Hot News: Renault Plans to Release Hotter Megane RS

Renault will reveal an upgraded special edition version of its Renaultsport Megane 250 next week.But contrary to internet speculation, Autocar understands the car will not be a successor to the Renault Megane R26R.Renaultsport has trailed the car in a viral video showing the special Megane’s development team with it during tests at the Nurburgring.The car features a special livery that covers some of its minor cosmetic changes but its full identity is not revealed. The title of the video tells view…

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Tesla Motors releases production Model S photos, Fisker updates Karma release

News has been charging out of California on the luxury electric-car front: Tesla Motors, the maker of the $100,000 all-electric sports car, has released the first pictures of the production version of its upcoming Model S, all-electric sedan.

The production car has more and larger air intakes in the front fascia for brake and electronics cooling. The “S” is supposed to have a 300-mile range with its most expensive battery offering, which would cost about $88,000. The Model S will be offered with smalle…

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Just Release It Already! BMW Previews Its Next M5 in Video of High-Speed Track Testing

While BMW has already shown us its upcoming M5 über sedan in “concept” form at this year’s Shanghai auto show, the automaker continues to tease us with videos of prototype vehicles in various stages of development. Earlier vids included a 30-minute smorgasbord of M5 test mules romping in the Alps and a brief clip of an M5 roaring through a dark tunnel in a sort of polar-bear-blinking-in-a-snowstorm game, in which viewers could really only see the car’s lit headlights and, well, darkness. This n…

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Hot News: Tata Plans to Release Nano Micro-Hybrid?

The Nano is gradually gaining traction in the market, and by the end of this year, Tata Motors showrooms may also sell a micro-hybrid version, of the small car. When contacted, a Tata Motors spokesperson said that the company “does not comment on the company’s product plans”. The Nano micro-hybrid will be another example of Tata Motors’ growing capabilities in greener technologies. It will launch an electric version of the Indica Vista in Europe this year. Earlier, it had showcased an ele…

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EPA and DOT release new window stickers to aid in choosing fuel-efficient cars

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation released its redesigned fuel-economy labels for new cars, designed to better assist shoppers in comparing the gas mileage, greenhouse-gas emissions, and annual fuel costs of different models—including electric cars.

The first revisions since EPA labels were first required for model-year 1975, the new labels will be required on all 2013 model-year cars, though the Obama administration is requesting automakers to …

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U.S. to release new fuel-efficiency stickers on Wed.

In attempts to better include the green vehicles, a new fuel-efficiency sticker was proposed to the Obama administration based on a letter grade system. The sticker was rejected, as the federal government chose to go with a sticker more close in appearance to what is currently available.
The letter grade system used letters A through D to coincide with levels of fuel efficiency of any given model, including alternative-fueled ones. A would be the highest grade and would include only electric or gas-ele…

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Volkswagen to Release Plug-in Series From 2013

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Honda plans to release "green" Civic this fall

Honda is set to release the Civic GX, which will be the cleanest car in the U.S.  -More- 

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Acura Release Massive Photo Gallery and Prices on 2012 TL Sedan

With the 2012MY Acura TL’s market launch set for March 18, the Japanese automaker decided to drop pricing details along with a slew of new photos of its facelifted mid-size sedan. The most significant changes for the 2012 TL concern the new front and rear styling, while Acura also added a new Sequential SportShift 6-speed automatic transmission…

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Lambo Bull [Insert 'S' Word Here] Continues with Full Release of Photos

The farce of the “leaked” Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 photos continues to play on. Following the appearance of a scanned image from the Croatian edition of Evo Magazine on Wednesday, earlier today Jalopnik released a single photo only to be snarked back by Autoblog that posted a higher resolution version claiming that it knew where the photo…

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