CNN Reports on SUV Alternatives
CNNMoney.com has put together an interesting list of cars they think would be good replacement for the gas-guzzling SUV found in many driveways across the country. As expected, the Ford Escape Hybrid,...
Used Car Market flooded with SUVs?
As we mentioned last week, we Americans are doing what we can to get out of those huge gas guzzling SUVs and into smaller, more fuel effecient cars. This from Boston.com >The...
Gas Prices Driving Buyers to Smaller Cars
A great article via the Paper of record. It would seem that those SUV drivers are really getting tired of having to swipe their credit cards twice to fill up their tanks....
BMW to Launch Electric Car?
We’ve discussed BMW building a smaller, city-type car, in the past. It looks as though they mean to build it. And, according to Left Lane News, bring it to the US. >In...
Cost of Gas in the US and How it Affects You
While these questions are meant primarily for our US readers, any feedback is appreciated. With the cost of premium petrol in Chicago at the $4.29 mark we thought it was time to...
Australia to get MINI Diesel
Yet another country slated to get the MINI Diesel according to AUSmotive.com. >GoAuto is reporting that MINI Australia will introduce the MINI Cooper D within the next 12 months. Coupled with a...
BMW 520d Beats a Prius in Efficiency
GoodCleanTech.com has a very interesting story about a BMW 520D and a Toyota Prius driving from London to Geneva. >It looks like that is exactly what happened on a 545-mile London-Geneva run,...
MF Poll: Would you Buy a MINI Diesel
We’re launching the new MF Polls today with one of our most talked about subjects; the MINI Diesel. Are you in the US and are interested in buying a MINI Cooper D?...
MINI Named Best Small Car for 2008 in the UK
MINI UK Press Release: Fleet News has become the latest media outlet to nominate MINI as a green winner. In the publication’s 20th Annual Awards ceremony, MINI was named Best Small Car...
MINI USA VP Jim McDowell Interviewed
Plenty Magazine (an environmentally focused publication) had a brief chance to sit down with MINI USA VP Jim McDowell recently to ask a couple questions. While the interview is short, it’s an...