When you think Aston Martin, you think luxury, power, quality and exclusivity. Well, move over MINI, Aston Martin is about to crowd your market by offering a new “luxury commuter car concept”. The strangest and probably most unbelievable part of this is that the concept will be based on Toyota’s economy car, the iQ. The Toyota [...]

Clearly carbon constraints, higher gas-mileage mandates, and concern over oil supplies are putting pressure on carmakers to change their lineups. And the loss of one-third of global car sales has slammed the industry like never before. But still, we really thought we were hallucinating when we opened this morning’s news. Aston Martin is working on [...]

Many automakers have tried–now Volkswagen will give its longstanding partnership with China’s automakers a boost as it cooperates with Chinese automaker BYD on electric cars. In a statement released today, Volkswagen says it’s signed a memorandum of understanding with BYD–a company charged to “Build Your Dreams,” like the M1 sedan shown above–effective last week. The [...]

PAL-V rendering Love/hate — Around the TCC offices, car lust is common. (As it should be.) But never has a vehicle inspired such mixed emotions as the VW Beetle you see to your left, which has been tricked out with a suicide door on the passenger side that’s either awesome or atrocious, depending on your [...]

One of the Automoblox contest winners Fiat may take majority stake in Opel — Not content to take a big ol’ slice of Chrysler pie, Fiat is seriously eying GM’s Opel brand. In fact, by the time you read this, the ink may be drying on a deal. [DetNews] New Bee line — These days, [...]

Toyota FT-HS Concept With all the rumors and anticipation surrounding Toyota’s joint venture with Subaru to produce a front-engine, rear-wheel drive coupe, the automaker’s Supra successor has been put on the news cycle’s back-burner. However, according to a report by Best Car, development has continued in earnest since the FT-HS Hybrid Sports Car Concept debuted [...]

VW Up! concept According to a report on Auto Express, Volkswagen plans to debut a new eco-friendly concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September that could potentially rival the Chevy Volt-based Opel Ampera in Europe. Unlike the automaker’s previous green concepts like the hybrid Golf TwinDrive and diesel-powered BlueSport Roadster, the new and as-yet [...]

Italdesign Giugiaro is a familiar name to gearheads the world over, and its designs for everything from Hyundai to Ferrari are well known. Frazer-Nash, on the other hand, is generally considered the answer to a trivia question, but it was once a respected sports car company. All of those names came together at the Geneva [...]