This week at the British Motor Show, Arash Farboud unveiled a mockup of his company’s future supercar, the AF10. Farboud says he’ll have a running prototype of the £170,000 exotic early next year. The shape you see here, however, has already been wind tunnel tested, so what you see is likely very close to the […]

Toyota Motor Co., a pioneer in the development of popular gas-electric hybrid vehicles, is considering a U.S. investment in cars that run on ethanol and other alternative fuels, the automaker’s North American president said on Tuesday.
Jim Press’ disclosure introduces new competitive pressure on Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Daimler/Chrysler’s North American Chrysler unit, […]

Today at the British International Motor Show, Jaguar unveiled three new models including the top-of-the-range XK sports car – the all-aluminium XKR. This uprated 420bhp V8 supercharged sports car shared its debut with a new XJ Long Wheelbase Diesel and another flagship model, the XJR Portfolio.
The new XKR captures the essence of what makes a […]

German premium carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) intends to start selling diesel-powered cars in the United States within two years, using a urea-based additive to meet emissions standards, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.
“Urea will take another two years but then diesel is really clean and can be sold in all 50 states,” the paper quoted […]

F1 is unlikely to follow Audi’s Le Mans lead by branching into diesel technology. That is the claim of Rob White, who is Renault’s F1 engine chief.
Audi, which won the legendary 24-hour race this year with its innovative R10 sportscar, claims that Diesel technology leads to better efficiency and lower fuel consumption with similar power […]

Lawrence police officers are using a new scanning device that can quickly identify stolen cars. The system has helped the department recover 21 stolen cars in seven weeks. It uses two cameras attached to a squad car that scans license plates and compares them in less than a second to a nationwide FBI database of […]

Today ROUSH Performance released a new pickup that’s inspired by the company’s participation in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the 500RC. It packs a supercharged (or ROUSHcharged) version of Ford’s 5.4-liter V8 producing 445 horsepower and 500 ft-lbs. of torque. That’s a pretty big bump over the stock motor’s 300 horsepower and 365 ft-lbs. of […]

DaimlerChrysler is reportedly preparing a hybrid version of its S-Class luxury sedan for sale in 2008. Likely spurred on by Lexus introducing the LS600h L at the 2006 New York auto show, Mercedes plans to offer a slightly different set up than its Japanese competitor. Whereas the LS600h L is a full hybrid pairing a […]

Michael Schumacher believes he can still make a race of it and catch F1 champion Fernando Alonso. Schumacher won the French Grand Prix for a record eighth time Sunday in a boost for resurgent Ferrari, finishing 10 seconds ahead of the world champion Alonso.
Felipe Massa, Schumacher’s Ferrari teammate, was third.
The victory helps Schumacher close the […]

Indonesian auto companies are hoping the country’s first international motor show this month will help the ailing sector swing back into the fast lane after months of falling sales.
Top global auto makers such as Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. plan to unveil new models during the 10-day event that begins on […]