This year’s SAE World Congress was kicked off with a rousing speech by someone many of the engineers in the room may have wanted to throw vegetables at, California’s CO2-reducer-in-chief, Governator A. Schwarzenegger. By way of conciliation he conceded that perhaps Detroit hadn’t enjoyed as much regulatory support as it could have used in [...]

The Monterey Car Weekend was founded around two primary events: the Rolex Historic Automobile Races held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on the hallowed 18th fairway of the Pebble Beach Golf Course. With the 2008 event weekend having come to a close, we bring you a selection of [...]

Yup, diesel sales are on the increase again, and it’s not hard to figure out why. Times is tight, as Desmond Dekker said, and people are looking to save wherever they can. Add that to growing green concerns amongst the populace, and that’ll be another selling point for oil burners. “But performance” some people [...]

The third Monte-Carlo Rally for Alternative Energy Vehicles took place over the last weekend in March and the new Ford Fiesta ECOnetic emerged victorious in its class.
The event, which uses the traditional Monte Carlo Rally roads was the first round of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, which is organised around the most innovative environmentally [...]

Good news for summer: Mazda is said to be working on a small roadster based on its home market Mazda2. Yes, they already make the Miata, one of the best sportscars ever made, but a new, small addition to the family could be fun as well.
The Mazda2 is one of those Japan-only supermini cars [...]