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Volkswagen GTI named Automobile Magazine car of the year

It's funny how publications have a personality. It shouldn't be funny, as obviously all publications have an editor and said editor has a collection of likes and dislikes, but we still find it amusing. Here's a for instance. This year, our pals over at Motor Trend went ahead and named the Subaru Outback their Sport Utility Vehicle of the Year. Besides the obvious issue (a jacked up station wagon counts as an SUV?), this selection makes perfect sense considering that in 2008, the Subaru Forester won the same award. Funny, huh? Therefore, ... Read more →

Autoblog Podcast #148 with Jon Linkov from Consumer Reports Dan Roth

For Episode #148 of the Autoblog Podcast, Jon Linkov, Consumer Reports managing editor for autos, fills Sam's chair and mulls some timely topics with Chris and Dan. First up is the wheels ...

Nissan GT-R named Car of the Year by Automobile Mag Jeremy Korzeniewski

Nissan has hit a major home run with its latest Skyline, known as the GT-R here in the States. In fact, the car was knocked so far out of the park that it seems an obvious choice for anyone's Car ...

Automobile names Audi R8 top car for '08; GM wins for hybrid tech Dan Roth

click above for more high-res images of the gorgeous Audi R8 It's that time of year where everyone's prognosticating like Nostradamus about what the coming year will hold. The authoritative ink ...

Pull my dyno - Automobile puts the IS-F on the rollers Dan Roth

Lexus is billing the IS-F as "Everything you thought we weren't," and the potential is certainly there. The engine bay is filled with 5 liters of 4-valve V8 putting out 416 horsepower and 371 ...

Automobile names 25 greatest cars of all time 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's the Ultimate List, at least until it becomes the Penultimate List the next time some publication decides to go through the exercise of picking the best of all time, and then justifying the results. Automobile Magazine has picked up the gauntlet for its September 2007 issue, and selected what ...

World's Oldest Car steaming its way up to the Auction Block 2 years ago on Autoblog

Long before Henry Ford got into the business, and about a year before Daimler and Benz had a go at it, came "La Marquise". Running on coal, wood and paper, the 1884 steam-engined four-wheeler is considered the oldest running car in the world. And it's going up on the auction block at Pebble Beach ...

Motor Trend, Automobile sold to Source Interlink 2 years ago on Autoblog

It appears that today is the day for shedding divisions, as in addition to news that Daimler has sold a majority stake in Chrysler to the Cerberus Group, we've also learned that Primedia has finally unloaded its Enthusiast Media division to Source Interlink. The Enthusiast Media division of ...

WAKE UP! - New seats can monitor sleepy drivers 2 years ago on Autoblog

We've all been there, you're pressing on, but you know you're dangerously close to falling asleep while behind the wheel. Rolling down the window, blaring the radio, and frequent shakes of the head just aren't doing it. Those jumping jacks you did at the rest stop a few miles back helped for a ...

Is your next tank of gas from...seat foam? 3 years ago on Autoblog

As previously posted, the automobile is the number one recycled product in the U.S. Most of the recycled materials are re-used for different purposes, like floormats being turned into sound-deadening materials. But how about fuel? In a new study, Changing World Technologies, Inc. used a process ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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