Filed under: Car Buying , Government/Legal In what might turn out to be one of the biggest games of “he said, she said,” in the history of the world, Maritz Research, an automotive market research company, is claiming that the government’s Cash for Clunkers program actually boosted auto sales ..readmore

Filed under: Aftermarket , Hybrid , Japan , Hatchback , Honda Spoon Honda CR-Z – Click above for image gallery With Honda ’s in-house parts department in the game and Mugen developing it’s own line of kit for the CR-Z , the tuner trifecta is almost complete with the ..readmore

Filed under: Videos , Toys/Games Gran Turismo 5 “Nights” trailer – Click above to watch video after the jump Perhaps Polyphony Digital should just go into the commercial rendering business. Gran Turismo 5 remains stuck behind a palisade of silence, but new trailers for the game are thrown over ..readmore

Filed under: New York Auto Show , Spy Photos , Performance , Wagon , Cadillac , GM Well, it sure looks like it. All credit for this one goes to Autoblog reader Aaron P., who emailed the following to us: So I was walking down Grand Avenue in Downtown ..readmore

Filed under: Concept Cars , Convertible , Coupe , Performance , Misc. Auto Shows , Luxury Morgan Aero SuperSports – Click above for high-res image gallery As if we didn’t have enough reasons to look forward to the Pebble Beach Concours this August – beautiful weather, beautiful machinery and ..readmore

Filed under: Etc. , Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , GMC , Canada They won’t make you ski, skate or snowboard with any additional talent or zest, but the “official” Olympic-branded vehicles used during the 2010 Winter Games are going up for sale in Canada later this month. Each ..readmore

Filed under: Sedan , Videos , Pontiac Click above to watch the video after the jump We see a lot of weird, sometimes funny stuff on our nation’s streets and highways, but we usually don’t feel compared to share any of it with you. Until today. Wednesday, March 3 ..readmore

Filed under: Etc. , Videos , Toys/Games Racing with Hot Wheels Custom Motors – Click above to watch the video after the jump . Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure Books from when you were a kid? Awesome, right? Hot Wheels has applied that approach to a web video ..readmore

Filed under: Motorsports , Videos Gran Turismo 5 NASCAR promo – Click above to watch the video after the jump In a word, impressive. Sure, we can go on for paragraphs about how disappointed we are that Polyphony Digital and Sony still haven’t released Gran Turismo 5 ( there ..readmore

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Hyundai If you didn’t get enough of Hyundai at the Super Bowl , we’ve got some good news for you. You’ll see even more of the Korean automaker if you’re watching the Oscars this Sunday. Automotive News is reporting that Hyundai has purchased eight spots ..readmore

Filed under: Motorsports , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs The USF1 saga may have taken a turn for the worse today as Autosport reports that the hopeful team’s operations have ‘effectively been shut down.’ Team personnel and the remainder of the operation’s employees were reportedly given the news today that their services would ..readmore

” As we drive through Paris, a city where people know about style, they stop and point and stare in amazement ,” we say in our First Drive about the 2011 Jaguar XJ . Some time has passed since Jaguar first pulled the covers off the new XJ flagship ..readmore

Filed under: Motorsports World Rally Championship promoter North One Sport is working with gaming and GPS companies on a study involving real-time tracking data obtained from WRC stars during actual events. The study exams whether the data can be implemented into a WRC video game that will enable gamers ..readmore

Filed under: Coupe , Aston Martin , Celebrities Quantum of Solace Aston Martin DBS – Click above for high-res image gallery If you’re not a big fan of Olympic ice skating you probably missed the fact that U.S. skater Evan Lysacek beat out Russian favorite Evgeni Plushenko to win ..readmore

Filed under: Budget , Hybrid , Etc. , Recalls , Hatchback , Honda , Toyota Honda Fit and Toyota Prius named Consumer Reports Best Values for 2010 Consumer Reports is set to ship its annual automotive issue out to subscribers, but before the dyed and bound dead trees make ..readmore

Filed under: Hatchback , Audi , Toys/Games , Luxury Audi called “Shotgun” on Playstation Home, and is so far the only automaker to take its case to those gamers with its Audi Space. First came the e-Tron Vertical Run racing game, which has lured more than 700,000 players into ..readmore

Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrid , Sedan , Geneva Motor Show , Mercedes-Benz , Design/Style , Electric , Luxury Mercedes-Benz F800 Style – Click above for high-res image gallery The Mercedes-Benz F800 Style concept car that’ll debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month is highly-touted by Mercedes-benz’s ..readmore

The Autoblog Weekender – Click above to check out what you missed In this week’s steaming heaping of extras, the Audi A1 absconds to Barcelone, the Rolls-Royce Ghost absconds to Southern California to get some on-screen time, we discover ten dollars can get you a Mercedes and a house ..readmore

Filed under: Porsche , Design/Style It might not get you a date, but this Porsche definitely taps into our biology drives and pumps us up “Is that a Porsche in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?” That’s the subtitle on a funny and informative piece ..readmore

Filed under: Motorsports , Toys/Games , Celebrities Danica Patrick at the unveiling of the Hot Wheels “Danicar” design – Click above for high-res image gallery Hot Wheels has jumped on board the Danica Patrick NASCAR sponsor train. What does it all mean? Well, other than an TV camera-height embroidered ..readmore