GM shares close at $12.85; up 12 percent
General Motors Corp. shares rallied for a third consecutive session Thursday, closing up 12 percent at $12.85.

Firm to debut water vehicles
After $100 million, one million man-hours and 10 years of development, Gibbs Technologies is preparing to debut its line of James Bond-esque amphibious vehicles with the opening of its North American

Chrysler may alter Sebring, Avenger
Chrysler LLC may eliminate the highest trim levels of its Dodge Avenger and Chrysler Sebring sedans while adding more luxury amenities to the mid-level models of those vehicles.

Science panel says $200B needed for hydrogen vehicles
According to the National Academies of Science, that figure includes about $55 billion in government funding through 2023, with most of the rest coming from the auto and energy industries.

BMW M3 vs. BMW 335i

The car show in Seattle that was green and cool, too
Folks looking for answers to the question “how does one stay green and have fun with their car” found several answers at the 16th annual Greenwood district car show in Seattle, Washington

Audi RS5: Will it look like this?

In (very little) pictures: Chevy Cruze, Cadillac CTS wagon, Buick Invicta and Cadillac SRX

The Detroit Festival of Speed and Style to auction commemorative Chevy engine
DETROIT — The General Motors Corp. is releasing an engine to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Chevrolet big block that put the growl in Motor City muscle cars.

$27 Million Jaguar XJ13 Le Mans Race Car to Run at Bradford Classic

Jaguar Tops J D Power CSI Study For Second Year In a Row

The First Crash of a Maserati GranTurismo (pics)

11-Year Old Kentucky Kid Lays Down Hot Wheels Justice On Speeders [Novelties]
Landon Wilburn has a grudge. Staked out by the side of the road, armed with nothing but a Hot Wheels-brand radar gun and a siren-equipped flashlight, he’s tackling his Louisville, Kentucky neighborhoo

Believe It Or Not, There’s A Throttle Body In These Pictures [Found On EBay]
We thought the Ford Flathead water pump on eBay was pretty blatant in its attempt to use sexy ladies to draw our eyes to unsexy car parts, but this is ridiculous. If you believe it, there’s a polished

“Espionage” Makes It Sound So…Important
In 2007, alleging industrial espionage, French automobile manufacturer Renault, filed a lawsuit against the European Publication, Auto Plus. The lawsuit was apparently a response to an article publis

Commenter Of The Day: Zach Braff Feels More Than You Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
Though we’re still big fans of the first 4.6 seasons and selected episodes from the remaining seasons of Scrubs, there’s something about that Zach Braff fellow that rubs us the wrong way. Maybe it’s t

Question of the Day: What Makes A Car ‘Green’?

Automakers, journalists, enthusiasts, and consumers often have differing views on what exactly makes a car fit into the “Green” descriptor. We offer up a wide swath of alternative fuel, lightweig

2010 Chevy Cruze To Get 45 MPG, Fight Prius With One Powertrain [2011 Chevy Cruze]
The 2011 Chevy Cruze, GM’s additional vehicle which will some day, we’re sure, replace the Cobalt, will be able to achieve 45 MPG from it’s 1.4-liter turbocharged engine, at least according to a small

African car photo journal

Fear on the American Interstate; or The Autobahn is my Homeland
or The Autobahn, The Interstate, and the 6 Foot 7 Inch Policeman, or Why the Autobahn is safer than the US Interstate, or The National Speed Limit is a Tool for Nazi Thugs I was going to start my 5 pa

Trailer Park Special R/C Buick Finds A Way To Leave Puddle Of Electrons [Model Cars]
Some of you with very long memories might recall having seen my Hayward-style Impala model last year. That was a fun project, but TexanIdiot has taken the whole weathered-model concept a big step furt

Electric Peugeots Trying To Edge Out London Taxis [British International Motor Show]
At the upcoming British International Motor Show, an electric competitor to the familiar old London Cab will be launched. Based on the Peugeot MPV, the Allied Vehicles E7 is designed for cabbies consi

McLaren SLR Disintegrates In Deadly Qatar Accident [Accidents]
Details are sketchy, but sometime during the morning of July 15th, a 22-year-old male in a Mercedes McLaren SLR lost control of the vehicle and died in the resulting catastrophic crash. The massive de

Making Good On Their Promise, Hyundai Releases 2009 Genesis
Initially introduced to the mass public back in February in the form of two commercials that actually managed to be snarkier then those of their luxury brand competitors, the Hyundai Genesis was toute

NextAutos Daily News Roundup

New spy shots have cropped up of the hybrid-powered car that Honda will eventually pit against Toyota’s Prius. The car also happens to look, uh, just a little like its mortal enemy.
+ Autoblog: Spy

Proof That No Car Is Immortal, The Eyesore Pimpin CRX Heads To The Crusher [Down On The Junkyard]
Just finishing a single 24 Hours of LeMons race can mean a one-way trip to The Crusher after the race is over, as was the case with the Team Come From Behind Probe. After all, a couple days of metal-c

You Don’t Want To Know The Fuel Surcharge For Plutonium [Ad Watch]
What It’s Selling: DHL Delivery Where It’s At: Nowhere yet, fiction What This Ad Literally Says: “When your client wants the job done yesterday.” What This Ad Intends To Say: If you’re a fancy busi

GM dealers buy $1 million in GM stock

Cadillac CTS coupe and wagon to be produced in Lansing

Spy Shots: Mercedes SLR McLaren Speedster hits the Nurburgring

Every Mercedes Will Offer Turbocharged Engine By 2010
File this under “I could see this coming”. And probably not just me, but anyone who was car-sentient from the mid 70s through the mid-80s.
This is was car companies did last time the fuel

Have faith: GM dealers buy $1 million in GM stock

NICE Ze-O: Production Electric Car For $28,000, Ugly For Free [Alternative Energy]
The NICE Ze-O is yet another all-electric vehicle set to be unveiled at this month’s British International Motor Show. The only difference here is the Chinese-built bucket of ugly will be leapfrogging

Only in Dubai: Bugatti Veyron in matte-black

GM shares recoup some losses
WASHINGTON — General Motors Corp. stock jumped again in early trading today as the company announced it would report second quarter global sales next week.

Carbon Neutral Flying Car to Make Unlikely Voyage

Rarely does a day pass that we don’t catch wind of some new “green” vehicle, in concept or production form that has a goal of reducing the environmental impact of transportation. News about the

2008 Dodge Charger SRT8, Part Three [Jalopnik Reviews]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.Why you should buy the 2008 Dodge Charger SRT8: You never got enough oversteer from your big wheel as a kid. Your father taught you b

Frown Face: Fuel Cells Still 15 Years Away At Best, Reports Study

GM’s Lansing plant to produce Cadillac CTS coupe and wagon

New Corvette Spied on Set of Transformers 2
Whoa! talk about a bad-ass looking car. This was spotted on the set of the new Transformers movie at Edwards Air Force Base.
If you click on the image above, you can see there are more than one of tho

Racers, Start Your Bribing: Murilee And Loverman To Judge At LeMons South! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
When the lines between journalist, racer, and race official get so hopelessly blurred that objectivity takes a worse beating than a Porsche 944 connecting rod punching a hole in the block at 8,000 RPM

Lansing Paper Reports Local GM Plant To Assemble CTS Coupe, Wagon [Industry News]
The Lansing State Journal claims that the recently green-lighted Cadillac CTS Coupe and CTS wagon will be built at the Lansing Grand River plant, the facility that currently produces Caddy’s CTS, STS

Dr. Evil Gets His Hands on a Honda Insight

Bailout? Fannie Mae, yes; Big Three, no
Washington is rushing to rescue two embattled mortgage giants — proclaiming them too big to fail — but Michigan’s threatened automakers and autoworkers should not expect similar treatment.

Matte Black Bugatti Veyron Soaks Up The Dubai Sun [Novelties]
Logically, a matte black car in the middle of a sweltering desert climate makes no sense. Why, then, has someone gone and painted their Bugatti Veyron in this sun-absorbing hue? If they wanted somethi

Drive Like the Rich and Famous
Ferrari F430 Spider - A Great Rental
If you are like most car enthusiasts, your true dream car falls into one of two types: muscle cars or high-end exotic cars. Since the dawn of the auto industry, me

This Just In: Not All HUMMER Owners Gas-Guzzling Jerks
Following the annual GM shareholder’s meeting recently, rumors are circulating that GM may be putting HUMMER, it’s off-roading line of vehicles, on the chopping block. Apparently the CEO o

300 Old Cars Down On The Alameda Street [Down On The Street]
We’re now 14 months into the Down On The Street series, and the total of interesting old vehicles found parked on the streets of Alameda, California, reached the three hundred mark yesterday. Newcom

Video: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Speedster hits the Nurburgring

2008 Toyota RAV4 SR180 On Sale UK