Filed under: Etc. In just a few hours, the Naughties will be no more. And while we’re all for looking back on the decade that was with rose-tinted glasses, our critical eyes inevitably fall to the vehicles released in the last ten years. There was a balanced amount of successes and disappointments,...

Filed under: Videos Click above to view the video after the jump Apparently Automobile and New York Times contributor Ezra Dyer took a fair amount of flack for his snowy Audi R8 escapades , so he’s compiled his greatest motive moments of 2009 into one predictably ridiculous montage. We’d...

Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal Kansas is revamping the way it issues vanity plates, and it means a lot of residents are going to lose their ‘duplicate’ personalized plates. They’re not really duplicates, though: Unlike most states, Kansas allows people in different counties to...

Filed under: Videos , Motorcycle GOVECS electric scooter with Snow Kit Solution - Click above to watch the video after the jump Depending on where you happen to live on the planet, two-wheeled transportation may be anything from a year-round necessity to a few-months-of-the-year hobby. Right about now,...

Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Safety Maybe it’s the mass inebriation that makes it easier, but New Year’s Eve is apparently hottest holiday for car theft. If the whole world is already sleeping it off, there’s no way anybody is going to pay heed to your stupid alarm, perhaps....

<< previous image | next image >> It’s hard to believe just 10 years ago automakers were working double-time to churn out the biggest SUVs consumers could stuff into their garages. Bigger was better, fuel economy be damned. Why worry when gas was less than a buck-and-a-half a gallon...

Filed under: Car Buying , Concept Cars , GM , Saab , Spyker 2006 Saab Aero-X Concept - click above for high-res gallery In a far-reaching interview with AOL Autos this morning, Spyker Cars CEO Victor Muller revealed some interesting tidbits about his company’s plan for Saab if they can successfully...

A group of 15 airlines have signed agreements with two different fuel producers in the largest move towards alternative jet fuel to date. Up until this announcement there have been plenty of airlines demonstrating the use of alternative jet fuels, but it has mostly been an airline here and another one...

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , GM , GMC 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe - Click above for high-res image gallery The North American International Auto Show is typically the big show for Detroit-based automakers and 2010 appears to be no different for General Motors . Chris Preuss,...

The U.S. Treasury Department invested another $3.8 billion in the financial company GMAC, bringing its total commitment to $17.2 billion. This raises Treasury’s ownership stake to 56.3% (up from 35.4%), making taxpayers the majority stakeholder in the company. This also brings the government’s total...

Filed under: Etc. About this time every year, news outlets like ours wax nostalgic over the past year, compiling the highlights, lowlights, bloopers, and everything in between that happened in the last 365 days. Notes are compared, calendars dates are circled, lists are conjured. Understandably, other...

Imagine growing up a gearhead in a country where gasoline is taxed prohibitively, cars are taxed up to $70,000 on the displacement of their engines and speeding is strictly punished with license suspension. Then, imagine watching Vin Diesel play badass street racer Dominic Toretto in The Fast and the...

Filed under: Etc. Autoblog’s Top 100 Photographs of 2009 - Click above for high-res image gallery We’re a privileged bunch here at Autoblog. We drive some pretty amazing cars and go to the world’s best automotive events. Of course, it’s our job to not just keep these experiences...

When taxpayers scramble to finish their returns this April 15, they will see a 9% cut in the business mileage deduction from 55 cents per mile to 50 cents per mile. The Internal Revenue Service also announced that those who moved for work or counted travel as a medical expense will see a reduction from...