Archive for the ‘Equinox’ Category

With Roger Penske's PAG (Penske Automotive Group) taking control of General Motors' Saturn division, the question among product geeks was what vehicles will make up the new Saturn's line?

According to AutoblogGreen and other sources, the Penske deal apparently includes a continued supply of some current Saturn products on an interim basis until Penske lines up one or more suppliers for new vehicles.

For TheCarConnection, one of 2010's most anticipated new Saturn vehicles was to be the new two-mode Vue Hybrid. We were invited to -- even had a plane ticket -- to a press event where we were drive this vehicle last December, but then the...

We've just spent three hours behind the wheel of the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, Chevy's new entry for the growing compact crossover market. TheCarConnection.com was among the first to bring you a look at this new  competitor to the Toyota RAV4, Honda CRV, and Ford Escape (check out our First Look at the Equinox here from the Detroit Auto Show), and now we're out ahead with this First Drive.

While I had trepidation about the 2010 Equinox being built on a modified version of the old Equinox's Theta architecture, those worries weren't warranted. Chevy's new Equinox drives much better than the outgoing model. Frankly, Chevy could have claimed that...

To much of the general public, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles remain a novelty from a distant future. And hydrogen advocates haven’t done a very good job in demonstrating fuel-cell vehicles to those outside of Los Angeles or Sacramento. It might pique the interest of more than a few gearheads to see how quickly fuel-cell vehicles can be refueled and what respectable long-distance capabilities they have compared to EVs.

But with hydrogen stations clustered in the Los Angeles region, longer drives have been difficult to implement. This year, fuel-cell advocates, eight automakers, and their vehicles have taken to the road, with the Hydrogen Road...