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LA Preview: Are They Nuts? Honda to show off Personal-Neo Urban Transport concept
When we visited Honda's headquarters last month after the Tokyo Motor Show, we asked company officials what they would be showing at upcoming auto shows. As you might have guessed, they were reticent to provide specific answers. What we were told, however, is that they would be following l...
Wed, Nov 18 | from Autoblog
Mazda teases upcoming U.S.-spec Mazda2, reconfirms LA debut
Mazda hasn’t been a player in the subcompact market for more than a decade, but that hasn’t stopped enthusiasts from calling on the Japanese automaker to import its world market Mazda2 to North America. Now, just weeks ahead of its official debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Mazda has rele...
Wed, Nov 18 | from Leftlane
Automaker Future "Youthmobile" Concepts Are Wacky [La Auto Show]
The Design Challenge is part of the Design Los Angeles automobile designers' conference that is held every year during the Los Angeles Auto Show press days, Dec. 2 & 3, 2009. For the last six years a new Design Challenge theme is chosen and the major Southern California Automotive Desig...
Tue, Nov 10 | from Jalopnik
LA Auto Show Design Challenge entrants reveal Youthmobile 2030 designs
This year's iteration of the annual Design Challenge at the LA Auto Show asks the question: How will a new generation of drivers age 16-23 - raised with cell phones, web cams and online communities - emotionally connect to the automobile in 2030? We don't know the answer either, but at leas...
Thu, Nov 5 | from Autoblog
2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder unveiled
Porsche will use the Los Angeles Auto Show in December to launch a new addition to its sports car lineup, the 2011 Boxster Spyder. The purist roadster will be the lightest Porsche on the market, weighing just 2,811 lbs. Most notably, the car has a lower windscreen than the regular Boxster S, [......
Thu, Nov 5 | from Leftlane
2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder To Be Introduced at Los Angeles Auto Show
ATLANTA, - Weighing in at just 2,811 lbs., the new 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder will be the lightest Porsche available - from a company known for lightweight, proficient sports cars. This new mid-engined roadster represents the true, purist form of the sports car - agile, powerful, open an...
Wed, Nov 4 | from Auto123
Hyundai: Production Volster to be positioned as Eco-Sport car
Last February, we revealed that a production version of the Hyundai Veloster was in the works and would likely hit the market as a late 2011 or 2012 model. Speaking to Inside Line, Hyundai of America's President and CEO John Krafcik says the Korean automaker plans to position the Veloster a...
Thu, Jul 9 | from AutoblogGreen
Autoblog Podcast #104
Annnnnnd, we're back. It's a four-man crew this week; Neffie graces us with his presence on this second installment of our relaunched Podcast. Also attending are host Chris Shunk, Sam Abuelsamid, and Dan Roth. Topics range from a post-LA Auto Show retrospective, to the GT-R's acceleratio...
Tue, Nov 25 | from Autoblog
The iMiEV Is A Sweet EV With a Lousy Name
Mitsubishi won't say when the iMiEV is headed to America, but it's handing four of them overto California utilities Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric for real-world testing. The iMiEVs headed to SoCal Ed's Electric Vehicle Technical Center will arrive this wee...
Mon, Nov 24 | from Wired News
Opinion: Top 5 Cars from the LA Auto Show
Imports Dominate the City of Angels The 2008 Los Angeles Auto show kicked off with media days this past Wednesday. The show was overshadowed by the financial crisis in Detroit and GM and Chrysler were noticeably absent from the press days. Ford was the sole domestic manufacturer to make our...
Fri, Nov 21 | from Gaywheels.com
w00t! The return of the Autoblog Podcast!
If we were going to continue numbering things, this would technically be Autoblog Podcast #103. We had tried to record this comeback episode once already about three weeks ago, and that turned out to be the only time I've ever toasted an audio file. Pro Tools said "uhh, what?" and that was tha...
Thu, Nov 20 | from Autoblog
Opinion: The Daily Sprout
The Plug-In Hybrid Battery that Keeps Going: Utility Southern California Edison says it has demonstrated performance of a plug-in hybrid battery to more than 180,000 miles in a commercial delivery van powered by a lithium-ion battery subpack from Johnson Controls and Saft. — GoodClea...
Wed, Nov 19 | from Earth2Tech
Opinion: 2010 Mazda3 Sedan
The current Mazda 3 is among our favorite small cars, and with more than 1.8 million units sold to date, one of Mazda's most important models. Rather than mess with a good thing, the Zoom Zoom company isn't changing much for the new, second-generation compact sedan. (Mazda has chosen to revea...
Wed, Nov 19 | from Automobile Magazine
Opinion: 2008 LA Auto Show
Media days for the 2008 Los Angeles Auto show begin tomorrow (11/19/08) and I am here on the left coast for the event. The show promises to be overshadowed by the state of the industry and the fact that most of the reports will focus on the Detroit-based automakers are meeting in Capitol Hill t...
Tue, Nov 18 | from Gaywheels.com
Podcast: LA Auto Show Part 2
We have the hot trends like crossovers. Will Tiger Woods revive Buick? Why is Ford's Escape putting on a less friendly face? What paint colors are the most popular? We will have the results of DuPont's Color Popularity Report. Can you identify the least technologically advanced car part un...
Sun, Dec 3 | from BusinessWeek
LA Auto Show Preview: Officially Introducing The 2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible
All-new 2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible Tops Segment with Class-leading Innovations and Three Convertible Top Offerings The 2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible is available in the United States in three models: Chrysler Sebring Convertible, Chrysler Sebring Convertible Touri...
Tue, Nov 28 | from Jalopnik
