NYC seeks Taxi of Tomorrow; is UniCab the answer?

Filed under: Concept Cars , Work , Specialty , Design/Style A couple of years have passed now since the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) announced its search for a vehicle that would replace the taxis of New York City with something that...

Tupolev 007: Attention, cosmonauts – Your ride’s here

Filed under: Classics , Misc. Auto Shows , Military , Specialty , Russia , Design/Style Tupolev 007 aerosled at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance- Click above for high res gallery We’ll provide a full recap of the 2010 Greenwich Concours...

NYT: The Making of Movie Cars

Filed under: Etc. Car movies have been big business of late – Transformers , Death Race , The A-Team – which makes it unsurprising that the business of getting cars prepped for movies is becoming even bigger business. The upcoming Green...

Dumbest drivers in the country live in what state?

Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Safety GMAC Insurance just completed its annual survey of driver knowledge, and the results don’t look good. Of those questioned, New York drivers proved to know the least about the rules of the road, with...

Is this the 2012 Ford Explorer?

Filed under: Crossover , Ford We’re going to go out on a limb and say… maybe. Judging by the recent teasers and previous spy shots , this single image of the 2012 Ford Explorer appears to be the real deal. And we like what we see. Although...

TheDetroitBureau.com on Autoblog with Paul Eisenstein

Filed under: Ford Ford Fixes Powertrains – But Faces Platform Challenges Ford is betting big on batteries. During a news conference at its Rawsonville assembly plant, the automaker updated plans to put at least five electric vehicles into production...

Report: U.S. hires lead bank for General Motors IPO

Filed under: Government/Legal , GM , Earnings/Financials The government of the United States may be actively avoiding any direct involvement in the day-to-day management of General Motors , but that doesn’t mean it won’t have a say when...

Report: Austin F1 race site secured, track to be designed by Tilke

Filed under: Motorsports We now know who will be drawing up the Austin, Texas Formula One circuit . According to ESPN F1 , the man behind the grand prix track will be none other than Hermann Tilke – the sport’s favorite designer. His engineering...

Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance starts "barn finds" category

Filed under: Classics , Misc. Auto Shows Classic Chevrolet Corvette barn find – Click above to enlarge Are there any among us that don’t dream of that elusive barn find? As far as we’re concerned, locating an ancient board track racer,...

Nissan prices 2011 Juke in UK – What should it cost in the States? [w/poll]

Filed under: Budget , Crossover , Nissan , UK , Diesel 2011 Nissan Juke – Click above for high-res image gallery It’s a big day for the upcoming Nissan Juke . Not only did Nissan drop UK pricing details on its little run about, but the company...