The Truth About Cars » Future VehiclesThe Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news.Ford Isnt Always Together in Electric Dreams- September 5, 2008 &8220;&8216;The ultimate solution is the electrification of the vehicle,&8217; said Ford Car Czar Derrick Kuzak, who stressed he was speaking as an engineer and was not commenting specifically on Ford&8217;s future product plans.&8221; God forbid Ford should commit to a single technology, &8217;cause that might cause more of the old bureaucratic infighting for which The ...http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-isnt-always-together-in-electric-dreams/ Are Tata Cars Electric- September 4, 2008 While, GM, Toyota, Nissan and Mitsubishi are getting their electric cars ready within the next few years and new contender has emerged and is aiming to beat them all to the punch. Tata motors, in conjunction with a Norwegian firm, plans to launch an electric car themselves. Reuters reports that the car will be based on the Tata Indica and be launched in Norway within one year. S. Ravishankar, senior general manager at Tata Motors' engineering research centre, says that the car can run for 175...http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/are-tata-cars-electric/ Honda Reveals New Insight Prius Killer- September 4, 2008 Or the concept version of it, at least. Honda says what you see here (and what they will show at the Paris auto show) is 90% of what we can expect when they roll out the production version - on sale in the US next spring. While Honda has said it will be the best priced car in the segment (what segment It's the Prius and nothing else), many have estimated its price will be below $20,000. Unlike the first generation Insight, which was a 2-seat bicycle, this new one very much follows the Prius...http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/honda-reveals-new-insight-prius-killer/ Lutzs Leisurely Cruze- September 3, 2008 Cars.com&8217;s Kickingtires blog has a question: &8220;With consumers so concerned about fuel economy, why is General Motors waiting two years to bring out the Chevrolet Cruze, the replacement for the compact Chevy Cobalt&8221; Of course, we would ask the question with more of a &8220;if the Cruze isn&8217;t being sold for two years, why is ...http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/lutzs-leisurely-cruze/ Chrysler To Show EVs to Dealers- September 3, 2008 No, Chrysler doesn&8217;t have any plans to show its three reported EV prototypes to the public. After all, that might imply that these mythical vehicles have some chance of making it into production. Instead, the Auburn Hills mob will be displaying the unnamed, unhinted-at prototypes to dealers only. Because what dealers doesn&8217;t love cars that ...http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-to-show-evs-to-dealers/ Return of the Zombie Brands: Lagonda- September 2, 2008 Reviving once-proud brand names as a way to sell more high-priced cars has been a favorite technique for low-volume production. Mercedes&8217; Maybach experiment may not have been a runaway success, but it&8217;s not stopping Jaguar from talking about reviving the Daimler nameplate. And now Aston Martin CEO Ulrich Bez has announced via ...http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/return-of-the-zombie-brands-lagonda/ |