Blogs: Automotive News Archive

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Mitsubishi Evo Light The next Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is coming soon. But this isn’t that car. Nope. This is the front-drive next generation Lancer. The current Lancer never quite set the compact sedan world on fire—even with the halo effect of the Evo. That may change with this car. Even behind the black masking yo...	8/4/2006
Spy Report: GM Heavy Duty Pickups Yesterday General Motors unveiled its all-new light duty full-size pickups. Today we have an exclusive look at what the heavy-duty models will look like. PM reader Mike Kilpatrick snapped these shots of the General’s newest and biggest pickups tow testing in Colorado’s I-70 between Idaho Springs and...	8/3/2006
Chrysler's iPod on Wheels If you’re like me, you’ve got digital music on your computer, on CDs and saved on any number of MP3 players strewn about your house and in your car. My personal MP3 player grand total right now is four. Hey, I just had to get a 4GB iPod Nano. it’s so small, so thin…okay I guess there’s no justifying...	8/2/2006
The GMC Minivan GM has plans for a new model: the 2009/10 GMC minivan. The all-new GMC will team with Chevrolet as the only GM minivans of the future. Pontiac, Buick and Saturn models will be discontinued. Based on a front wheel drive chassis (naturally), the new van will be purpose built for the U.S. market, not a...	8/2/2006
Victory Unveils New Motorcycles We hate secrets. But we had to keep the info about Victory’s new 2007 models under our hat until today. The biggest news this year is that Victory will expand their lineup to include the new Kingpin Tour. That bike replaces the Victory Touring model that’s been in the lineup since 2001. The new King...	8/2/2006
Ford vs. Chevy, Pickup to Pickup Ford versus Chevy. Is there a longer-lived, more deeply-rooted rivalry in all of automobiledom? If there is we don’t know about it. The latest round in this nearly century-old grudge between brands happened today. Chevy unveiled it’s all-new 2007 Silverado along with the GMC Sierra. Well, only hours...	8/2/2006
Long-Term Test: Honda Fit PM’s West Coast office just took delivery of our newest Long Term Test Car: a Honda Fit Sport. The Fit impressed us so much on our B car comparison test that we decided to run it through its paces as a member of our long-term test fleet—like right now. We ordered our Fit with a manual transmission, ...	8/1/2006
Silent Runnings You can tell a lot about the folks running a company by the magazines in their lobby. Walk into the Tesla Motors world headquarters in San Carlos, California and you’ll see just about every car magazine in existence on the glass coffee table—along with the latest PM of course—and books about the his...	7/31/2006
PODCAST: We Test Automotive 'Fuel Savers' Gas prices are spiking, and so are the appearances of gadgets that promise drastic improvements in gas mileage. Senior automotive editor Mike Allen returns to the Popular Mechanics Show this week to chat about his in-depth, scientific tests of automotive gas mileage boosters. After that, Robert Bige...	7/31/2006
Leno’s Tank Car Gets Twin Turbos If you’re a fan of Jay Leno’s Garage, you probably remember his tank car, a King Kong sized, 9500-lb. hot rod built around a 1792 cid V-12 Continental-designed, Chrysler-built, tank engine. With 810 hp and 1560 lb.-ft of torque, you’d think that might be enough oomph for Leno right? Wrong. Hot roddi...	7/28/2006
The Automotive X Prize The folks behind the original Ansari X Prize, now known as the X Prize Foundation are making headway with their latest project, the Automotive X Prize. A new site was launched a few days ago with some details about the competition. The Auto X Prize will focus on the creation of new fuel-efficient ve...	7/27/2006
The Disappearing Car Company	7/26/2006
Mercedes-Benz SLR: All About The Pipes Yesterday our local Mercedes-Benz rep tossed me the keys to a $452,000, 617-hp Mercedes-Benz SLR and told me only to have it back before sundown. Um, okay, if you insist. Dutifully, we report the following discoveries: Surprisingly, you notice the brakes first. The pedal is very stiff and the brakes...	7/25/2006
Electric Lotus	7/25/2006
Podcast: Crunching the Numbers on Alternative Fuels Popular Mechanics senior automotive editor Mike Allen joins me for a fascinating journey through world of alternative fuel sources, from ethanol to methanol to biodiesel and hydrogen — a must listen for anyone tired of watching the meter whir at the gas pumps. Plus, the winner of the 2006 National G...	7/24/2006
Spy Report: Lincoln's Face Gets a Close Shave	7/22/2006
More Than Just Spots: The 2007 Ford F-250	7/10/2006
The Return of the Muscle Car Suddenly, it's 1969. Well, almost. Those of us fortunate to have been around and driving during the musclecar era of the late '60s will remember well how fast and brutal built-up ponycars could be. Remember, gas was cheap, carburetors were the size of turkey platters—and there is still no substitute...	7/6/2006
The Problem with Silver Bullets	7/6/2006
Car Spotting: On the Road with Professional Gear Heads Just got back from the long-lead introduction of Honda’s new-for-2007 CR-V crossover sport utility in Vancouver, British Columbia. But we’re not allowed to tell you a thing about the redesigned vehicle or even show a photo—yet. But watch for an upcoming New Cars column for the full skinny in POPULAR...	7/2/2006
Racecar U. On Thursday, I was a judge for the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) inaugural Formula SAE West collegiate competition. It was a blast. The three-day competition, an offshoot of the original Formula SAE competition that started way back in 1981, pits university teams against one another in a com...	6/17/2006
No Silver Bullet for Auto Energy Gaps In a speech before members of the International Motor Press Association in New York, David Friedman of the Union of Concerned Scientists commented that "there's no silver bullet for improving our dependence on oil." His remarks echoes what PM's Mike Allen wrote in our May 2006 cover story. But Fried...	6/16/2006
Volkswagen's New Battle Plan: Narrow Attack On Multiple Fronts WOLFSBURG, Germany — This week VW revealed a number of changes fort he near future that will alter its marketing plans and technical offerings in the U.S. VW's market focus for the next couple of years will be to a tidier model lineup with its vehicle features aimed more narrowly to specific ma...	6/15/2006
The Super Prius is Coming The Toyota Prius is not the kind of car normally associated with words such as "super" and "hot." Yet the waiting list for America’s favorite hybrid is longer than that of a new Ferrari or Lamborghini in some parts of the country. To date, Toyota has sold over 500,000 of them worldwide. Yeah, that's...	6/7/2006
Mitsubishi Wants To Call It A Comeback NAGOYA, Japan — Mitsubishi’s long history has been firmly rooted here for almost 150 years. Born of feudal Japan’s most notorious noble families, the company was founded in 1870, and has since expanded to become Japan’s largest companies, commanding a global industrial presence. For instance, Mitsub...	5/27/2006
No Barbecues for Lexus One of the more highly anticipated new car introductions of recent years is for the Lexus LS 460. The new large Lexus sedan has dropped its gloves and is ready to go toe-to-toe with the heavyweight prestige sedans from Germany. The LS 460 is as big, luxurious and technologically awesome as the newes...	5/22/2006
My Small, Sleek, Greek Road Trip ATHENS, Greece — Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Okay, I am in Greece to test drive the new Volkswagen Eos. The weather's perfect for driving a convertible (or convertible coupe, or hardtop convertible, or folding h...	5/18/2006
Tune In: PM on Good Morning America, Tomorrow Tune in tomorrow morning (May 16) to watch PM's West coast editor Ben Stewart on Good Morning America on ABC. Along with Seventeen's Atoosa Rubenstein, Stewart will cover the safety, cost and gas mileage issues that come up when you buy your (or your teen's) first car. And, of course, there will be ...	5/15/2006
Squeezing Out Every Last Drop Micro fuel cells, solid-state hydrogen storage, quantum-dot lighting—these were just a few of the esoteric, futuristic topics PM discussed with Al Romig, the executive vice president for nonweapons R&D at Sandia National Laboratories, and Nigel Hey, Sandia's media relations honcho, when they dr...	5/13/2006
Inventing Our Future, One Contest At A Time The H-Prize might not be as much fun to win as the Ansari X Prize that mobilized the first privately funded race to space, but then again, the morning commute is not nearly as exhilirating as blasting off into space. But it's no less important. In a move to kickstart the race towards alternative ene...	5/11/2006
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