With gasoline prices sometimes spiking above $3, it's good to know just how much of the stuff you're burning. And as a good car owner, you know the best way to do that is to habitually keep track of how many miles you've driven, how many gallons you've pumped and how often you change your car's oil.

What a pleasant "problem" to have! The Volkswagen Eos has left such an impression on Canadian drivers who already snapped one up, that dealer lots were picked clean of the Rabbit-based convertible purely on word of mouth alone. That's all well and good, but when you're an automaker with a new car to launch, you pull out all the stops for an advertising campaign to roll it out. As these cars were zipping off to homes, VW was in

New York's Mayor Mike Bloomberg is known for taking the train. He has also called for major changes in transport in New York like a congestion charge and hybrid taxis. You could say what you like about his plans for greening New York but you can't say he is not walking the talk. Or is he? The New York Times stalked him for a few weeks. He actually takes two SUVs a fourth of the time

Looks like MTV wants to shake things up a bit on Sunday nights. They are set to pit two customizers against each other in a new series that will join a longtime favorite in the lineup. Out-going classic "Pimp My Ride" will follow the freshman series "Trick It Out" starting at 10pm ET/PT. Check your program guide though, because the site has it listed as airing on Thursdays instead of Sundays. There's a full press release after the jump that explains what the new series has to offer, but in brief

Greenline industries and the biggest Romanian oil producer Ulerom Vaslui have opened the first biodiesel factory in East Europe, in Vaslui, in Romania.

FIA President Max Mosley (above) announced today that last week's decision by the World Motor sport council will be appealed. It appears the Italian motorsport authorities didn't like the idea of McLaren getting off so easily. Although they found that McLaren had indeed been given Ferrari's confidential materials, the group decided that the British team hadn't benefited from that inf

Two days ago, we wrote about the drop in price of the Prius base model for 2008. It was interesting but not worth much more than a little mention. The Touring edition price was raised so the average pricing actually went up a little. So why did they do this? I was just watching CNET's video review of th