The Fiat 500 may be a crown jewel in the set that belongs to the retro enthusiastic crowds but it still comes with some modern features. And the best of all these features is the new engine the Italians developed especially for the little town car and which they hope to find more applications for. [...]

TweetEmail TweetEmail Aston Martin’s partnership with the Italian renown design house that is Zagato may turn up to be even more profitable than ever before for the British company. The collaboration between these two well known torch bearers for modern car design finally lead to both of them receiving an award which certifies what they [...]

The new Audi A6 which was awarded the 2011 EyesOn Design title at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show achieved this exalted position due to its design features that included such features like elegant yet sporty proportions featuring a long engine hood, a low, sweeping roof line and prominent lines on the flanks that create an [...]

The Romanian SUV wins one more award, this time from the French people from Argus. The main reason for the Romanian model to win the big prize in its category is the well equipment level and performance according to the price tag. More exactly, the 4×2 Laureate 1.5 dCi version of Duster managed to take [...]

Here is the winner of the 2011 Car of the Year award, Nissan Leaf, the electric Japanese model who managed to impose ahead of other well placed models. Nissan Leaf – 2011 Car of the Year Actually, this is the first electric model to win this award, a detail which makes this award greater. I [...]

The European department of Opel proudly announced that a model in the range, more exactly Meriva, received the Golden Steering Wheel award this year while last year Opel Astra won this competition. However, Opel won the Golden Steering Wheel award 14 times since the brand started to participate at this contest. Opel Meriva wins Golden [...]

The European New Car Assessment Programme awarded a five star rating to Alfa Romeo’s latest model the Giulietta. The overall score that the Giulietta obtained from the Euro NCAP was 87/100. The rating points to the fact that the Giulietta is the “safest compact ever. This assumes greater significance since EURO NCAP had implemented a [...]

The new Toyota Prius has scooped its first award, winning the title of WhatGreenCar Car of the Year 2009. On sale from 1 August 2009, the new Toyota Prius was chosen from a short-list of 10 green car finalists which were test-driven at Imperial College, London, by six of the UK’s leading green transport and [...]