Drew Dowdell

have a link to that thread?

saying the volt battery never discharges below 30% is untrue. that capacity is there for reserve in high load conditions.

Good to see Honda finally catching up with Chrysler in engine technology.

The heartbeat of America indeed!

Pages is now our front page. We are experiencing an unrelated issue today with regards to the ad-server we use that has apparently crapped the bed.

aren't we starting to get rather liberal with the use of the word "recent"?

You didn't run it with no CAT at all even being empty?

ahem, I think you have something to add Ocn?

We just got a coupon for $200 in free advertising, but we don't have any banners to set up. Anyone care to help design some ads for the site?

I don't know that it will actually be called NSX

I think the biggest key here is that GM is being very pro-active on the situation and offering owners the option of a loaner car is a low cost/high reward move. Low cost because they can offer them a CPO Cruze (I think I know of one in Eastern PA) and I have the feeling very very very few people will actually take them up on the offer. But the payout for GM is HUGE in the amount of goodwill felt by the Volt buyers. Someone at GM did their PR homework.

The low end trucks usually end up going to people who don't care about the looks and just need something to haul auto parts in.

Happy Birthday.

Sweet! Add it to the garage above!

I want to see the interior.... but I could drive this. I'm getting to that age where it is time for a mid-life crisis car.

I don't believe for a second that "VW could bring the Polo here tomorrow" yet they haven't. VW has HUGE ambitions for their sales numbers and they won't leave a model on the shelf that would pass U.S. regs.

add it to the garage!

A couple of days ago, Toyota unveiled pictures of the production Toyota 86 ahead of the Tokyo Auto Show. Today, a bunch of Toyota 86 test drive videos have surfaced. This car will be sold in Japan as the Toyota 86, in Europe as the Toyota GT-86, and in the US as the Scion FRS. Subaru will get a version called the BRZ that will be Subaru's first car offered without AWD in over a decade. The JDM Toyota 86 features a new 2.0 litre flat four producing 197 horsepower and 151 ft-lb of torque while running premium gas. The very low center of gravity, 53:47 weight distribution, and limited slip rear differential should make for an excellent handling little 2+2. But lets head over to Fuji speedway to see what we can see. http://youtu.be/0Jr-iYAtpWM View full article

GM avoids calling the volt a hybrid because it really isn't. It is an EV with a built in regenerator. Being an EV first kind of negates the need to call it a plug-in.

Hmmm a worthy contender for the C&G Limo service!

The batteries in the volt are segmented as well. It's just that the Tesla batteries were quite literally designed for laptops.

Yes, that hotwheels one is it... .though I thought the wheels were different. anyway, if you spot one, snag it for me and I'll pay you for it.