Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Autopia is excited, and so are we. Why? Because the World Car of the Year organization hase just made Volkswagen’s BlueMotion brand the 2010 World Green Car of the Year. The award was given by 59 jurors representing 25 countries around the world. The other two finalists for this year’s honor were the Honda Insight [...]
Filed under: Going Green, VW by Mel
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Automotive News is reporting this morning that Audi is ramping up to greatly expand their hybrid and electric vehicle offerings over the next few years, as part of the Volkswagen Group’s plans to dominate that alternative-fuel market by the end of the decade. Audi’s board member in charge of technical development, Michael Dick, shared the [...]
Filed under: Audi, Going Green, VW by Mel
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
As the 2009 Detroit Auto Show kicked off on Sunday, January 11, the Hyundai Genesis picked up top honors as Car of the Year with the Ford F-150 being named Truck of the Year. Eligibility hinged on a complete re-design or substantial degree of change to the model customers could buy in 2008. Fifty journalists [...]
Filed under: Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, VW by Shorty
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