Automotive News is reporting that Fiat / Chrysler is looking to introduce natural gas powered vehicles in upcoming Fiat and Chrysler models. As the world’s biggest producer of natural gas, the United States market might well make for the perfect place to expand their natural gas vehicle options. Fiat has the European market cornered for [...]

The 2011 Fiat 500 is coming to America and it’s landing with a base model (Fiat 500 Pop) price of $15,500. The mid-range model, the 500 Sport is coming in at $17,500 and the high-end fancy pants Fiat 500 Lounge is going for $19,500 without any options. Oh la la! Wait, that’s French. Anyway, the [...]

Following on the heals of winning the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization’s Good Design Award for the third year in a row, the Honda CR-Z just won the 2010 Japan Car of the Year Award. This prestigious award has been given to the top cars in Japan for the past 31 years. The Japan Car [...]

When you spend most of your time focused on the innovations happening in the hybrid and electric car market, it can sometimes get easy to forget about the innovations in just straight-up, good old fuel efficiency. Well Audi just reminded us with the new release of two new TDI models that bring some pretty sweet [...]

UK vehicular history was made last July. For the first time ever the number of diesel vehicles sold outpaced the number of gas powered vehicles sold. Diesel vehicle sales rose to become 50.6% of automobiles sold in the UK in July while gas powered vehicles plummeted by 13.2%. The diesel engine has made amazing strides [...]

Fiat says the two-cylinder TwinAir might be on its way to North America. This cartoon-y little car will not only get 57.4 MPG, it will also have super low carbon emissions – 92 g/km of CO2. How does that compare to the hybrid leading Prius? 50 MPG and 89 g/km of CO2. It features a [...]

Between environmental concerns, economic instability and an association of oil with foreign adversarial interests, fuel efficiency has become increasingly more important to the American car buyer. This is reflected in the recently released findings of a gas mileage poll from the Consumer Federation of America. The poll found that a majority of American citizens support [...]

Oh Ford. How can you possibly build a light-duty truck that gets worse gas mileage than the Hummer H2? Well, that’s precisely the case for the 2010 Ford F-250 Lariat which was recently credited by Consumer Reports for getting the worst mileage of all 2010 vehicles with a shocking 10 mpg in real world tests. [...]

If you’ve been reading about the new ultra-low-cost vehicle in India, the Tata Nano, and getting ready to buy one when it comes to the US, you might be a little disappointed to find it will cost slightly more than a bag peanuts and Coffee Crisp. When the Tata Nano received it’s official North American [...]

If GM has its way, America’s infatuation with the pickup truck won’t necessarily have to come with nearly as much eco-guilt. GM is currently investing big, in ways to significantly improve fuel efficiency on their newer lines of trucks. The focus of the investment, which is expected to be in the hundreds of millions of [...]