Car companies usually have a few competitors that they target, be it for benchmarking or simply for stealing sales. This list is usually a short one of a few top sellers and performers. For example, a car company would be crazy not to target its new family sedan at the Honda Accord, Nissan Altima, Toyota Camry, Mazda6, Ford Fusion, or Chevrolet Malibu. Simple enough. But Hyundais Genesis goes up against one of the largest possible cross-sections of competitors that weve seen: At the Genesis' debut in Detroit this winter, their promo video showed the car competing against the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5 Series. Of course there are tons of cars in that class, such as the Infiniti M35, Lexus GS, Acura RL, Audi A6, to name a few.  read more »

The 2008 Paris Mondial de L'Automobile has opened its doors with the media preview days. Highlights include the Lamborghini Estoque, Renault Ondelios concept, Citroën Hypnos concept, Pininfarina Bo concept, GTbyCITROËN, Peugeot RC HyMotion 4, and Mercedes ConceptFASCINATION. Production debuts include the Renault Megane and Chevrolet Volt. We will have ongoing reports of the most significant debuts in our show Highlights, with in-depth Design Reviews and an extensive Photo Gallery to follow.

Volkswagen has topped a list that it probably didn't want to be on: The most polluting vehicles. The VW Touareg V10 TDI and its not-so-clean diesel engine got the worst ranking from the EPA for its heavy output of exhaust....Stephen Markley

[url=http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/06/30/chevrolet-and-lexus-beat-new-mercedes-bluetec-suvs-in-price-and-fuel-economy/]Chevy & Lexus beat Merc[/url]

GM & Toyota fans will enjoy together .... this time :grin: :grin: :grin:

Lexus RX400 is better priced and has better fuel economy comapred to ML

Even though diesel is topping $5 a gallon in some areas of the U.S., Mercedes-Benz believes that its new line of 50-state clean-diesel Blutec vehicles will account for 15 percent of SUV and crossover...

Just a few short years ago, Emily Hansen thought of hybrid vehicles as something out of science fiction. She figured all hybrid vehicles would have "Jetsons"-style bubbles, or perhaps R2-D2-like robots as passengers. Today, however, hybrids have entered the mainstream,...Stephen Markley

By most accounts, Honda originally planned to show off the next generation NSX to the seething throngs at last year's Tokyo Motor Show . But due to the less-than-positive reception the Advanced Sports Car concept garnered at the Detroit show, Honda's designers headed back to the drawing board to redesign the front clip housing the 550 hp, 4.5-liter V10.  read more »