Filed under: Truck, Technology, Ford, GM, Rumormill

TheDetroitBureau.com is reporting a few juicy rumors about the future of full-size pickups from both General Motors and Ford. According to details supplied by shadowy sources, Ford is currently hard at task on the development of a range of new V6 engines. The powerplants are said to be under development in a range of sizes, including 2.6-, 2.7- and 3.0-liter displacements. The engines are being crafted under the codename "Nano" with a single dual-stage turbo making up for the cut in displacement. The largest of the trio is said…

My husband has been commuting in his 1997 Ford Explorer for over 10 years. His daily commute is about 150 miles. He loves his truck.I think he is going to drive it until it cant' drive anymore. It has over 500,000 miles on it !!!It'd be great ...

The Ford Fiesta will spawn a small crossover model to go head to head with the Nissan Juke, according to Auto Express. Just as the European-Market Ford Kuga shares underpinnings with the Focus and C-Max, the new crossover will be based on the Fiesta platform. With test mules of the miniscule crossover popping up all [...]

Think about your fantasy garage for a minute. Were guessing that it would include a Mercedes-Benz, a Porsche, maybe a Bentley, definitely a Ferrari. Now, imagine if there was a crash that involved all of them. Youre not dreaming: this actually happened this week in Monaco. Courtesy of the people at Autogespot, were able to [...]

Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, USA

Following the big CAFE announcement this morning - which called for a 54.5 mpg fuel economy standard by model year 2025 - EPA administrator Lisa Jackson (pictured) gave a bit more information on how the proposal will affect the vehicle landscape in the U.S. She said that there is no expected percentage of what kinds of powertrains (diesel or plug-in or more efficient gasoline engines) will make up the fleet of vehicles sold in 2025, just that the rule requires those vehicles need to be cleaner than the ones produced today…

Saudi Arabia is the only major country in the world where women are not allowed to drive. Saudi Women for Driving, an activist group who wants the ban lifted, has been making bold moves to have its voice heard. Last month, they targeted Subaru to stop selling cars in the country, presumably because the automaker [...]

Driver extraordinaire Ken Block and the Monster World Rally team had a conundrum on their hands: they wanted to compete in Stage Rally, Rallycross, and Gymkhana events, but didnt want to field a separate car for each discipline. The teams answer to said conundrum comes in the form of the Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle (H.F.H.V.), [...]

Filed under: Car Buying, Etc.

America cho-cho-chooses the four-cylinder engine as its preferred means of locomotion. In fact, the four banger has been the favored choice since taking the lead over six-cylinder engines a few years back. The four-versus-six debate was neck in neck back in 2005, when six-cylinder engines accounted for 43 percent of the market. Now, it's the four pots that own 43 percent of the market.

There's no mystery behind the shift in consumer buying patterns. Fuel prices are higher, four cylinder engines keep getting better and the economy continues to remain flat.

It's…

Hot Wheels Creator and Mattel toy company co-founder Elliot Handler died last Thursday from heart failure, the New York Times reports. He was 95 years old. A designer with an entrepreneurial spirit, Handler is credited with dreaming up such toys as Barbie and Chatty Cathy, but car fanatics everywhere will likely remember him for his [...]

Ford has announced its financial earnings for the second quarter of 2011, showing mixed results when compared to 2010.