pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hybrids/" rel="tag"Hybrids/Alternative/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/green/" rel="tag"Green/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ice/" rel="tag"I.C.E./a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/" rel="tag"GM/a/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fisker-karma-1/583252/"img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/fisker_karma_450.jpg" alt="" //abr / div style="text-align: center;"emstrongsmallClick above for high-res gallery of the Fisker Karma/small/strong/embr //div br /Fisker Automotive has apparently decided that 260 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque should be plenty of power to recharge some batteries. Those 260 galloping ponies will come courtesy of the General in the form of its 2.0L direct injected and turbocharged Ecotec four banger, an engine that we've sampled ourselves plenty of times. We feel well qualified, therefore, to suggest that this is an excellent motor, but it really sounds like a major case of overkill for this particular application. Perhaps that's better than "underkill" (if such a word actually existed) as that powerful engine ought to be able to recharge the Fisker Karma's on-board lithium ion batteries at an extremely brisk pace. The faster the internal combustion engine can charge up the battery pack, the quicker the car can revert back to its native electric-only operation. Plus, that engine is a relatively light chunk of alloy, so the Karma's motor shouldn't be burdened by the gasoline-fed boat anchor too horribly under electric power. br /br /We also find it a bit interesting that Fisker chose GM as its powertrain supplier, which means that the Karma and GM's own Chevy Volt are now even closer cousins than before. Both vehicles will sport four doors, lithium ion batteries and an extended-range electric vehicle drivetrain; and with this announcement, both are now slated to share a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/09/25/gm-officially-announces-flint-mi-production-for-volt-cruze-engin/"four cylinder engines/a from GM. This kinda makes 'em second-cousins through marriage, no?br /br /div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fisker-karma-1/"Fisker Karma/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fisker-karma-1/583462/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/fiskerkarmalive81_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fisker-karma-1/583460/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/fiskerkarmalive87_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fisker-karma-1/583465/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/fiskerkarmalive85_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fisker-karma-1/583328/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/0010fiskerkarma_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fisker-karma-1/583461/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/fiskerkarmalive88_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divpa href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/21/fisker-karma-to-use-gms-2-0-liter-turbod-four/" rel="bookmark"Continue reading emFisker Karma to use GM's 2.0-liter turbo'd four/em/a/pp style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/21/fisker-karma-to-use-gms-2-0-liter-turbod-four/"Fisker Karma to use GM's 2.0-liter turbo'd four/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.autoblog.com"Autoblog/a on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:59:00 EST. Please see our a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"terms for use of feeds/a./ph6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/h6a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/21/fisker-karma-to-use-gms-2-0-liter-turbod-four/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry"Permalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1379597/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email"Email this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/21/fisker-karma-to-use-gms-2-0-liter-turbod-four/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry"Comments/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/uiMvQTlG-9SlZQ25jVmCoALpP8I/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/uiMvQTlG-9SlZQ25jVmCoALpP8I/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=fzxlh1BU"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=fzxlh1BU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=GFImcr6A"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=GFImcr6A" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/vwqCftRe-uk" height="1" width="1"/

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In jeder Minute pumpt das Herz etwa fünf Liter Blut durch den Körper, bei großer Anstrengung ist es vier bis fünf Mal so viel. Es versorgt die Organe mit lebenswichtigem Sauerstoff. Ohne Herz ist ein Leben unmöglich. In den USA hat jetzt ein junges Mädchen vier Monate lang ohne Herz überlebt – und es geht ihr gut.

img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0223_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comp Oh sure, we're all for alt-fuel green cars. Hybrids? Love 'em. EVs? We'll take two. Hydrogen? Show us where to get the stuff, and we're there. But there's something to be said for being pushed back into butter-soft, hand-stitched leather as you hurtle toward the horizon at absurd velocity. Here then are our picks for the 10 cars at the a href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/los_angeles_auto_show/index.html"Los Angeles Auto Show/a that will do just that./p pstrongLeft: Gumpert Apollo/strongbr/If "limited edition" isn't limited enough, Gumpert has the car for you. The boutique supercar maker is sending just 10 of the race-ready rides to America next year. They start at $485,000, but we'll take the top-of-the-line $850,000 model, because why wouldn't you want every one of the 850 horsepower you get with it?/pimg src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0260_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.compIf you have to ask, you'll never understand./p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0283_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.compIt's not the flashiest car around. The doors don't flip upward. It isn't covered in carbon fiber. And most people won't have any idea what it is. But the DBS is just so quintessentially British that way. It's got a 6.0-liter V12, it'll hit 60 mph in 4.3 seconds, and it tops out at 191 mph. When you're that good, you can afford to be understated./pimg src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0300_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.compIt's got more scoops than Baskin-Robbins and more bling than Flavor Flav, so you'd be forgiven for thinking it's something of a joke. But this Dutch rocket with a racing pedigree produces 400 horsepower, does 0 to 60 in 4.5 seconds and has a top speed of 187 mph. So the joke's on you./pimg src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0319_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.compLotus is one of the most-storied names in sports cars, and those who have driven them love them. If you haven't driven one, now's the time to start./pimg src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0360_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.compEeenie, meenie, miney, mo ... oh, just pick one. You can't go wrong./pimg src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0424_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.compFrom the gleaming chrome hood ornament and 500-horsepower twin-turbo V8 to the diamond-quilted leather interior (choose from one of 25 different kinds) and jeweled fuel cap, everything about the Azure T is decadently, sensuously luxurious. And for $350,000, it damn well better be./pimg src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0647_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.compYes, there are faster Porsches. Yes, there are more-expensive Porsches. And yes, there are Porsches that will run circles around the Boxster. But we just love this scene./pimg src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0811_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.compThe R8 is stereotypically German — beautifully engineered, ruthlessly efficient and exceptionally quick. It isn't as good as you've heard; it's better. Everyone should have one./pimg src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0866_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.compFor burning rubber, doing donuts and blowing the doors off anything short of a Gumpert Apollo, nothing beats the 638-horsepower Corvette ZR1. It's a muscle car on steroids and the best 'Vette ever. 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pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag"Hatchbacks/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/volkswagen/" rel="tag"Volkswagen/a/pp align="center"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-volkswagen-gti/1069205/"img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/gti-mk6.jpg" alt="" //abr /emstrongsmallClick above for a hi-res gallery of the 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI/small/strong/em/p pVolkswagen customers in the United States have been patiently awaiting the arrival of the new sixth-generation Rabbit and its GTI performance variant. And while it's still a little ways off, at least there's a light at the end of the tunnel as the German automaker has announced that the new model will hit the U.S. market in early September 2009. European customers, meanwhile, already began taking delivery of their new Golfs last month, with the GTI due to arrive there next summer./p pAmerican versions will initially be available with the current 2.5-liter inline-five, a new 2-liter turbodiesel in the TDI version and the GTI's 2-liter TSI. A new 1.8-liter TFSI is expected to replace the base 2.5-liter unit, with 4Motion all-wheel-drive, TwinDrive hybrid and LPG versions to follow, as well as a possible all-electric version and a replacement for the current top-of-the-line R32 performance model. North American models will also come equipped with adaptive cruise control, adaptive chassis control and 19-inch wheels as standard. Of the current (fifth-generation) Rabbit, the GTI version accounted for roughly one third of models sold, which Volkswagen expects to continue with this new generation. In the meantime, you can check out the high-resolution images in the two galleries below./p pdiv class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-volkswagen-gti/"2009 Volkswagen GTI LIVE/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-volkswagen-gti/1069205/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/01_2009_vw_gti_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-volkswagen-gti/1069228/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/02_2009_vw_gti_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-volkswagen-gti/1069234/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/03_2009_vw_gti_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-volkswagen-gti/1069216/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/04_2009_vw_gti_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-volkswagen-gti/1069221/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/05_2009_vw_gti_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/volkswagen-golf-vi/"Volkswagen Golf VI/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/volkswagen-golf-vi/1024214/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/00_09golfvw_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/volkswagen-golf-vi/1024206/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/01_09golfvw_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/volkswagen-golf-vi/1024223/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/02_09golfvw_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/volkswagen-golf-vi/1024250/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/03_09golfvw_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/volkswagen-golf-vi/1024249/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/04_09golfvw_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /[Source: a href="http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=136067"Inside Line/a]/pp style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/20/mkvi-vw-rabbit-and-gti-coming-to-america-next-september/"MkVI VW Rabbit amp; GTI coming to America next September/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.autoblog.com"Autoblog/a on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:58:00 EST. 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pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/carbuying/" rel="tag"Car Buying/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/la-auto-show/" rel="tag"LA Auto Show/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/convertibles/" rel="tag"Convertibles/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag"Coupes/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag"Sports/GTs/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/porsche/" rel="tag"Porsche/a/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-boxster-s/1171384/"img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/2010boxsterlalive_lead.jpg" alt="" //astrongemsmallbr //small/em/strong div align="center"strongemsmallClick on the image above for our high-res gallery/small/em/strong/div p /p p /p pEven as the industry swirls in turmoil, Porsche continues to offer hope to enthusiasts as they relentlessly increase performance without sacrificing efficiency. For 2009, Porsche has give the Boxster and Cayman a mild facelift, along with updated the interior and accessories. More importantly, and following in the footsteps of the a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/20/first-drive-2009-porsche-911-carrera-s-with-pdk/"911 Carrera PDK/a, all 2009 Cayman and Boxster models will also be offered with the Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe transmission (aka PDK). Mated to the new transmission are two significantly reworked engines featuring direct injection. The result is more power, and improved fuel economy (we shouldn't fail to mention that the PDK accelerates faster than the six-speed manual). Porsche is offering two engines in 2009. The standard engine is a 2.9-liter flat-six rated at 255 hp. The "S" models are fitted with a more powerful 3.4-liter sending 310 hp to the gearbox. Like the Carrera, go-fast options on the sporty mid-engine two-seaters include active suspension (PASM) and ceramic brakes (PCCB). Look for both to arrive in showrooms in early 2009./p pdiv class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-boxster-s/"LA 2008: 2010 Porsche Boxster S/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-boxster-s/1171382/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/2010boxsterlalive_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-boxster-s/1171383/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/2010boxsterlalive_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-boxster-s/1171384/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/2010boxsterlalive_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-boxster-s/1171385/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/2010boxsterlalive_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-boxster-s/1171386/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/2010boxsterlalive_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-cayman-s/"LA 2008: 2010 Porsche Cayman S/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-cayman-s/1171406/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/caymanslalive_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-cayman-s/1171407/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/caymanslalive_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-cayman-s/1171408/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/caymanslalive_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-cayman-s/1171409/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/caymanslalive_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-porsche-cayman-s/1171410/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/caymanslalive_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /strongfont size="1"Photos copyright (C)2008 /fontsmalla href="http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/"Drew Phillips/a / Weblogs, Inc./small/strong/ppa href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/19/la-2008-porsche-reveals-improved-boxster-and-cayman/" rel="bookmark"Continue reading emLA 2008: Porsche reveals improved Boxster and Cayman/em/a/pp style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/19/la-2008-porsche-reveals-improved-boxster-and-cayman/"LA 2008: Porsche reveals improved Boxster and Cayman/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.autoblog.com"Autoblog/a on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:30:00 EST. 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pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/la-auto-show/" rel="tag"LA Auto Show/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/convertibles/" rel="tag"Convertibles/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/infiniti/" rel="tag"Infiniti/a/pp align="center"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-infiniti-g37-convertible/"img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/infinitig37convertible---450.jpg" //abr /emstrongsmallClick above for high-res image gallery of the 2009 Infiniti G37 Convertible/small/strong/embr //p pInfiniti did it. While most manufactures struggle to make their convertibles even remotely as attractive as their coupe siblings, this luxury brand has delivered a drop-top that looks every bit as good (or better) than its fixed-roof kin. In person, even with the top up, the convertible is sleek as it lacks the heavy B-pillar of the coupe (giving it an airy appearance). With its three-piece automatic power hardtop retracted, it screams sophistication and luxury as all of the hardware disappears beneath a flush fitting tonneau cover. Aesthetics aside, motivation for the new convertible comes from a 325-hp 3.7-liter V6 driving the rear wheels through a 6-speed manual or a 7-speed automatic. As expected in this segment, the G37 Convertible arrives in the spring with a long list of standard equipment (see the press release after the jump). While Infiniti hasn't released pricing, our best guess says the G37 Convertible will start in the mid-40's./p div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-infiniti-g37-convertible/"LA 2008: Infiniti G37 Convertible/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171860/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/infinitig37convertible---01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171861/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/infinitig37convertible---02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171870/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/infinitig37convertible---03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171893/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/infinitig37convertible---04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171864/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/infinitig37convertible---05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/x2009-infiniti-g37-convertible/"2009 Infiniti G37 Convertible/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/x2009-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171844/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/01_infiniti_g37_convertible_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/x2009-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171845/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/02_infiniti_g37_convertible_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/x2009-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171846/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/03_infiniti_g37_convertible_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/x2009-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171847/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/04_infiniti_g37_convertible_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/x2009-infiniti-g37-convertible/1171848/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/05_infiniti_g37_convertible_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /strongsmallLive photos copyright (C)2008 Michael Harley/small/strongsmallstrong / Weblogs, Inc./strong/smallpa href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/19/la-2008-infiniti-lifts-the-lid-on-the-2009-g37-convertible-w-v/" rel="bookmark"Continue reading emLA 2008: Infiniti lifts the lid on the 2009 G37 Convertible [w/VIDEO]/em/a/pp style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/19/la-2008-infiniti-lifts-the-lid-on-the-2009-g37-convertible-w-v/"LA 2008: Infiniti lifts the lid on the 2009 G37 Convertible [w/VIDEO]/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.autoblog.com"Autoblog/a on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:25:00 EST. 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pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/la-auto-show/" rel="tag"LA Auto Show/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hybrids/" rel="tag"Hybrids/Alternative/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag"Sedans/Saloons/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag"Ford/a/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-ford-fusion-live/1171455/"img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/01_2010_ford_fusion_live_450op.jpg" alt="" //abr / div align="center"emstrongsmallClick above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Ford Fusion/small/strong/embr //div p /p p /p pFord pulled the silk sheets off the 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid this afternoon. Sporting new front and rear fascias, an updated interior, and four engine choices, the mid-size Fusion is a direct shot across the bow of the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. In fact, in nearly every engine combination, Ford boasts that their Fusion offers faster acceleration and better fuel economy than its Japanese rivals (plus, the automaker is quick to point out, the 2010 Fusion is available in both FWD and AWD configurations). Ford is offering the Fusion with three fuel-efficient gasoline engines: Duratec 2.5-liter I4, Duratec 3.0-liter V6, and the 3.5-liter V6 Duratec bumped to 240 hp for 2010. The hybrid model features a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine mated to an electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission (e-CVT). According to Ford, the combo offers a bladder-busting 700-mile range in the city cycle. Expect the Fusion twins to roll (efficiently, of course) into showrooms in spring 2009. /p pdiv class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-ford-fusion-live/"LA 2008: 2010 Ford Fusion LIVE/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-ford-fusion-live/1171455/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/01_2010_ford_fusion_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-ford-fusion-live/1171456/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/02_2010_ford_fusion_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-ford-fusion-live/1171457/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/03_2010_ford_fusion_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-ford-fusion-live/1171458/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/04_2010_ford_fusion_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-ford-fusion-live/1171459/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/05_2010_ford_fusion_live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-sport-ab-la2008/"2010 Ford Fusion Sport/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-sport-ab-la2008/1167825/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/34_fusionsport2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-sport-ab-la2008/1167823/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/33_fusionsport2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-sport-ab-la2008/1167819/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/35_fusionsport2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-sport-ab-la2008/1167528/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/00_fusionsport2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-sport-ab-la2008/1167827/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/37_fusionsport2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-hybrid/"2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-hybrid/1167548/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/00_fusionhybrid2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-hybrid/1167550/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/01_fusionhybrid2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-hybrid/1167549/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/02_fusionhybrid2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-hybrid/1167543/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/03_fusionhybrid2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-fusion-hybrid/1167542/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/04_fusionhybrid2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /strongsmallLive photos copyright (C)2008 Michael Harley/small/strongsmallstrong / Weblogs, Inc./strong/small/ppa href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/19/la-2008-2010-ford-fusion-and-fusion-hybrid-make-their-debut/" rel="bookmark"Continue reading emLA 2008: 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid make their debut [w/VIDEO]/em/a/pp style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/19/la-2008-2010-ford-fusion-and-fusion-hybrid-make-their-debut/"LA 2008: 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid make their debut [w/VIDEO]/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.autoblog.com"Autoblog/a on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:58:00 EST. 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pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/la-auto-show/" rel="tag"LA Auto Show/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag"Economy/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag"Sedans/Saloons/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/mazda/" rel="tag"Mazda/a/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2008-2010-mazda3/1171047/"img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/01_mazda3_live_la_opt.jpg" alt="" //abr / div style="text-align: center;"span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"smallClick above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Mazda3 sedan/small/spanbr //div br /Mazda has unveiled its 2010 Mazda3 sedan here at the a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/la-auto-show/"LA Auto Show/a and we managed to snap some nice shots off as it was spinning around on a huge rotating stand. It's a good looking car that Mazda says carries on its "family face" with stylish bulges and creases that attract the eyes, and we're really looking forward to seeing the hatchback version as well. Underhood is a newly-enlarged 2.5-liter version of Mazda's MZR inline-four that offers up 167-horsepower and can be mated to either a 6-speed stick or 5-speed auto. As before, a standard 148-horsepower 2.0L four will be available and can be had with either a manual or auto tranny with 5 forward ratios each. br /br /Considering the low price class in which the Mazda3 competes, features like dual-zone automatic climate control, Xenon self-leveling head lamps, push-button start and hands-free Bluetooth are very nice touches, as is the iPod integration and an optional leather interior. Increasingly important these days is fuel mileage, so the 3's low .29 coefficient of drag is an important piece of the overall efficiency puzzle and helps the 2010 Mazda3 hit 33 mpg on the highway with the smaller engine option. 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