Green Car Journal has announced its five finalists for the 2010 Green Car of the Year; for the fifth consecutive year, this prestigious award will be announced at the opening of the Los Angeles Auto Show on December 3. For the first time an Audi makes the final five with its sporty A3 TDI clean diesel...

It's the week ending November 13, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. The Classic Car Examiner knows if you're a fan of 60's-era comics, and you're a fan of classic cars, then you won't want to miss this auction of...

It's the week ending November 6, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. SEMA is not quite over, and many blogs are still highlighting the highly modified vehicles on display there. Leave it to Jalopnik to highlight the highly modified...

Toyota Motor Sales seems to have been too enthusiastic in its response to a recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report when it issued a press release Monday stating “No defect exists in vehicles with properly installed floor mats.” Toyota had claimed that NHTSA had completed...

Toyota was strapped in the national hot-seat after a tragic accident in August involving a Lexus ES 350 was blamed on sudden, unintended acceleration. A floor mat from a Lexus RX 400h SUV was wrongly fitted to the sedan and suspected as being a key factor in that incident. Toyota Motor Sales has begun...

Findings from a federal investigation into the fatal car crash that led to Toyota recalling 3.8 million vehicles point to a possible link between floor mats and accelerator pedal design, according to the Los Angeles Times . The Times reports that analysis by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

It's the week ending October 23, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. Toyota's problem with unintended acceleration remains in the headlines at LeftLaneNews where they suggest the problem goes deeper than loose floormats, perhaps...

It's the week ending October 16, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. Museums are cool. Car museums are even cooler. But a car museum you can drive through is the coolest thing ever. That's right, in Nanjing, China, you'll be...

An additional benefit of electric and hybrid cars - besides their terrific fuel economy and minuscule emissions - is how quietly they idle. Unless, of course, you happen to be a blind pedestrian listening for vehicles to ensure your pathway is safe, or a bicyclist riding past the exit from the local...

So, CNN Money is reporting that Ford is recalling more than 4 million vehicles due to a potential fire hazard that can be created by a faulty cruise control deactivation switch. A friend of mine sent me an email that said " See? This is why people don't buy American. " The recall covers...