Honda presents CR-Z and PUYO concept cars.
Byline: Anjo Perez Honda Motor Company is all set to exhibit production and concept automobiles and a number of new technologies at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show which opens today (Friday), at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. The show will run until Nov. 11....

3 big motoring expositions slated in Cebu City.
Worldbex Services International (WSI) will stage another quality exposition at the Queen City of the South -- Cebu City. WSI will simultaneously hold the three biggest events to ever hit the town -- PHILBEX 2008, Cebu Auto Show 2008 and CEFBEX 2008. In addition to...

Nissan's new concept car is rotating egg on wheels.
TOKYO, Oct. 1 (Reuters) - Tired of the three-point turn? Nissan Motor Co. could have a solution. Japan's second biggest auto maker on Friday took the wraps off a new concept car featuring an egg-shaped cabin atop a wheeled platform that can swivel around 360 degrees, doing...

Future Retro: Drawings from the Great Age of American Automobiles, Selected from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf C Collection.
0878466894 Future retro; drawings from the great age of American automobiles, selected from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf collection. Sharf, Frederic A. Ed. by Richard Arbib. MFA Publications 2005 79 pages $19.95 Paperback...

40th Tokyo Motorshow; The future is for the clean engine.
Byline: Pinky Concha Colmenares A serious look at the environment made the mood at the opening of the 40th Tokyo Motorshow more corporate, with the theme "Catch the news, touch the future" presenting more advanced technologies in the development of the clean vehicle of the future. ...

Sharp-dressed truck; Mitsubishi Strada impresses with superior design and versatility.
Byline: JASON K. ANG Pickups are the most unassuming creatures in the automotive world, built primarily for one reason -- to haul stuff. But just because they're unassuming doesn't mean they're unimportant. In two major automotive markets, North America and rapidly-growing Thailand, pickups are the...

Clean cars take on luxury brands at Tokyo Motor Show.
Byline: HIROSHI HIYAMA TOKYO, Oct. 19 (AFP) - The Tokyo Motor Show got underway Wednesday with Japanese firms touting their latest fuel-efficient technologies as the global auto industry struggles to adapt to an environment of rising gasoline prices. With sky-high oil prices pushing up prices...

Yang to build P1-B trading mall.
Businessman George Yang, franchise holder for McDonalds in the country, is putting up a P1-billion destination mall which will feature a three mall concept: Auto Mall, Fusiontech Mall, and Wellness Mall. David Wuson, corporate planning head of MC Mall Inc., said the companyas new project was encouraged...

What's going on, right now?
I cannot help but continue to think about the auto shows and the impressive displays of what technology carmakers have in store for us. I love seeing the annual parade of concept cars and new technology that will--well, might--go into production. Sometime in the future ... But...

GM's Hy-wire concept: Case study in global teamwork.
PARIS GMs Hy-wire is a rolling symbol of 21st century global corporate teamwork. The revolutionary, functional proof-of-concept vehicle is a product of close trans-Atlantic collaboration between GMs engineering and design operations in the United States and Europe, Italian design house Stile Bertone and Swedish-based SKF Group, developer...