Report: Nissan Titan and Frontier pickups to get new model designations for 2011, little else

Filed under: Truck, Nissan

While Nissan refines its pickup truck plans and gets ready for an all new Titan in 2014, it is doing only a little bit of tweaking to the 2011 Titan and Frontier. The Titan swaps three of its four trim level names, with XE becoming S, SE becoming SV and LE becoming [...]

Hyundai brings Toyota’s Michael O’Brien to head U.S. product planning

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Hyundai, Toyota
Hyundai Motor America can officially stick another feather in its cap. The company has successfully managed to woo Mike O’Brien from the clutches of Toyota and back onto the Korean automaker’s team. O’Brien worked at Hyundai for a full 14 years as a product planner before jumping ship and heading over [...]

Maverick flying car can actually fly, and you’ll never be without a parachute

Filed under: Concept Cars, Etc., Specialty, South America, Off-Road

i-tec Mavric flying buggy – Click above for high-res image gallery

In a lot of ways, we’ve been shortchanged on the transportation front. We were supposed to be jetting around in flying cars by the year 2000, but unfortunately, our vehicles remain firmly bolted the ground below them. [...]

Tonino Lamborghini does his own branded laptop

Filed under: Technology, Lamborghini

Tonino Lamborghini CULV laptop – Click above for image gallery

Take a particular slant on supercar history and you’d be forgiven for categorizing Lamborghini as another pretender to Ferrari’s throne. Enzo was, after all, the spiteful impetus for Ferruccio’s branching out from tractors to sportscars, and some might say has been playing catch-up [...]

AutoblogGreen for 06.30.10

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