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Spoiler Alert: 2009 12 Hours of Sebring, race and green challenge winners
Click above for a high res gallery from the 2009 12 Hours of Sebring The 2009 12 Hours of Sebring was one for the history books and that's where it is now. If the race is still sitting on your Tivo, stop reading now. Otherwise click the continue link to find out who won the Green Challenge and the overall victory. ... Read more →
Geneva 2009: Honda Accord Tourer Type-S Sam Abuelsamid
Click the Accord tourer for a high res gallery The car pictured above represents some of my favorite features in a main-stream car: it's a wagon and it's a diesel. I'm also fully aware that I am ...
Peugeot confirms 2 908 HDi racers for Sebring Sam Abuelsamid
The top LMP1 class is shaping to be a real battle royale at next month's 12 Hours of Sebring. Peugeot has confirmed that it will be campaigning two of its diesel-powered 908 HDi coupes at the ...
Acura diesel on hold because of business conditions, not tech issues Sam Abuelsamid
Click image for a high res gallery of the 2009 Acura TSX AutoblogGreen spoke with Honda of America spokesman Sage Marie at a media event yesterday about the company's plans to introduce a clean ...
Next-next-gen Acura RL may finally get a V8 ... or not Sam Abuelsamid
Honda has always been a company run by engineers who like to do more with less. In the 1970s, the Civic got a CVCC system that allowed it to meet emissions standards for many years without using a ...
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Will Acura's new diesel jump on the DOA train? 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for a high res gallery of the 2009 Acura TSX In recent weeks, we've heard about two light duty diesel programs being shelved at Toyota and Ford. Now, an anonymous poster on the Motor Trend forum is indicating the same fate may await the new Acura 2.2L i-DTEC diesel. Honda engineers have ...
Ten diesels you'll be able to drive stateside soon 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Forbes has published a list of 10 diesel cars Americans will be able to purchase soon. Automakers expect that the new generation diesels will catch up on American soil thanks to their refined engineering, which translates into reduced emissions and more torque along with mileage increases of around ...
Luxury Electric announces full size electric car trans-continental trip at DNC 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
A while back we somewhat cynically informed you of an Acura TL converted to all-electric that was being made available for the low low price of *cough $185,000. It seems no one took advantage of the offer but that has turned out to be a good thing for Luxury Electric A.K.A. Potential Difference, ...
Honda getting 3 more hybrids and 3 diesels in the next few years 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Honda has always had one of the cleanest and most efficient model lineups in the U.S. market and they look set to continue that trend over the next several years. We already knew that the Japanese automaker would be adding three more hybrids to its lineup over the next two years: the five-door ...
New York '08: 2009 Acura TSX, soon with a diesel, but not quite yet! 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the TSX for a high-res gallery Acura took the wraps of the all-new TSX today at the New York Auto Show, although we already saw it with Honda badges at the Geneva Auto Show a couple of weeks ago. The TSX will almost certainly be the first Acura model to get Honda's new 2.2L diesel four ...
ALMS Speculation: Acura preparing to move up to LMP1 with a diesel? 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Several bits of information have come out about Acura and their participation in the American Le Mans Series over the past two months so it's time to put two and two together and see if we can get to add up to seven. Acura jumped into the fray in the LMP2 class in 2007 and had a reasonably ...
AutoblogGreen Podcast #20 - Geneva Motor Show wrap-up 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Episode 20 of the AutoblogGreen Podcast has us recapping Geneva mere days before we head to New York. There were lots of exciting things over in Switzerland, and we touch on a few of them. Th!nk's new Ox will be a Tesla-magnitude achievement if it hits the market doing what the company says it will. ...
Can't wait for the Tesla WhiteStar? You might be able to get an Acura TL EV, or not 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The Tesla WhiteStar sedan is still at least a couple of years away from production (if not more). However a reader sent in a link to a site that purports to offer a Luxury Electric sedan. The car in question is an Acura TL shorn of its gasoline-fueled V-6 and converted to electric power. The site ...
New York '08: Preview Acura TSX/Honda Euro Accord 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Euro Accord for a high-res gallery Judging by the almost uniformly negative reaction in the comments following the introduction of the facelifted 2009 Acura RL in Chicago last week, the grille on the car shown above could quickly become a popular aftermarket item for the new TSX when it ...
New York '08 Preview: 2009 Acura TSX to debut 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Acura's entry-level TSX sedan is is a re-badged version of the European-market Honda Accord, a car that will debut on March 5 at the Geneva Motor Show. Acura has now let us know that the U.S.-market TSX will be dropping just two weeks later at the New York Auto Show. Why is this relevant here on ...
Geneva 2008 Preview: 2009 Euro Accord/Acura TSX, coming to US with diesel 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the photo for more teaser images of the new Euro Accord At the recent Detroit Auto Show, Honda showed off their new 2.2L clean diesel engine and revealed that it would debut in 2009 in an Acura model. Although they wouldn't say which model, most speculation immediately converged on the TSX. ...
Detroit 2008: ALMS announces Green Challenge, Corvette goes cellulosic E85 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
American Le Mans Series CEO Scott Atherton announced a partnership this morning with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Transportation and the Society of Automotive Engineers to make ALMS the global leader in green racing. Working with those groups, the series is defining a new ...
Infiniti will use Nissan's new diesel too! 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
It looks the new 3.0L V-6 clean diesel that Nissan is working up with corporate partner Renault for 2010 will find it's way into a wide variety of vehicles from the company, including the upscale Infiniti brand. Back in mid-August Nissan filed several new trademarks including EX30D, G30D, FX30D, ...
John Watts on Acura's green powertrain plans 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
During Acura's recent 2008 vehicle preview I had a chance to chance with Product Planning Manager John Watts about alternative powertrain plans. While Lexus has produced hybrid versions of several of their models, Acura hasn't incorporated Honda's IMA system on any vehicles. In fact Watts feels the ...
Honda could be adding diesels to Acura lineup by 2010 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Honda has already announced plans to introduce a new 2.2L four cylinder clean diesel in the US market in 2009, likely in the Accord. Honda CEO Takeo Fukui also discussed a diesel V-6 in an interview last December in Automotive News. It now looks like one or both of the engines will turn up in the ...
LA Auto Show: Acura shows drawings of a future fuel cell Le Mans racer 2 years ago on AutoblogGreen
Diesel power is the hot ticket at Le Mans right now after the dominant win by Audi's R10 this year and Peugeot coming next year. But technology always moves on in racing (unless you're talking Nascar, but that's a whole other story). By the middle of the next decade, racers will likely have moved ...
Were the 90s a "decade of bad decisions" for Honda? 2 years ago on AutoblogGreen
Here's a short, interesting opinion piece by Matt Timion, owner and operator of GasSavers.org. He first acknowledges that since Honda's entry into the U.S. automotive market in 1971, the automaker has been "more concerned with fuel economy and emissions than any other manufacturer." As partial ...
LA Auto Show's environmental design challenge 2 years ago on AutoblogGreen
There's a lot of hype leading up to this year's LA Auto Show. Not only are we up to 12 confirmations on world debuts, but for the first time it's being recognized by the OICA (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles). In all the glitz and glamor just don't forget about LA's ...
Honda Diesels for Odyssey and Acura MDX 3 years ago on AutoblogGreen
This is a follow-up to the earlier announcement from Honda about the diesel engines for the U.S. market. The Financial Express reports the vehicles that will be offered in the U.S. with the proposed diesel engine are the Honda Odyssey minivan and Acura MDX SUV. The vehicles will also be offered in ...
