http://www.automobilesnews.com Sun, 04 May 2008 00:54:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As regular listeners to the podcast know, Project MR-S met its untimely demise when a truck driver clipped the rear end of our 2ZZ-powered daily-driver, spinning it into the center divider with my fiancée behind the wheel. Fortunately, Melissa made it out okay. Unfortunately, said truck driver sped off and ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/05/03/project-track-slut-part-one-pick-a-weapon-on-the-cheap/ Slightly more than 90,000 Toyota Highlanders are being recalled for a seatbelt problem in the third row. The recalled crossovers are all 2008 models built between May of 2007 and March of this year. The stock belts could prevent secure mounting of a rear-facing child seat in the third row, ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/05/03/toyota-halts-2008-highlander-sales-as-part-of-recall/ Keating has finally taken the wraps off its duo of bespoke supercars and has already set it sights on the Bugatti Veyron for top speed supremacy. Both models share the same architecture, and are swathed in either fiberglass or carbon fiber body panels. Weight comes in at just over 2,600 ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/04/23/keating-skr-supercar-launches-in-britain/ Push comes to shove, the Cadillac CTS is one of the sharpest-looking sports sedans on the market. But that doesn't mean that room for improvement is missing... subjective though that may be. D3 Cadillac definitely sees it that way, and to that end has come out with a full aero ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/04/23/skirts-spoilers-sharp-gets-sharper-with-d3-cadillac-cts/ The word came down yesterday from Auto Motor und Sport that the Volkswagen TDI hybrid Golf concept that debuted in Geneva wouldn't make the transition to production. According to the print edition of the German rag (translation courtesy of TTAC), the "forward-looking diesel-hybrid is already a thing of the past." ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/04/23/vw-diesel-hybrid-is-doa/ If you had your heart set on dropping big-time coin to own the first next-gen Cadillac CTS-V, you're already too late. CTS-V numero uno was auctioned off Thursday at a charity benefiting prostate cancer, and amazingly the 550 hp monogrammed sledgehammer was actually a bit of a bargain. Cigar entrepreneur ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/04/19/first-cadillac-cts-v-auctioned-off-for-charity/ When Auto China (a.k.a. the Beijing Motor Show) opens next week, BYD will pull the wraps off its e6, an EV crossover/MPV with a front end similar in appearance to the JDM Honda Odyssey. Unlike Honda's people-mover, the e6 runs exclusively on batteries. Its operating range is stated as being ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/04/17/beijing-08-preview-byd-e6-electrifies-family-hauling/ Imagine a Hyundai Elantra minus the swoopy body line and with a more assertive, Opel-ish beak, and you have the Changfeng Qi Ling CP1A that'll be unveiled this weekend at the Beijing Motor Show. According to thetycho.com, the CP1A designation is simply a code name, and the sedan will get ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/04/17/beijing-08-preview-changfeng-qi-ling-cp1a/ If the visual updates to the Hyundai Elantra you see here are carried over to all markets, which we imagine they will be, the sedan is going to make potential Civic and Lancer shoppers take a long, hard look. Not unattractive in its current form by any means, the Elantra's ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/04/10/2009-hyundai-elantra-to-debut-with-new-face/ AC Schnitzer revamped its offerings for the 2008 BMW 6-series and is including tweaks for the 635d model. The changes boost power from the stock oilburner's 286 hp and 428 lb.-ft. to 310 hp and 501 lb.-ft. of torque. Along with the engine mods, the AC crew has redesigned its ... http://www.automobilesnews.com/2008/04/10/six-appeal-ac-schnitzers-new-6-series-mods-includes-diesel-tuning/