OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – The new Cobalt Co50 is the French answer to a wide selection of fast, personal airplanes from companies such as Cirrus and Cessna. The company claims the five seat pusher configuration will be able to cruse at more than 250 miles per hour and have a range of more than 1150...

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – Idaho based Kitfox Aircraft introduced one of the more interesting looking light sport aircraft here at Airventure by simply adding a radial engine to the front. The 110 horsepower, seven cylinder engine is made by Rotec. Kitfox president John McBean says the most popular...

Quick Spin: 2010 Porsche 911 Sport Classic proves money can buy happiness The Porsche 911 Sport Classic is the embodiment of everything we love about the 911. But is it worth the price? New study suggests that women drive dirtier than men - at least in Britain [w/poll] Around 56 percent of female Brits...

Filed under: Spy Photos , Europe , Hatchback , Honda Euro-spec Honda Civic spy shots - Click above for high-res image gallery Well, look at what we have here. Back in May, our intrepid spy shooters managed to snap off a series of images showing the next-gen European Honda Civic hiding in plain sight...

Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety , Technology , Toyota No one can accuse our legislative process of being particularly swift. Even in the midst of one of the most productive congressional sessions in years, it takes plenty of hemming and hawing to push a bill all the way from committee to law....

Filed under: Budget , Hatchback , Volkswagen , Electric We’d already heard that we wouldn’t be getting the conventionally-powered version of Volkswagen’s city car, the Up! Now we hear, per Autocar , that it won’t be called the Up!, it will be called Lupo. The Lupo, a nameplate...

Filed under: Etc. , Chevrolet , UK Just like Toyota Australia does things differently than “our” Toyota, Chevrolet Europe does things that make us go, “That’s not the Chevy we know…” The latest example is a handshake study, headed by a professor of psychological sciences...

Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Sedan , SUV , Wagon , Jaguar , Land Rover With the all the news coming out of Jaguar , it’s obvious its Indian parents are intent on making the leaping cat a credible competitor to the world’s luxury automakers. To wit: not only has Jag green-lit the XE...

Filed under: Etc. , Europe , Videos , Chevrolet , UK , Design/Style Young Creative Chevrolet awards - Click above to watch video after the jump Just as Toyota rocks a lot more hip in Australia than it does in the U.S., Chevrolet ’s got far more groove in Europe than it does domestically. That...

It’s Canada Day, and in honor of the national holiday of our neighbor to the north we’re bringing you a gallery of Canadian-only cars. We all know about the tragic story of the Bricklin SV-1, a failure of a car largely paid for by taxpayers of New Brunswick . The story of how Buick’s...

David Couthlard got his first taste of a high-end electric vehicle and says “You will not believe the performance.” The former F1 champion and current Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters driver took a fluorescent yellow Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS E-Cell for a spin in Norway and came away impressed with...

Tesla Motors has given the Roadster a makeover and more comfortable seats. The Silicon Valley company calls the redone ride Roadster 2.5 and says it “reflects Tesla’s commitment to innovation and the company’s close feedback loop with its customers.” The high-tech jargon is no...

Filed under: Performance , Europe , Chevrolet 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport - Click above for high-res image gallery If you take a close look at any Corvette built in recent years, what you won’t find anywhere on it is the word ” Chevrolet .” The traditional bowtie does appear...

Ford is betting small cars have big appeal with consumers. The company that became synonymous with trucks and SUVs is shaking things up with a move toward smaller, more fuel efficient cars. The centerpiece of the campaign is the 2011 Ford Fiesta , which is smaller than anything we’ve seen out...