Buick originated as an independent motor car manufacturer, the Buick Motor Company, incorporated on May 19, 1903 by the Scottish-American David Dunbar Buick (who invented the overhead valve engine on which the company’s success was based) in Flint, Michigan. In 1904 the struggling company was taken over by James Whiting, who brought in William C. […]

by Sam Abuelsamid

Within the past month, Porsche has stated that it has no intention of installing diesel engines in itsvehicles and would instead focus on hybrids. The automaker has also threatened to pull out of the European market if new mandatory CO2 regulations go into effect. Now, Porsche research head Wolfgang Dürheimer is backtracking. Although […]

by Noah Joseph

The Bentley Boys aren’t sitting around, resting on their plush leather laurels. Having just released the new Brooklands land-yacht coupe, it’s on to the next project at Crewe, with the hot-selling Continental GT receiving a planned update..
The successful W12-powered coupe is scheduled for a complete overhaul in early 2010, but to hold sales […]

by Damon Lavrinc
In a move to make the new CTS more appealing to European luxury buyers (read: compete with the Germans), Cadillac will begin offering their mid-sized sedan with a diesel sometime after its initial launch in October of this year.

Automotive News’ sources are claiming that Italian engine manufacturer, VM Motori, will be tapped to […]

by John Neff
AutoblogGreen has reason to be happy, having found evidence that Toyota’s recent purchase of a 5.9% stake in Isuzu will bear fruit in 2010 when the Japanese juggernaut marries its Synergy hybrid drive system with a diesel engine. Presumably such a hook up was made possible, or at least hastened, by the expertise […]

TOKYO — As part of the Subaru Boxer’s 40th birthday party, parent Fuji Heavy Industries confirmed on Tuesday that the company is “in the final stages of developing a diesel boxer for launch within the next three years.”

The Japanese company reaffirmed its philosophy on boxer engines, saying they are “an integral part of Subaru’s future […]