wagons as the SUV, but with a lighter unibody chassis.
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Review: 2012 Ford Edge Limited EcoBoost
Google has won the patent for Transitioning a Mixed-mode Vehicle to Autonomous Mode. Roughly translated into plain English, this is a method to switch a car from human-controlled mode to a self-controlled mode (autonomous).
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Google wins driverless car patent
Filed under: Aftermarket , Infotainment Pioneer is set to introduce a new functionality to a few of its stereos – including the much-hyped AppRadio – that mixes the songs on your iPhone, iPod or USB drive on the fly. By measuring beats per minute and other data, MIXTRAX can supposedly beat-match and add effects and transitions into songs to create a seamless mix, all while animating the cover art to match the tempo. If you want to leave the mixing to yourself, Pioneer plans to offer a PC version of the mixing software that lets you save mixes to a USB drive or SD card, along with an iPhone app that lets you interact with the software and port your club masterpieces directly into your AppRadio. MIXTRAX will be available this January on the aforementioned AppRadio and DEH-P7400HD, DEH-P8400BH and AVH-P8400BH AV receivers
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Pioneer MIXTRAX embeds mediocre DJ in your car stereo [w/video]