The 2012 Fiat 500 has won the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award in the Institute's latest round of testing. Note, the award only applies to 500s built after July of this year because the driver's seat structure was modified to improve occupant protection in both...
Smart is about to embark on an ambitious new marketing campaign to promote its ForTwo minicar in the U.S., and hopefully get the brand into mainstream after the failed... September 1, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
It’s been four years since we first saw the original Up! Concept, and now, just a few weeks out from its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, Volkswagen has taken the... August 22, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Fiat fans in the U.S. will finally be able to drive away in the irresistibly stylish Fiat 500 by Gucci when the fashionable subcompact makes its local debut during New York... August 17, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
When it comes to cars that are fully electric, the Tesla Roadster and Nissan Leaf seem to grab all the attention, but there are a handful of other zero-emission cars... August 16, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
The Fiat 500 has just hit showrooms and is set to be joined in the very near future by its 500 Cabrio sibling, but in a few short years the 500 lineup will expand to no less... August 12, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Owners of the Fiat 500 and new 500 Cabrio will be able to dress up their cars in quite a number of different ways, 150 different ways in fact, thanks to a number of... July 29, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
MINI is hard at work developing the third-generation of its iconic hatchback in time for launch at the end of 2012, spy shots of the Cooper version you can see by clicking... July 26, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
You, like many out there, may still be wondering who is dropping tens of thousands of dollars on a rebadged Toyota iQ minicar that Aston Martin is selling under the Cygnet... July 14, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Aston Martin has joined forces with French fashion label colette to produce the special edition ‘Cygnet & colette’ minicar, which will be produced in a... June 23, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
MINI recently announced an $800 million investment deal for its plant in Oxford, UK to prepare for production of its third-generation Cooper model. The new model, spy shots... June 10, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
With the sighting of a prototype for the 2013 MINI Cooper confirming that the third-generation modern MINI would be growing in size, both in length and width, rumors have... June 8, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Mazda has taken the wraps off a new ‘downsized’ engine displacing just 1.3-liters but developing upwards of 83 horsepower and 83 pound-feet of torque thanks to a... May 18, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Development of BMW’s all-electric i3 hatchback, the car formally known as the Megacity Vehicle, is well underway as we saw last winter when these prototypes were... May 17, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
It just made its U.S. debut at last week’s 2011 New York Auto Show and now we have the all-important pricing details. We’re of course talking about the funky new... April 26, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
The Fiat 500 Cabrio, or 500c for short, has been around since 2006 but at this week’s 2011 New York Auto Show the wraps came off the U.S.-spec version of the cutesy... April 21, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran