Video: Hyundai launches Save the Asterisks campaign for 40-mpg Elantra

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Hyundai has noticed an alarming trend: the needless wasting of perfectly good asterisks on window stickers all over the country. The Korean automaker notes that some competitors create a special trim level for certain models that’s designed specifically to score a great fuel mileage rating from the EPA, while the other volume trim levels return [...]

Mazda celebrates turning 90, looks back at logos

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Mazda turns 90 years old this year, and during the Japanese automaker’s near-century of building cars, it has stayed true to the Zoom-Zoom ethos that defined it. One thing that has changed over the years, however, is its logo. In 1936, Mazda entered the world of automobile manufacturing and hit the ground running with not [...]

Audi bringing plug-in hybrid in 2014

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

By the year 2020, Audi hopes to be the “leading premium seller of electric vehicles,” Franciscus van Meel, the automaker’s manager for electric mobility, told AutoWeek during a recent technical workshop at the company’s headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany. In addition to launching a number of hybrid vehicles (including the A8 and Q5) over the next few years, Audi plans [...]