Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Mazda Mazda Kabura Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Ikuo Maeda, Mazda’s design overlord, designed the soon-to-be-Stateside Mazda2. He also penned the Mazda RX-8, following quite literally the path his father laid before him: Maeda’s father created the original Mazda RX-7.

Filed under: Etc., Work, Specialty Which one would you choose? The Chip Foose John Deere 4020 or a John Deere 620 orchard model

Filed under: Etc., Videos, Humor, South America Luckily, no one on the overpass appears to be driving a convertible - Click above to watch the video after the jump What happens when you combine a flooded underpass, a traffic-jammed overpass, and a passenger train in Buenos Aires, Argentina? You get a real-life Six Flags water attraction.

Filed under: Etc. The Autoblog Weekender - Click above to find out what you missed It’s a feast of moving pictures this week, an ensemble cast telling 18 tragi-comi-dramatic stories such as: Volvo doing some naughty things forward and backward in its new S60, capitalist Communists in love with the Porsche Cayenne, Optimus Prime getting a Michael Bay makeover otherwise knowns as a Bay-kover, the Audi RS5 grumbling about everything, the 918 getting groped in two parts, don’t ever, ever rent a car in Miami without a Haz-Mat suit, and what kind of awesome can you hear when you mix Bruce Willis and The Gorillaz? Follow the jump to find out…Continue reading Autoblog Weekender: ‘Around the World in Video’ Edition Autoblog Weekender: ‘Around the World in Video’ Edition originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:57:00 EST.

Filed under: Etc., Videos, Toys/Games Racing with Hot Wheels Custom Motors - Click above to watch the video after the jump. Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure Books from when you were a kid? Awesome, right?

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Quick Spin: Driving an Amp Sky shows there’s real potential here It’s not perfect, but it is from Ohio. Report: Cadillac Converj production program killed Apparently, your father’s Cadillac will be available for some time still. Daimler bonds with BYD for Chinese-market electric car Benz exec says, “we will be able to participate in the potential growth of electric mobility in China, currently the largest auto market of the world.” Other news: NADA supports Senator Murkowski’s effort to block the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases Geneva 2010: Citroen Survolt bridges the divide Geneva 2010: The Porsche 918 Spyder Concept is sexy hybrid madness AutoblogGreen for 03.03.10 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:57:00 EST.

Filed under: Coupe, Hybrid, Cadillac, Electric, Luxury 2009 Cadillac Converj Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Just when it seemed like the gorgeous Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle (ER-EV) was going to make it to production, it now appears that the program might be dead. Strictly speaking, although General Motors executives had indicated that the Volt-based coupe would be produced, it had never officially been announced as a production program. Nonetheless, Bloomberg is reporting that the program has been canceled for business reasons

Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Infiniti, First Drive, Luxury 2011 Infiniti M56S - Click above for high-res image gallery What is an Infiniti? That’s a pretty harsh question to be asking 20 years after the brand’s debut, but sadly, it’s pertinent.

Filed under: Ford, Toyota 2010 Ford Fusion Sport - Click above for high-res image gallery Toyota is bracing for lower February sales as its massive recall and the ensuing media storm have cast a shadow over the automaker. Just how low can Toyota go? The Detroit Free Press says it could see its lowest US market share in over five years this month, with about 12 percent of U.S.