Well how ’bout it? Long time activist and longer time Canadian crooner Neil Young has some advice for our friends in Detroit. But is it any good? At first he seems to follow the John Delorean/TTAC/Brock Yates theory that the problem with Detroit is the insular, glass tower culture. Though unlike Yates, the Godfather of [...]
Thar she blows! Kidding. But she does have a hump (just not like a snow hill). Look right on top of the hood. That M3-style power bulge is (presumably) there to house all the extra hybrid components. According to BMWblog the X6 ActiveHybrid will not feature cylinder deactivation. Why’s that? Because BMW engineers feel they [...]
If you think you want to be one of the lucky 500 Californians to slide behind the wheel of the all-electric MINI E, get ready to bust open that piggy bank. The company has just announced lease details, including the per month price tag of $850 for 12 months. While dropping a cool $10k on [...]
Remember the Eco Elise? It’s been awhile since we’ve said anything about the hemp and wool green machine. For those of you who are new Fiends, Lotus created the car using as many light-weight natural materials as possible. The green build results in a car that weighs a full 70 lbs less than the Lotus [...]
Now there are three words we never thought we’d wrap into one title — BMW, green and supercar — but according to reports, the Bavarian company is putting its nose to the grindstone to crank out an R8 competitor. Expected to be a mid-engined, lightweight heathen, the car may snatch more than a few design [...]
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Opinions regarding the value of hybrid-drivetrain vehicles tend to vary here at Autofiends. My esteemed colleague Loverman has defended them by stating “I’d rather have a planet than drive,” while I tend to go out of my way to slow way down in front of every Prius I can find on the highway before dropping [...]
It’s true. It looks like the Spirit of Ecstasy will be sitting atop an all electric Rolla sometime soon. According to CAR Magazine Online, Rolls-Royce CEO Tom Purves has his eye on a green ultra-lux machine for customers that only need to make quick jaunts into town to stock up on Grey Poupon. After driving [...]
Why yes, it’s a V8. And it has around 300 horsepower, and yes, it’s about as far as you can get from a Prius without super swampers and a lift-kit, but this particular Mustang has some serious green cred. It’s powered by liquid petroleum gas (LPG), and though the stuff is derived from petroleum products [...]
We finally joined up with Audi’s cross country schlep trek Sunday night, and after a quick sleep, a quicker breakfast and a driver briefing Monday morning, we were able to slide behind the wheel of the robust Q7 3.0 TDI. No need to tell you we’re not the biggest fans of lane-mongering yard-rat haulers, but facts have [...]
While German Porsche nuts Ruf had originally planned to work an all-electric powertrain into the Cayman, the company has opted for the bigger-bodied 997 911. With plenty of room for the extra 1,200 lbs of batteries and the capacity to sufficiently cool them, the 911 serves as a better donor than the svelte Cayman. Even [...]
