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Used Car of the Day: 2006 Porsche Cayman S

The Truth About Cars

The Acura RSXs that show up here are indicative of that. The seller is the second owner and says the oil has been changed every 2K miles and there are no cosmetic concerns beyond minor paint chips. As always, I try to pick used cars of the day that you, the B and B, would find interesting. Regardless of quality/price/mileage.

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Acura NSX v Infiniti Emerg-E: Green Supercar Faceoff

Green Car Reports

At that time, very few of us worried about gas mileage, fuel economy or oil prices. Thirty years ago, bedrooms all over the world were adorned with pictures of supercars like the Ferrari 288 GTO, Ferrari Testarossa, Porsche 959 and Lamborghini Countach. All we wanted was a fast, sexy sportscar, even if it only managed a few miles per gallon.

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Tesla holds highest average transaction price increase in 2022, Musk warns of ‘inflation pressure’

Teslarati

Acura had the next-highest increase from January to February at 3.4 percent, a far cry from Jeep and Acura, who saw the highest increase with 20.9 KBB data displayed the average transaction cost of every major automaker in January and February 2022. Overall, the industry saw a 0.6 With the industry seeing an average 11.4

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Acura provides more technical detail on NSX sports hybrid AWD powertrain, body

Green Car Congress

Acura unveiled the production model of the next-generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this past January ( earlier post ), and now has provided more technical detail on the high-performance hybrid sports car and its new Sport Hybrid-AWD power unit. —Ted Klaus, Acura NSX Global Development Leader.

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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

Clean Fleet Report

At the 2023 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 in Indianapolis, Indiana, all 33 cars will be running on Shell 100-percent renewable biofuel, using carbon neutral motor oil, and rolling on Firestone Firehawk tires made with recycled plastics. Not so much as you would think, especially with technology changing fast.

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Ford puts the pedal down on performance … but not with electric drive technology right now

Green Car Congress

However, unlike today’s hybrid drive Le Mans racers, or the new Acura NSX hybrid supercar, also revealed at NAIAS ( earlier post ), the GT—nor any of the other Ford performance vehicles unveiled at NAIAS—makes no use of electric drive technology. Raptor is 6 inches wider than the standard F-150 for improved stability off-road.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The hundreds of thousands of new cars being added every year to roads in China could further damage already shaky air quality if they are oil-based vehicles. Making electric vehicles affordable will be critical for them to have an impact on the environment, as vehicle ownership continues to rise quickly. Great Wall Motor Co.,

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