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The postal service likes the Bright Idea and wonders if it would make a good delivery truck.
The U.S. Postal Service has invited Bright Automotive to put an electric drivetrain in a standard-issue mail truck. Once the truck is ready to roll, the postal service will add it to its fleet for real-world testing in the [...]

Purely seeking drama for ratings?After days of questions about whether ABC altered evidence in an important report the TV station ran on the Toyota ‘unintended acceleration’ recalls, and seized upon by Congress, were ‘doctored’, finally an answer. Turns out the automaker used fake footage to dramatize their story, as Gawker.com states was used to [...]

While we can usually count on French automakers to present a truly wacky concept at European auto shows, Peugeot instead offered the relatively practical SR1 to attendees of this year’s Geneva Motor Show.
Leaving the high concept design exercise to Bertone’s Pandion, the SR1 is an incredibly attractive convertible coupe that reminds us as much of [...]

Mini debuted its Countryman crossover, the automaker’s largest and first all-wheel-drive vehicle, at this week's Geneva Motor Show. It’s larger than a traditional Cooper, with more space for passengers and a 41-cubic-foot cargo area. Though details for the U.S. market haven’t been announced, Left Lane News expects “a base 1.6-liter Mini Countryman and a 184-horsepower [...]

Ford Motor Company was the best-selling domestic automaker in February, with sales up 43 percent from February 2009. For the first time in over a decade, Ford just barely edged out General Motors – by only a few hundred vehicles — for the most sales. Many other automakers also posted increases. These include GM (up [...]

If you’ve ever wanted to buy a new Toyota, now is probably the best time ever. In the wake of its recall crisis, the automaker has launched one of its most aggressive incentive campaigns. The incentives, which run through April 5, include no-interest financing for five years on eight models, including the Camry, Corolla, RAV4 [...]

It’s that time again – safety recall time. It seems like we hear about new recalls nearly every day now. But this time the news comes from a domestic automaker, GM. The Big Three company is recalling 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac vehicles sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico due to faulty power steering [...]

Watch out BMWThe Audi A1 stormed into Geneva and showcased how Audi might be in the process of redefining itself as an automaker by accepting BMW’s Mini Cooper success. Fortunately, the A1 is about more than just small car luxury, as the A1 will also be offered in a hybrid version.Just another piece of the [...]