Report: U.S. safety bill could triple cost of automotive black boxes to $5,000

Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety
When word first came down that Congress was looking to mandate that all new vehicles to be sold with Event Data Recorders, we knew that the added tech was going to be pricey. According to Automotive News, if legislators have their way, the new automotive black boxes will need to be both [...]

NYC seeks Taxi of Tomorrow; is UniCab the answer?

Filed under: Concept Cars, Work, Specialty, Design/Style

A couple of years have passed now since the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) announced its search for a vehicle that would replace the taxis of New York City with something that better fits the times. The TLC created a website for creative types to submit ideas [...]

Video: 2010 Chevy Camaro SS gets switched on hydraulics

Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Etc., Videos, Chevrolet

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS with the switches – Click above to watch video after the jump

Chevrolet products are no strangers to hydraulics, but models that get the height-altering technology usually go by names like Impala or Caprice, not Camaro – and they are usually decades old, not 2010 [...]

Report: Mercedes-Benz S350 Bluetec joining lineup for 2011

Filed under: Sedan, Mercedes-Benz, Diesel, Luxury

2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed to Autoblog that the S400 hybrid won’t remain the only efficiency-minded member of the S-Class family for long. The S350 Bluetec will be coming to the U.S. market for 2011 as the first diesel S-Class since the [...]

Spy Shots: Hyundai Sonata wagon captured for the first time

Filed under: Spy Photos, Wagon, Europe, Hyundai

2011/2012 Hyundai Sonata wagon – Click above for high-res image gallery

We recently published some renderings of what a station wagon variant of the new Hyundai Sonata might look like, and we now have our first actual photos of the real thing undergoing testing. While it (predictably) doesn’t feature the [...]