Audi Q7 TDI Nets 31.79 MPG From New York To D.C. (The Car Connection)

The Audi Mileage Marathon kicked off from Manhattan's Central Park on Monday morning at 9 AM. The first leg of the journey, which involves 184 drivers from all around the world, took the convoy of Q7, Q5, A4, and A3 TDI turbodiesels from New York to Washington, D.C. Big news from Audi was the real-world efficiency of its ..

GM Revamps Spring Hill For Chevy Traverse Production (The Car Connection)

GM proudly announces - with Chevy Traverse crossovers now rolling off the line - that the conversion of its Spring Hill, Tennessee plant was "one of GM's fastest from plan development to product rolling off the line." The automaker has spent the last 12 months and some $600 million readying the manufacturing facility for ..

Cars for Christmas kicks off (Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune)

It didn’t even take until the official launch. As soon as the Cars for Christmas Lottery signs went up at the Prairie Mall on Friday, [...]

Volvo Confirms 300-HP, AWD C30 (The Car Connection)

Think Volvos are just for soccer moms? Think again. The Swedish purveyor of "safe" has just confirmed plans for a 300-horsepower, all-wheel-drive edition of the Kammback-cool C30 hatch. This is a nice antidote to increasingly bland entries like the V70 (no longer with turbocharged power), and should be the hottest thing from Volvo ..

Here come the new 2009 models (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Splashy sports cars, new pickup trucks and powerful yet fuel-thrifty diesel engines highlight the 2009 model year.