Cadillac blends top 2 Escalades for one really expensive hybrid

Apparently, some people think that $83,000 just isn’t enough money to spend on a new Escalade. That’s the sticker on the Platinum edition of the big Caddy SUV

Honda Insight hitting U.S. dealerships now

Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Honda Insight According to Kicking Tires , the new 2010 Honda Insight is now beginning to hit dealerships across the United States as we speak. A quick phone call to my own local dealership revealed two shiny new hybrid hatchbacks ready to drive off the lot. That’s the good news

Honda Insight advertising promotes greenery, practices what it preaches

Click above for a gallery of still images from Honda’s Let it Shine ad Honda’s early advertising for the new Insight is highlighting the hybrid hatchback’s low price, which is a few thousand dollars less than the Toyota Prius, its main competition. There’s more to the Insight equation, of course, than just its attractive price point, and the Japanese automaker is keen to play up the new car’s green credentials in upcoming television spots all around the world. One of these new videos is called “Let it Shine,” and this piece will open with what appears to be a huge LED screen that’s displaying a sequence of images that are intended to make the watcher think happy thoughts, such as hugs and kisses, frowns turning upside down and “general goodwill.” Sounds positively Disney-esque

What will the Chevy Volt cost? Depends on the price of gas at the end of 2010

Click above for a high res gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt During the recent conference call detailing the updates on the Chevy Volt , Executive Director of Global Engineering Bob Kruse said something that deserves to be highlighted: the price of the Volt will, in part, be determined by the cost of gas in November 2010, when the car is scheduled to go on sale. Here’s the exact quote: I will tell you though that $1.50 a gallon gasoline is not necessarily helping with the business case, but who knows what the cost of petroleum is going to be in the future. I’ve been asked what’s the Volt going to cost in November, 2010 or what’s the price going to be?

Amsterdam wants to be all-electric by 2040

You might think that Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, couldn’t be a more environmentally friendly city. Today, it’s a city that has an incredibly high ratio of bike use in Europe and lots of canals, and seems to be almost car-free.

Toyota confirms only one Prius for Europe

Katsuaki Watanabe, current president at Toyota Motors, has confirmed the rumors we’ve been hearing for the last few weeks that the automaker plans to continue selling the current version of the Prius alongside its newer 2010 sibling in Japan. The current 2009 Prius will continue on unchanged, as far as we’re aware, but will see its price reduced by a few million yen to match that of the new Honda Insight . We’d heard that this dual-Prius plan won’t be echoed in the United States, and now Toyota has confirmed that it won’t happen in Europe either.

Officially, Official: 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTD revealed in Leipzig

click above for a high res gallery of the Golf GTD Volkswagen this morning released all the official details on the new Golf GTD that will be debuting this weekend at the Leipzig Motor Show in Germany. The new hot diesel hatch revives a designation that originally appeared in 1982 but hasn’t been seen in two decades. This time around, the high output 168 hp version of VW’s 2.0-liter TDI four cylinder pushes the GTD to 62 mph in 8.1 seconds

3,300 Americans try out for the Fiesta Movement, 140 cars now in the U.S.

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Ford Fiesta Well, now we know what the competition is. Earlier this week, Ford stopped taking applications for the Fiesta Movement project, and we were one of the applicants

Brilliance bringing new electric car to Shanghai Auto Show

With China assuming the mantle of the world’s largest automotive market, China’s domestic auto shows gain more importance as its products are increasingly being sold internationally.

Brilliance bringing new electric car to Shanghai Auto Show

With China assuming the mantle of the world’s largest automotive market, China’s domestic auto shows gain more importance as its products are increasingly being sold internationally. The Shanghai Auto Show opening on the 22nd of April is no exception and one of the reveals we’ll be looking for is a new electric model by Brilliance Auto . Not a lot of details are known about the vehicle except that it is smaller than its popular Junjie ( introduced to us as the BS4 ), but offers more power and is, no surprise, “more fuel efficient.” We can only hope they can figure out how to get it to pass a crash test

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