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LA Auto Show Design Challenge entrants reveal Youthmobile 2030 designs

This year's iteration of the annual Design Challenge at the LA Auto Show asks the question: How will a new generation of drivers age 16-23 – raised with cell phones, web cams and online communities – emotionally connect to the automobile in 2030? We don't know the answer either, but at least six designers from some of the world's top automakers decided to give it a go with their own ideas. if you thought the Aptera was futuristic, check these out. First up are the eSpira and eOra from Audi, which are controlled by thought and ... Read more →

Ford Fiesta U.S.-spec gets caught in Mexican factory Jonathon Ramsey

What is reported to be the coming U.S.-spec Ford Fiesta has been photographed during assembly in Mexico, and the minor changes we can glean so far center around the grille. Compared to its ...

VW Golf GTD may arrive with 170 hp, Jetta TDI Cup replica coming in January Sam Abuelsamid

Several months back, prior to the U.S. launch of the MK VI VW Golf, rumors emerged that the American branch was going to offer the GTD version of the hatchback. For those unfamiliar with the GTD, ...

2010 Green Car of the Year finalists - three hybrids, two diesels - announced Sebastian Blanco

Last year, Volkswagen's Jetta TDI was named the 2009 Green Car of the Year at the LA Auto Show, which means that the Volkswagen Golf TDI has a bit of baggage if it wants to try and win the 2010 ...

Officially Official: Lexus reveals the LF-Ch concept, coming to LA show Sam Abuelsamid

Lexus has released a whole batch of exterior and interior photos of the LF-Ch concept that debuts next week in Frankfurt. The C-segment five-door hatchback seems a likely candidate for production ...

Mazda's outlandish electric racer, the KAAN, wins design award 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Click on image above for a high-res gallery of the Mazda KAAN and more from the Design Challenge The collection of outlandish green racing design concepts submitted as part of the "Motor Sports 2025" at the Los Angeles Auto Show has been whittled down and we have a winner: the MAZDA KAAN ...

Nancy Gioia discusses hybrids, plug-ins and battery leases 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following the reveal of the Ford Fusion Hybrid at the Los Angeles Auto show last week, Ford's director of sustainable mobility technology Nancy Gioia spoke with Green Fuels Forecast about a number of topics. Top of the list, of course, was the new hybrid sedan and the fact that Ford has decided not ...

LA 2008: A GEM with a fireball and official custom line 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

So, there's an LA-based custom car service called Fireballed that provides all sorts of vehicles to those who want to experience the "Automotive Hollywood Lifestyle." Designer "Fireball" Tim Lawrence makes some crazy vehicles - see these examples - and so we were somewhat surprised to see a ...

LA 2008: CSULA's Super Eagle II gets 853 mpg 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Far from the major automakers' glitzy unveilings - which, granted, were less crazy than in past years - at the LA Auto Show, the CSULA Supermileage Vehicle sits like an alien's egg on some red carpet in the basement of the LA Convention Center. This sleek bubble is powered by a single-cylinder ...

SoCal Edison gets its Mitsubishi i MiEV 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Right on schedule, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG & E) have received all-electric Mitsubishi i MiEVs to begin their testing programs with. Although the cars displayed on the LA Auto Show floor were red and white, like the one we drove earlier this year in New ...

ABG Quick Drive: Battery-powered MINI-E w/VIDEO 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

For three days before and during the media previews for the Los Angeles Auto Show last week, BMW had about a dozen electric MINIs available for evaluation drives. We finally got our crack at one Thursday morning at the LA convention center. The 6.5 mile loop that BMW laid out was both a ...

LA 2008: smart madness bring you butterfly door fortwos 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

One reason there are so many versions of the smart fortwo (see: Batsmart, the smart ed, the edit10n) is that the tiny cars were designed to be modular. SoCal's Smart Madness takes this to the reasonable limit and offers new body panels, rims, accessories, and upgrade parts galore. In fact, ...

LA 2008: HH2 display is downstairs, folks 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The tireless promoters of the HH2 hydrogen system are in the basement of the LA Convention Center this week, not too far from the Intimate EV. Four vehicles, only one that was actually outfitted with the HH2 materials, are sitting in the tuner hall awaiting visitors. If you go, you'll be full in ...

LA 2008: Intimate electric vehicle is "the quiet car" 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Charging up the basement of the LA Convention Center this week is the Intimate electric car, a bright red slope with the tagline: "The Quiet Car." Show workers were still unwrapping the tiny vehicle when we happened by, but that didn't stop us from taking some pictures. That blue rectangle by ...

Lotus Engineering director talks about Dodge EV 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

While strolling around one of the smaller exhibit halls at the Los Angeles Auto Show I ran into an old acquaintance I hadn't seen in about 15 years. I met Roger Becker early in my engineering career when I was working on the ABS system for the ill-fated Lotus Elan. Roger is the director of ...

LA 2008: Honda shows off Insight's Eco Assist dashboard 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Honda joins Ford in the green dash race with its latest piece of clever technology, the Eco Assist dashboard, which the automaker has revealed here in LA and will come with the 2009 Insight hybrid. There's an ECON button on the dash that increases fuel efficiency by changing settings on the CVT ...

LA 2008: Kia's offers ex-Scion buyers a Soulful alternative 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has taken a bit of heat for seemingly ungreening its Scion xB, which used a small, efficient engine housed in a small, efficient package that seated four occupants comfortably with room left over for their various belongings. Now, many believe that the current xB has been enlarged from ...

LA 2008: Volkswagen Touareg V6 TDI, 25 mpg highway 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen is showing off the new Touareg V6 TDI at the LA Auto Show before it goes on sale in around March of 2009. The V6 TDI replaces the old V10 TDI in the lineup and uses the same 3.0L V6 diesel that's going into the Audi Q7 TDI. At 221 hp and 407 lb-ft of torque, it should offer plenty of ...

LA 2008: AFS Trinity booth 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Not sure if this is exactly the LA Auto Show booth that AFS Trinity refused two weeks ago, but it might as well have been. Instead of their false claims of 150 mile per gallon equivalent hybrids here at the show, we have, well, nothing. As I said, we're more than willing to accept their claims that ...

LA 2008: Brabus smart fortwo revealed 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The smart fortwo BRABUS, unveiled today at the LA Auto Show, looks pretty sweet in person. I can do without the BRABUS name stuffed everywhere - floormat, hand brake, gas cap, etc. - but if you're willing to fork out the $17,990 for the coupe (or $20,990 for the cabriolet), then you probably ...

LA 2008: smart officially announces 2009 smart fortwo BRABUS coupe and cabriolet 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

America, baby, don't feel neglected. Just because smart gives the Europeans a boatload of special editions (the Hermes version and the Edit10n, for example) of the fortwo doesn't mean she doesn't love you. In fact, on the one-year anniversary of the smart introduction to the US - a year in which ...

LA 2008: Green Car of the Year is the Volkswagen Jetta TDI 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/VW_Jetta_TDI_named_Green_Car_of_the_Year'; 8:45 am - So, the choices for the 2009 Green Car of the Year are: BMW 335d Ford Fusion hybrid Saturn Vue 2 Mode hybrid Smart ForTwo Volkswagen Jetta TDI The ceremony should start in a few ...

LA 2008: Nissan unboxes its Cube 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Although we got an early peek at the new Nissan Cube before its official debut, the boxy little economy car had its formal introduction here at the LA Auto Show today. When it officially goes on sale next spring, it will be powered by the MR18DE 1.8L four cylinder engine that's shared with the ...

LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Seriously, nobody in their right mind is going to suggest that racing across the Baja desert for about a thousand miles in any vehicle qualifies as green, but it takes place each and every year in Southern California and Mexico anyway. This being the case, Volkswagen is planning to tackle this ...

LA 2008: Hyundai rolls out HED-5 i-Mode for first time on U.S. soil 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We first saw Hyundai's rolling CUV shapeship, the HED-5 i-Mode, back in Geneva, but today at the LA Auto Show is the first time the Korean automaker has shown the car in the States. New to the crossover is a 2.0L gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine that Hyundai plans to roll out in ...

LA 2008: Ford Fusion hybrid, and its Mercury Milan cousin, unveiled 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We have known about the new Ford Fusion hybrid since early this morning, but now we've got the live pics so you can judge for yourself if these wonder hybrid twins were worth the wait. As of right now, these are our readers' second-most anticipated vehicles of the show. The details include a ...

LA 2008: 2010 Lexus RX 450h live unveiling 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ten years after introducing the "car-based luxury utility vehicle segment," Lexus unveiled its latest hybrid, the 2010 RX 450h, today at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The second-gen RX 450h uses a 3.5 liter V6 gas engine (Atkinson cycle) and an upgraded inverter for a total of 295 hp in a luxury ...

LA 2008: Hyundai announces production approval for HED-5 i-Mode 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Hyundai HED-5 concept made its debut at the 2008 Geneva Motor and Americans will get their first look at the new crossover in Los Angeles. For its North American debut, the company has announced that the concept will move to production status in 2010 and it will get the first application of ...

LA 2008: Hyundai announces Blue Drive efficiency strategy, 2010 Sonata hybrid 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hyundai has joined the "Blue is the new green movement" at the LA Auto Show, where the Korean automaker has announced its "Blue Drive" efficiency strategy. The core of the plan is meet the federally-mandated 35 mpg fleet average economy requirement by 2015 rather than the 2020 date specified in ...

LA 2008: Nissan Altima Hot Rod hybrid 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Before the doors officially opened at the LA Auto Show this morning, we spotted the Nissan Altima Hot Rod, our old friend from SEMA. With nothing much to do but awit for the doors to open, we snapped a few shots and marveled at the slick leaf-shaped dual exhaust pipes. The leaf logos emblazoned ...

LA 2008: Honda pulls a surprise with FC Sport concept 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/A_Honda_surprise_FC_Sport_is_beautiful_hydrogen_powered'; In an age when there are fewer and fewer surprises at auto shows as embargoes get broken and information leaks out early, Honda pulled off a big surprise at the LA Auto Show this morning. After showing ...

LA 2008: BMW 7-series ActiveHybrid 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Click the 7-series ActiveHybrid for a high res gallery BWM showed its new 7-series ActiveHybrid in North America for the first time today at the LA Auto Show. The 7-series hybrid uses the mild hybrid system developed in cooperation with Mercedes Benz. A 20 kW electric motor/generator is ...

LA 2008: Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota isn't holding a press conference at the LA Auto Show this year, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have anything to show. The Prius purveyors have built a CNG-fueled Camry hybrid. According to Toyota spokesperson Jana Hartline, the purpose of the CNG hybrid is to demonstrate the ...

LA 2008: Nissan announces electric car partnership with Oregon 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the keynote speech this morning at the LA Auto Show, the president and CEO of Nissan/Renault, Carolos Ghosn, announced a new alliance with the start of Oregon to bring electric vehicles there in 2010. The deal will see "a supply" of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) available to the city of Portland, ...

LA 2008 anticipation: Which debut are you most excited about (POLL) 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The big thing today and tomorrow are all the unveilings at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Of course, you can follow the news here on the site and on Twitter, but we're also interested in your opinions on just which of the vehicles we're here to see is the biggest deal. There are plenty of options to ...

LA 2008: Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid Concept gets early reveal 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

All that's missing is an airbrushed portrait of T. Boone Pickens on the hood. Of what, you ask? Of the Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid concept, which explores the idea of combining Hybrid Synergy Drive with natural gas power. It debuts this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and is easily identifiable ...

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