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REPORT: Hyundai shaves $1,800 off price of 2010 Elantra Touring

If the Hyundai Elantra Touring is singing your song, the music just got quite a bit better. The Korean automaker has announced a price reduction on the 2010 base model to the tune of $1,800. The 2009 Elantra Touring, a compact five-door hatchback, sat in showrooms with a base price of $18,520 (all prices include the $720 shipping charge) while the 2010 model rolls in wearing a much more pleasing $16,715 sticker this fall. The 2010 model will also be available in three trim levels: GLS with a 5-speed manual ($16,715), GLS with a 4-speed ... Read more →

Spec out your own Maserati - in 1/43 scale Jonathon Ramsey

If you're looking for a Maserati that's easier on your wallet, or a treat for a Maserati lover, then you should check out the Maserati model configurator. Three base models in 1/43 scale are ...

Childhood Redeemed: Lego artist creates jaw-dropping four-wheeled creations Jonathon Ramsey

This is how you tell the master from the journeyman: Give them a common task, place the same tools in each of their hands, and while journeyman's results will be acceptable, the master's results ...

Mind the Gap: VW planning another sedan to slot in between Passat CC and Phaeton Noah Joseph

click above image to view more pics of the Passat CC in high-res Remember when Volkswagen launched the Phaeton, and everyone was like, What the heck are they thinking? Yeah, that was awesome. But it ...

Citroen set to unveil C-something Wednesday morning Noah Joseph

Citroen has put up a timer on their website foretelling the imminent launch of a new model, but guesses are all over the place as to what that new model could be. The French automaker's range has ...

The real reason for traffic jams: us! 1 year ago on Autoblog

Finally, there's an explanation for those wasted hours we spent on the MassPike today asking no one in particular "what the (dirty word) is this (dirty word)?" A team of mathemeticians from the Universities of Exeter, Bristol and Budapest developed a mathematical model revealing that traffic jams ...

Autoblog Project Edsel part 2 - Paint, round one 2 years ago on Autoblog

Yeah, so that didn't work out so well. At least I'll get more practice painting. Project Edsel's time for primer had come, so I thinned some Tamiya X21 into the reservoir and fired up the compressor. It took a while to figure out the proper flow and pressure setting (a pressure gauge would be ...

Autoblog Project Edsel: Paint and Body 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's been an exciting start, mainly because I get to dig out all my old model building tools and skills. That's also why it's been a little slow since the initial post went up, because I've had to find all those model building tools. The last model I built was a '67 Belvidere GTX over ten years ago ...

A project car on a blogging budget: Autoblog Project Edsel 2 years ago on Autoblog

The recreational car show season is about two-thirds of the way done for 2007, at least here in New England. There will be good cruise days sprinkled in until about Halloween, but as the summer winds down, so does the practice of four-wheeled gatherings. Every year as I stroll past rows of shiny ...

Small changes for big Range Rover in 2008 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view our high-resolution image gallery. It's had a lot of challengers, and to stay at the top, Land Rover has been rolling out consistent updates to its flagship Range Rover model. Last year it was the upgraded engines: the 305-hp 4.4-liter V8 and the supercharged 400-hp ...

The Serpent F180: possibly the coolest scale model car ever 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Serpent F180 is the kind of car we could spend a lot of time with. A 1/8-scale replica of a formula racer, it has all-round independent double-wishbone push-rod-activated suspension, self-bleeding shocks, rear diff, 4-wheel disc brakes, a lay down engine with pushbutton starter, and a ...

Model street unveiled, goal to limit crashes 2 years ago on Autoblog

"Accidents happen." It's the oft-quoted mantra of anyone who spends time behind the wheel. Sooner or later, you'll witness or partake in a vehicular mishap. The Japan Automobile Research Institute aims to take a less stoic attitude about accidents and have set up a model street to evaluate accident ...

Shanghai Motor Show: Girls of Shanghai Gallery 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more model pics from the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/world_news/Shanghai_Motor_Show_Girls_of_Shanghai_Gallery'; Whether it's the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris, or the Shanghai Motor ...

Buy a Ferrari F1 car . . . kind of 2 years ago on Autoblog

You're a hobbyist with a lot of space in the living room, a yen for Formula 1 models, and $24,000 to spend on your next hand-assembled project. For you, Drinkstuff has come to the rescue with a full-scale, handmade, carbon fiber model of a Ferrari F1 challenger that will make you the talk of, well, ...

Volvo obsessive? Try to outdo this miniature recreation 2 years ago on Autoblog

This is the garage all us Volvophiles wish we had. Master model builder Dirk Patschowski constructed this incredible scene for Revell to display at the Techno Classica show in Essen. I built models as a kid, and quickly progressed to adding more authentic detailing than the instructions suggested, ...

SPY SHOTS: Alfa 149 prototype 3 years ago on Autoblog

Fans of Italian cars have been eagerly anticipating the replacement of the Alfa Romeo 147, currently the company's entry-level model. Alfa's working on a new "junior" model to slot below it in the line-up while it prepares a genuine replacement, expected to carry the 149 nameplate. The current 147 ...

More Prius body styles on the way 3 years ago on Autoblog

Toyota is planning on expanding the Prius range with several new body styles based on the trendy hybrid sedan. Currently, the company is considering adding a wagon and a Smart-style city-car, with the possibility of a crossover hybrid utility vehicle in the future. The additional models will form ...

Rolls Royce announces new model from Paris 3 years ago on Autoblog

Rolls-Royce (literally the "Rolls-Royce" of automobiles) revealed in Paris that they've started working on their long-awaited "baby Rolls-Royce", which it projects will be ready within four years from now. Saying "baby Rolls-Royce" is relative when it'll still cost as much as a small house, but ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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