An Occasional Molling

Mere weeks after stealing the spotlight at the Detroit Motor Show with the voluptuous Karma S convertible, Henrik Fisker and his eponymous carrosserie have announced pricing and specs for the Fisker Karma hybrid luxury sedan, due to hit the road in early 2011.

Continue reading Geneva Preview: 2011 Fisker Karma

It’s been a long while since BMW sold a diesel car in the US market.

Since 1988, when the 524d and 524td sedans left our shores in a cloud of their own soot, the Soviet Union fell apart and Germany reunified. We’ve had two Bushes and a Clinton in the White House and watched oil prices surge to dizzying heights.

Now, even as crude oil prices continue to fall in the dour economy, BMW has returned with a pair of oil-burners.

We’ve got the inside line on both.

Continue reading BMW ships, prices first US-market diesels in 20 years

Late last spring, MINI’s parent company BMW announced plans to build and lease a fleet of 500 MINI Cooper-based electric vehicles starting in the spring of 2009.

After many months of highly secretive R&D, BMW has released photos and full specifications on the MINI E, the company’s first pure-electric vehicle.

Based on the 2009 . . . → Read More: 204-hp electric MINI E to debut at LA Auto Show

Fuel misers rejoice! We’ve got a double shot of Toyota MPG-centric news for you tonight.Last night, while I was off waxing poetic about the British and their victory in the Nevada desert 11 years hence, the internet was boiling over with rumors that the 2010 Prius had done the full-monty strip show.After weeks of . . . → Read More: MPG-o-rama! 2010 Prius leak confirmed; Toyota speaks on Scion iQ rumors