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Hybrids dominate the Intellichoice Best Overall Value of the Year Awards
Click above for a gallery of the Ford Escape Hybrid IntelliChoice used the Chicago Auto Show to announce its Best Overall Value of the Year Awards, and, lo and behold, it's loaded up with hybrid and eco-friendly vehicles. Included in the list of winners for 2009 are: Honda Civic Hybrid for Best Compact over $17,000 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab Hybrid for Best 1/2 ton Full-Size Pickup (2WD and 4WD) Toyota Prius for Midsize over $21,000 (Touring trim) and under $21,000 (Standard trim) Toyota Highlander Hybrid 4WD for Midsize Crossover ... Read more →
Chicago 2009: Hyundai CEO says Green is Good, Greed is Bad Sebastian Blanco
Hyundai Motor America CEO and President John Krafcik gave the keynote speech at the Midwest Automotive Media Association's kickoff breakfast yesterday morning at the Chicago Auto Show. He called his ...
Chicago 2009: Photo fun with the 2010 Toyota Prius Sebastian Blanco
Click above for a gallery of the spinning 2010 Toyota Prius Ahh, the fun you can have when an auto show isn't exactly busy. Today at the Chicago Auto Show, we found a 2010 Toyota Prius spinning on ...
Chicago 2009: Under the skin of the Toyota FCHV Jeremy Korzeniewski
Click above for a gallery of the Toyota FCHV cutaway display Toyota first began researching hydrogen fuel cells way back in in the '90s, and the Japanese automaker has continually refined the ...
Chicago 2009: TriFun debuts 42 mpg 3-wheel auto cycle Jeremy Korzeniewski
Click above for a gallery of theTriFun 1/4 Ton EXT Almost a year ago, we took a brief look at the new line of 3-wheeled "auto cycles" from TriFun, and the 1/4 Ton EXT model made its debut here at ...
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Chicago 2009: Propane-powered Saturn Vue Hybrid 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of the propane-powered Saturn Vue Hybrid Tucked away in a corner of the Chicago Auto Show was a booth from Shell Gasoline, and included amongst the tuner vehicles was a Saturn Vue Hybrid that was converted to run on propane. Other modifications to the vehicle include a ...
Chicago 2009: Jetta TDI wins Motor Week's Drivers Choice "Best of Year" Award 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click to enlarge The Jetta TDI has won the Popular Mechanics' Automotive Excellence Award, the Green Car Journal's 2009 Green Car of the Year and, today in Chicago, Motor Week's Driver's Choice Award for the "Best of the Year." Not a bad four months for the German diesel. The car also took home ...
Chicago 2009: Kia Forte, a "loud" compact sedan for 2010 with 36 highway mpg 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of the Kia Forte To the uplifting sounds of blues music, Kia took the wraps off the new Forte (get it? It's musical and it means "strong." Someone give the naming department a cookie) at the Chicago Auto Show today. The Forte will be available in three trim levels: LX, ...
Chicago 2009: Ford's North American Fiesta Movement starts here 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Ford Fiesta What Car?'s Car of the Year, the new Ford Fiesta, was sitting at the Ford booth at the Chicago Auto Show sporting a fresh look. All tricked out to promote the Fiesta Movement, the Fiesta was looking pretty good - and very green. Lime green, ...
Chicago 2009: Ford Fusion Hybrid Pace Car 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of the Ford Fusion Hybrid Pace Car Last November, a hybrid vehicle paced a NASCAR Sprint Cup event for the first time ever. That car was a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, and the race was the last of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. We managed to locate the exact car ...
Chicago 2009: GM transforms Volt into Jolt, Beat into Skids, Trax into Mudflap 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Chevy Jolt GM didn't see fit to invite Megan Fox to the Chicago Auto Show this week, but the General did bring what it thinks are the real stars of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen: the cars. For our purposes, the Chevy Jolt (née Volt) was ...
Chicago 2009: Goodyear and Bose help to boost Chevy Volt efficiency 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
In order for the Chevy Volt to achieve both a 40-mile electric range and the 10 year/150,000 mile battery durability target, every aspect of the car must be optimized to minimize parasitic losses. We've already seen the car's shape change allowing it to slice through the air with less resistance. ...
Chicago 2009: Ford Taurus SHO gets EcoBoost 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO Super High Output. That moniker, shortened to the SHO acronym, has always had special meaning to fans of the original groundbreaking Ford Taurus. Now, those three letters take a greener tint as they signify that the latest version of ...
Ford confirms Transit Connect EV with Smith Electric for 2010 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Transit Connect for a high res gallery Ford has now confirmed that the new Transit Connect small van will form the basis for its first new battery electric vehicle that will launch in the second half of 2010. Ford is very excited about electric vehicles and we first learned that Ford ...
Nissan decides Chicago Auto Show is a good place to be after all 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Nissan Cube Nissan will still be MIA from the Detroit Auto Show in January, but the company's plan to skip the Chicago show the following month has been reversed. Automotive News (subs req'd) is saying that, while Nissan felt it "had reached its intended ...
AutoblogGreen Q&A: Toyota's Bob Carter and Jaycie Chitwood 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
At the Chicago Auto Show ABG had the chance to sit down with Toyota's Bob Carter and Jaycie Chitwood. Bob is currently the Group VP for the Toyota Division and Jaycie is the Senior Strategic Planner. We talked about a range of issues including hybrid marketing, diesel, ethanol, hydrogen and weight ...
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 ...
Chicago 2008: three (well, two) surprising ways to use less fuel 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
There is nothing remotely green about the F-650-based Alton XUV in the picture above. The Alton beast, on display at the Chicago Auto Show, seems to be designed to provoke, with its insane GVWR of 25,999 lbs and $200,000 price tag. Still, there is at least one area where the aftermarket gearheads ...
AutoblogGreen Q&A: Joel Maguire talks about the GMC Denali XT 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Denali XT for a high res gallery Joel Maguire of General Motors sat down to chat with AutoblogGreen at the Chicago Auto Show following the introduction of the GMC Denali XT concept. The Denali is a four-door unibody pickup truck based on the company's Zeta rear wheel drive platform. ABG: ...
Autoblog Green Podcast #19 - Chicago Auto Show 2008 wrap-up 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Some people use airport layovers to sleep, read, or get a meal. Sam and Sebastian took the opportunity to record AutoblogGreen Podcast #19. While waiting for a plane to whisk them back home from the Chicago Auto Show, we recapped a few things we saw at the show. It wasn't the greenest show we've ...
Chicago 2008 video: Hyundai brings the i-Blue to North America 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on the i-Blue for a high-res gallery One of the North American debuts at the Chicago Auto Show was the Hyundai i-Blue concept car and, as you can see in the video above (I hope), this thing looks a lot better in person than in the pictures we'd seen from the car's real introduction at the ...
Chicago 2008: Bridgestone talks about "One Team, One Planet" 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
I came across the Bridgestone booth at the Chicago Auto Show while they were rehearsing for an upcoming press conference. Ex-NFL player Eddie George was running through the script and Bridgestone was showing off its Super Bowl commercials, but I was more interested in the booth's "One Team, One ...
Chicago 2008 video: Denali XT flex-fuel concept car-truck hits the stage 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
We showed you the pictures yesterday, and now we've got some video to go along with the Denali XT unveiling. While GMC started the unveiling with the introduction of the 2009 Silverado hybrid, you can tell that GMC is more interested in the Denali XT than that standard truck. The XT is a more ...
Chicago 2008: LoneStar semi might just create green envy in trucking industry 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
I've already heard a lot of wonderful oneliners about the just-unveiled International LoneStar. Over at Autoblog, someone writes that those Escalades are getting bigger every year and here at the Chicago Auto Show, we're pretty sure this name is a misprint. LoanStar is a more accurate name for this ...
Chicago 2008: VW Jetta CleanTDI to start hitting dealers in June 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The long wait for the new fifty-state legal VW Jetta CleanTDI is almost over. After a delay from the original March launch date to finish certification, the first batch of 1,000 diesel Jettas will arrive at dealers in the US and Canada in June. You won't be able to actually buy one at that point ...
Chicago 2008: 105-year-old electric car hidden way in the back 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The Electric Runabout, made by Columbia, was the first electric car ridden in by a U.S. President. That historical event happened over 105 years ago, in case you were wondering. The 1903 Columbia Electric Runabout had a 40-mile range and, like most electric cars of the era, was very popular with ...
Chicago 2008: GMC unwraps the Denali XT concept 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Denali XT for a high res gallery GMC doesn't do concepts very often but their latest example was unveiled here at the Chicago Auto Show. The new Denali XT concept is primarily a styling exercise but it also highlights a lot of ideas for the future of the truck market. As new fuel economy ...
Chicago 2008 video: Ford's Transit Connect delivers the goods 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The American version of the smallish Ford Transit Connect was unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show yesterday and Ford did the honorable thing (at least, that's how it felt as a hungry blogger on the expo floor) when it displayed just how versatile the delivery van can be by having the vans sort ...
Chicago 2008: Just how many hybrids has General Motors sold? 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Just how many hybrids has General Motors sold? Apparently not very many. We all know the Prius is the 800lb gorilla of the hybrid segment with sales of between 800,000 and 900,000 so far. A reader left a link to an IRS website in a comment the other day. The site lists which vehicles are still ...
Chicago 2008: Ford Transit Connect live reveal 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
After announcing a few feature updates in the Ford F150 at the Chicago Auto Show today, Ford unveiled the U.S. version of the Ford Transit Connect. This Euro-style van fits into a greener delivery niche, and Ford certainly made these vans look appealing, with four vans dancing around the stage, ...
Chicago 2008 AutoblogGreen Q&A: Coskata's Wes Bolsen on the ICM partnership 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
To get a little more information out of Coskata about this morning's announcement of a partnership with ICM to build the first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant using Coskata's proprietary process (past details on Coskata are here), we tracked down Wes Bolsen, chief marketing officer, business ...
Chicago 2008: GM North America president Troy Clarke's opening keynote 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
If a GM representative is speaking to the public these days, you can bet heavily that biofuels (cellulosic ethanol), E-Flex and the phrase "Gas friendly to gas free" will be uttered. When GM North America president Troy Clarke gave the opening keynote presentation at the Chicago Auto Show today, he ...
Chicago 2008: Chevrolet adds flex-fuel capability to HHR 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on the E85 Chevy HHR for a high res gallery General Motors continues to add flex-fuel capability to their fleet in a bid to reach their publicly-stated goal of selling at least half of their vehicles with biofuel capability by 2012. The latest member of the team to be able to run on any mix of ...
Chicago 2008: North American Debut of the Toyota 1/x 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the 1/x for a high-res gallery The Toyota 1/x (pronounced 1/xth) concept that debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show last fall is making its North American debut at the Chicago Auto Show today. The super lightweight hybrid tips the scales at a mere 926 lbs thanks to a minimalist design and extensive ...
Chicago 2008: Ford brings the Transit Connect to America 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Before the demise of Ford's Windstar/Freestar in late 2006, the company - like its crosstown competitors - offered a cargo van variant of its front wheel drive mini-van for light duty commercial applications. There are many uses where businesses need something smaller and more fuel efficient than ...
Chicago Auto Show 2008 videos: GMC Denali XT concept 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The GMC Denali XT concept debuts at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show this week. The flex-fuel, two-mode hybrid pickup truck reminds me a lot of Toyota's A-BAT hybrid pickup concept. The Denali XT has a more coupe-ish look and feel than Toyota's A-BAT. As you can see in the video above, GMC uses the paint ...
