BMW AG will sell hydrogen-fueled, internal-combustion (IC) engine versions of its new 7-Series to European consumers as soon as the '08 model year. The company is working with the European Commission and individual European governments to develop...
Our much ballyhooed, super-lux Volkswagen Phaeton awaits at Dresden's small airport. There is no traditional folded map, only satellite navigation. Time is short. The dashboard-mounted key is turned. Nothing. Only after looking at the rev counter...
CHELSEA, MI The storied Hemi engine's back from Chrysler Corp.'s past, but this time it's thanks to a little help from its friends. Chrysler's merger friends, that is, at DaimlerChrysler AG's Mercedes-Benz unit. The claim to fame for the all-new ...
DETROIT Ward's editors always hate to part with our 10 Best Engines long-term test vehicles, because that means we're parting with one of the year's 10 Best Engines. Audi AG's 2001 A4 Avant and its sparkling 1.8L turbocharged DOHC I-4 will be...
Reeves Callaway knows something about high horsepower. In the 1980s, a derivative of his celebrated C4 Twin Turbo Corvette was known as the SledgeHammer, and it recorded a speed of 254 mph (406 km/h) on an Ohio test track, with 880 hp. At the New...
Either Porsche drivers are getting lazy or automatic transmissions have achieved parity with manual transmissions in the eyes of persnickety performance-car drivers. Porsche Cars North America says the installation rate of its Tiptronic S 5-speed...
DEARBORN, MI Mercury's starting its resurgence on the right note a husky tone emanating from '03 Marauder's 3.5-in. (8.89-cm) stainless steel Megs tips. Sung with authority, it retains a hint of the rebelliousness that courses albeit faintly...
Best laid plans are sometimes revised It's tough when you're launching new product, whether it's in Michigan or Mississippi. In Lansing, MI, General Motors Corp. was tooling up its Craft Centre for production of the Chevrolet SSR pickup later this...
Americans are not willing to sacrifice performance and features for better fuel economy according to a survey of Internet car shoppers by the online car buying service, Autobytel, Inc. Ninety percent of the customers surveyed indicated a...
General Motors Corp. is entering the growing sport of front-wheel-drive drag racing to help it capture a youth enthusiast market enthralled with foreign compacts. We're not even on the youth market's radar screen, admits Josh Peterson, GM manager...