The 2010 Honda Insight

Honda priced its new Insight at a shade under $20,000, about $2,000 less than the outgoing Prius base model. In response, Toyota is scrambling to offer a new base-base-model 2010 Prius that will start at $21,000, and held the price of its most popular Prius model at $22,000. The El Cheapo Prius won't arrive until "later this year,"
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/106997/Honda's-New-Insight-Targets-the-Prius

Bentley Continental GTC

GTC Speed is remarkable in that it returns positively the worst gas mileage I have ever observed in any car that didn't have a roll cage and parachute on the back. This, the high-performance version of the Continental GTC -- powered by a 6.0-liter, 12-cylinder engine producing 600 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque -- is a woeful and desolate killing field of hydrocarbons, the wailing wall of dead dinosaurs. In typical, around-town, stop-and-go driving, this exquisite British convertible gets about 5 to 7 miles per gallon, and during hard acceleration 3 mpg.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-neil24-2009apr24,0,3971056.column

The 2009 Nissan Cube

CVT is rated 28 mpg in town, 30 mpg highway, 29 combined (3.45 gallons per 100 miles). Manual: 24/29/26. Trip computer in preproduction CVT tester: 24.2 mpg in highway driving (4.13 gal./100 mi.) in stiff wind.

Uses regular; holds 13.2 gallons.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/reviews/healey/2009-04-16-nissan-cube-usa_N.htm

General Motors 2010 Camaro SS:

The 2010 Camaro SS is a shortened version of Australia's Holden Monaro/Pontiac G8, but the retro styling is patterned on the classic '69 Camaro SS.

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The tagline for GMC's 2010 Terrain is "The CUV hs bn cndnsd," which they intend to mean it's all about smaller size yet bigger capability. The direct-injection 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine returns 30 mpg, the MultiFlex sliding rear seats provide huge storage space or best-in-class leg room, and among the many storage spaces, the center console can swallow a laptop.

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New York Auto Show: Scion iQ 2009

To no one's surprise, Toyota unveiled the Scion iQ concept at the New York Auto Show. Ever since the iQ debuted in Europe last year, the expectation has been that Toyota would sell the micro compact car as a Scion here in the U.S. to compete against the Smart ForTwo. What surprised us were the modifications made to the iQ for its debut in the States.

New York Auto Show: Subaru Legacy Outback 2009

It only makes sense that Subaru chose to unveil its new Outback here, as the very first model debuted here in the Big Apple some 15 years ago. Predictably, the all-wheel drive Outback's running gear remains pure Legacy, and as such, it has grown similarly.

New York Auto Show: Acura ZDX

After a few weeks of teasing, Acura has finally revealed the ZDX, its new four-door, luxury crossover "coupe" that is clearly aimed at the similarly proportioned BMW X6. The ZDX wears the now familiar shield grille and sharp styling that has spread across the entire Acura lineup.

Volkswagen Bio Runner

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: Volkswagen Bio Runner

In the Volkswagen Bio Runner, the rider has controls attached to his/her hands and feet that manipulate the wheels via synthetic muscle-based suspension. The vehicle has dual-turbine engines that run at an ultra-efficient 500,000 rpm and operate on bio-synthetic jet fuel. The vehicle feeds video to the driver when visibility is limited and contains telemetry analysis software, which in the case of emergency, takes over piloting to avoid danger unseen by the driver.

Johnson Controls re3

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: Johnson Controls re3

Johnson Controls re3 Concept vehicle - re3 stands for re-think, re-new, re-spond - offers a plug-in, lithium-ion battery; hybrid drivetrain and a display system that lets the driver peronalize it with drag and drop icons. The company claims that its goal is to help consumers "succeed in creating 'smart' environments" with cars that "bring value today - reducing weight, optimizing cost and providing sustainable solutions."

Chrysler EV

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: Chrysler EV

The Chrysler EV Concept is an extended-range electric automobile with trend-setting innovations designed for maximum driver convenience.

The car has a radio with audio tagging so the driver can buy music with a simple click, a navigation system that recommends fuel-efficient routes and stored seating positions and temperatures, the Washington Post reports.

Nervous parents can employ the "teen setting," which limits speed and warns owner of erratic driving or if the car is out of a specified range. There is also a navigation system that links to city-street cameras, allowing drivers to see traffic situations in intersections in real time.

Audi R25

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: Audi R25
Audi introduces the R25 the latest prototype in its racecar lineup. The vehicle incorporates innovative features, such as high-velocity banks and tunnels, which allow cars to race inverted. All top sections of the tunnels and banks are wireless electrical charging zones, which encourage the drivers to utilize these free energy zones instead of fuel stops.

BMW Hydrogen Powered Salt Flat Racer

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: BMW Hydrogen Powered Salt Flat Racer
BMW Hydrogen Powered Salt Flat Racer is a hydrogen powered salt flat racer based on the premise of reuse (instead of recycle). This concept utilizes existing, ordinary, and mundane materials, such as old oil barrels and barbeque lids, as main components for the body and wheel discs.

Dodge Circuit EV

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: Dodge Circuit EV
Dodge Circuit EV Concept allows customers to move into an all-electric vehicle with style. Car and Driver says the car offers, "a 268-hp electric motor capable of propelling the EV to 60 mph in under five seconds and through the quarter-mile in less than 13. Top speed is claimed to be 125 mph. Range is still quoted at 150–200 miles, courtesy of the onboard lithium-ion batteries."

Myers Motors

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: Myers Motors
Is this the future of 'green' automobiles? Myers Motors hopes so. This three-wheeled car is battery-operated, can go 76 MPH and is highway legal, according to Jalopnik.

GM Chaparral Volt

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: GM Chaparral Volt
The GM Chaparral Volt Concept uses advanced EREV propulsion, energy collection, generation and management system to create a category of racing the company calls "the eco-triathlon." The Chaparral Volt collects and generates its own energy from three different clean, renewable and abundant California resources: earth (gravity and momentum), wind (aero-thermal) and fire (radiant sunlight).

Mercedes-Benz Formula Zero Racer

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: Mercedes-Benz Formula Zero Racer
Luxury racing arrives in the Mercedes-Benz Formula Zero Racer by incorporating elements from the Formula One racing world with the track dynamics of the bobsled or luge, and the grace and efficiency of yacht racing. It has electric hub motors, aero-efficient solar skin and high-tech rigid sail.

Honda Great Race 2025

Category: Concept Cars at L.A. and Detroit Auto Shows

Name: Honda Great Race 2025
Honda's Great Race 2025 is a futuristic vehicle that is designed to whip around the globe in 24 hours by land, sea and air. The car has sonar/echolocation sensors that are able to detect changes in speed, terrain, and altitude, allowing it to switch to any configuration.

Toyota FT-EV

Category: Concept Cars at NY Auto Show

Name: Toyota FT-EV

This tiny automobile, decorated with flowers and birds painted in gold, is the Toyota FT-EV, an electric version of the Toyota iQ - a new urban commuter vehicle popular in Japan. This car is part of Toyota's committment to "provide true sustainabile mobility with vehicles that significantly reduce fuel consumption, our carbon footprint and overall greenhouse gases," a statement from the company reveals.

2010 Kia Soul

Category: Just Revealed at NY Auto Show

Name: 2010 Kia Soul

"The fun all-new five-passenger Kia Soul which starts at $13,995 (including delivery) is available in four trims: Soul, Soul+, Soul! and Soul sport and features big-car standard and optional equipment such as keyless entry remote, solar glass, and power sunroof. It is powered by either a four-cylinder 1.6-liter or a 2.0-liter engine producing 122 and 142 horsepower respectively," Motorology.com reports.

Chevrolet Spark

Category: Just Revealed at NY Auto Show

Name: Chevrolet Spark

It's compact, fuel-efficient and forward-thinking, but is this car and others like it enough to save beleagured General Motors? Read more about other, environmentally friendly GM cars here.

2009 Ford Fiesta

Category: 2009 World Car of the Year

Name: 2009 Ford Fiesta

The Ford Fiesta is a compact, three-door hatchback with your choice of engines ranging from a 67-horsepower diesel ro a 113-horsepower, 1.6-liter gasoline powered one, Motortrend.com reports. It also offers "an array of modern technological features...such as Bluetooth integration, auxiliary media player connectivity, and red-tinted ambient lighting," the site says.

Nissan Cube

Category: Just Revealed, NY Auto Show

Name: Nissan Cube

"The fashionable and functional new 1.8-liter Nissan cube provides the utility and dependability consumers expect in a small car including wide doors, large greenhouse with wraparound rear window, and a refrigerator-style rear door combined with a roomy five passenger interior," Motorology.com reports.

Toyota Prius

Category: Just Revealed, NY Auto Show

Name: Toyota Prius

It may be larger than its predecessor, but it's still the most fuel efficient and aerodynamic car available in the US, government-fleet.com says. "With a combined 50 mpg, the Prius is available with high-tech features that include a solar-powered ventilation system, remote a/c, Lane Keep Assist, Intelligent Parking Assist, and three driving modes including electric-only," the site reports.

Mazda 3

Category: Just Revealed at NY Auto Show

Name: Mazda 3

This car "pushes Mazda design further and its exciting driving performance perfectly represents Mazda’s Zoom-Zoom spirit. Carrying forward the MZR 2.3 DISI Turbo engine, Mazda3 MPS builds on the popularity and recognition of the previous model. It evolves the driving experience to an entirely new level of quality and pleasure with its emotional design and exhilarating performance," Motorology.com raves.

2009 Toyota iQ

Category: 2009 World Car of the Year

Name: 2009 Toyota iQ

The Toyota iQ - the 'i' stands for individuality, innovation and intelligence and the 'q' stands for quality - is a super-compact (less than 10 feet long), four-seat, hatchback car that gets about 54 miles to the gallon. The car is available in Japan, and Toyota is considering it for the U.S. market. Prices would start at roughly $14K.

2010 Cadillac SRX

Category: Just Revealed at NY Auto Show

Name: 2010 Cadillac SRX

"The new SRX is a mid-size luxury crossover featuring a completely new design and more-efficient, high-technology engine choices. It is powered by a new 3.0L direct injected V-6 engine or a 2.8L turbocharged V-6. Direct injection enables a 25-percent reduction in hydrocarbon emissions. Performance and safety are enhanced by an available all-wheel-drive (AWD) system," Motorology.com reports.

Cadillac Converj

Category: Concept Cars, NY Auto Show

Name: Cadillac Converj
The stunningly designed Cadillac Converj concept car has an all-electric range of 40 miles, an electric motor with 120kw of power, and can reach 100 mph. Since most Americans have a commute that is shorter than 40 miles, this car - if it existed yet - could mean you never had to buy gasoline again.

Mercedes Benz Blue Zero

Category: Concept Cars, NY Auto Show

Name: Mercedes Benz Blue Zero

The Mercedes Benz Blue Zero concept car is a five-seat electric car that could accelerate to 60 mph in less than 11 seconds and would have a 1000-pound carrying capacity, roomy luggage compartment, and a low center of gravity. The car could travel 124 miles on one charge, according to Popular Mechanics.

Nissan 370Z

Category: Just Revealed, NY Auto Show

Name: Nissan 370Z

"The newly redesigned Nissan 370Z is more refined, more powerful, and even better handling. Powered by a 332-horsepower 3.7-liter DOHC V6 engine with Variable Valve Event and Lift Control (VVEL), the new Z also features a new 7-speed automatic transmission, and a world’s first synchronized downshift rev matching system for the 6-speed manual transmission," Motorology.com reports.

Name: 2010 Ford Mustang

2010 Ford Mustang

The first Ford Mustang made its debut more than 40 years ago and decades later, it's still a beloved American automobile. The 2010 model has rear-wheel drive; offers two body styles including a 2+2 coupe and a 2+2 soft-top convertible and has a 210 horsepower, 4.0 liter V-6 engine standard, according to CarConnection.com.

BMW 335D Advanced Diesel

BMW 335D Advanced Diesel

This diesel BMW 335d races from 0-60 in just over six seconds and has a 265-horsepower, twin-turbo 3.0 liter engine, according to ridelust.com. The car produces 425 lb-ft of torque at just 1,750 rpm.

Kia Soul

2010 Pontiac G8 Sport Truck

The Pontiac G8 ST, or 'Sport Truck' resembles a modern-day El Camino. "It shares virtually everything but the nose, hood and interior with its brother from down under, the Holden Ute," Jalopnik says. The site says the car has a 361 HP 6.0-liter V8 engine and can get from 0-60 in about 5.4 seconds.

2009 Fisker Karma

2009 Fisker Karma

Fisker Automotive is a new car company billing itself as "a green American premium sports car company with a mission to create a range of beautiful environmentally friendly cars that make environmental sense without compromise," the company's Web site reports. As for Fisker's Karma, it gets 100 mpg on average and can race from 0-60 in about six seconds with a top speed of 125 mph, according to government-fleet.com. The car is powered by its lithium ion batteries for up to 50 miles.

BMW Z4

BMW Z4

This two-seater roadster is "redesigned with a first-time, power-fold hardtop, more power, and new fuel-saving features," according to Consumer Guide Auto. The site says that the new model "shapes up as a much-changed premium sporty/performance car."

Auto Show Infiniti G Convertible

Infiniti G Convertible

"The first-ever Infiniti G Convertible is powered by a 3.7-liter V6 325 horsepower engine and features a three-piece folding steel top and a special convertible-focused interior, which features a unique Bose Open Air Sound System that dynamically changes equalization based on outside noise, vehicle speed, and top position," Motorology.com reports.

Auto Show Honda FC Sport

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/galleries/sneak_preview_new_york_auto_show/sneak_preview_new_york_auto_show.html#ph0Name: Honda FC Sport

Built as a design study, the Honda FC Sport showcases the carmaker's vision of manufacturing environmentally responsible automobiles. The "FC" stands for hydrogen "Fuel Cell" - the same technology that powers Honda's FCX Clarity.