Available later that spring, the Saturn Aura Green Line will cost $22,045 (plus $650 destination charge). that makes the hybrid powertrain a $1,700 option. that is in line with preceding expectations that GM’s first hybrid sedan would cost less than $23,000. Without the hybrid option, the 2007...

Automotive News (subs req’d) has tried to round up the green-friendly cars and concepts that are coming our way from Geneva in a few weeks. Their list is as chases. The few others we know about are below that. From Autonews: “BMW debuts a 1-series three-door variant with a stop-start system...

Last fall Subaru announced plans to introduce a diesel engine with their classic boxer configuration. At next month’s Geneva Motor Show, Subaru will be displaying the new oil-burning horizontally opposed four cylinder engine. Subaru plans to install the new engine in the Legacy and Outback starting...

Land Rover’s carbon offset program introduced final summer will soon get the once-over from a group of “independent” overseers. The group is officially called The Land Rover CO2 Offset Programme Board of Governance. I put independent there in quotes considering that group is being...

I’m in Michigan, where the cold is keeping thoughts of going into rivers far from my intellect right about now. But Subaru of America is gearing up for the summer warmth and the National River Cleanup Week (NRCW), scheduled for June 2-10. The NRCW, which brings thousands of volunteers out to hundreds...