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• Geneva Motor Show: Extreme green machines rule
  The 80th annual Geneva International Motor Show still saw a clear trend toward ecologically friendly automobiles. But what makes the Geneva show so much fun is that some automakers haven't lost touch with their playful sides. Green may be in, but that doen't mean outrageous performance in out
  
  
• Geneva Motor Show: Small and powerful side by side
  Who says green can't be beautiful? From what was on display at this year's Geneva Motor Show, it seems exotic sports cars have a green future ahead
  
  
• Chrysler's 4x4s have cold and safety features galore
  The world cannot stop when it snows, so Chrysler has special Canadian-only models with North Edition cold-climate options
  
  
• CARgo: Alpha dogs pack a mean bite
  Boyo may be a tad over-excited about entering the car gadget race; Clarion's class and style make up for any feature shortcomings
  
  
• Assault with a deadly battery: Vehicular slaughter punctuates Dead Rising 2
  Smacking down zombies with a big, old automobile has become a tired old trope for fans of violent role-playing games. Dead Rising 2, Capcom's sequel to the original living dead smackdown, takes place in a game show setting, where contestants collect bonus cards to create a whole new range of vicious combo w
  
  
• An indulgence for all seasons
  In Canada, the purchase of a convertible would normally be considered an indulgence, what with its short warm season and inconsistent sunshine. Here in Mallorca, situated in the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain, a proper droptop is almost a Godgiven right, considering the 300 annual days of dazzling sun
  
  
• Technology should not be a fashion statement
  Cars are not shoes. Or, even more accurately, car technology should not be subject to the same whims of fashion and flair as footwear.
  
  
• You Auto Know: Founding father of NASCAR finds home at Daytona beach
  You Auto Know is a regular feature that examines auto-related facts and fiction, busts common car myths and checks out weird and wonderful tidbits about the auto industry. This week, we take a look at NASCAR to mark the start of its 2010 racing season.
  
  
• Long Island driver nabbed for ferrying stylish mannequin in HOV lane
  Sneaky drivers are confounding police with evermore sophisticated mannequins to beat vehicle occupancy laws on busy roadways. Kathleen A. Frascinella was stopped while driving in the HOV lane on the Long Island Expressway with an apparently glam passenger. Deputy Sheriff Robert Howard of the Suffolk County
  
  
• Six-cylinder Porsche Panamera to make debut in Beijing
  On sale in Canada this summer, the V6-powered Panamera and Panamera 4 will become the new entry point to the automaker's four-door Gran Turismo lineup
  
  
• Electric cars: put a battery in your roof
  A wafer-thin polymer material may one day replace the lithium ion battery in hybrid or electric cars, such as the one powering Chevrolet's Volt or Toyota's Prius, which would save a lot of weight
  
  
• Chevy vies for bragging rights with new heavy-duty trucks
  The third act of the trilogy that is the North American heavy-duty pickup market debuted last week at the Chicago International Auto Show. This time it was General Motors who came third, and last, to the current HD updates
  
  
• CARgo: High-end frills for less
  TomTom's Ease is a low-priced and highly portable navigation system; Sony's elegant XAV-60 media player goes beyond utility
  
  
• You Auto Know: Bentley driven by need for speed
  You Auto Know examines auto-related facts and fiction, busts common car myths and checks out weird and wonderful tidbits about the auto industry
  
  
• Fresh mince of Bel Air
  I'm haunted by a YouTube video produced by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. To mark its 50th anniversary last fall, the IIHS pitted a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air against a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu in a frontal offset crash.
  
  
• Miami man fakes own kidnapping in hopes of free ride from cops
  Police in Florida's Palm Beach County received two 911 calls from a man who claimed assailants were trying to kidnap him, but all Jose Armando Rodrigues wanted was a free ride by squad car to Miami. Responding to the emergency calls, police found Rodrigues standing near a concrete median on Interstate 95 in
  
  
• Electric car gospel hard to swallow
  It's a near-constant refrain from the sanctimonious, those who would have the entire world adopt whatever cockamamie personal belief they happen to be obsessing at that particular moment.
  
  
• Changing status quo is necessary, but electric vehicles are not the only solution
  For the umpteenth time, let me state that, despite my diatribes against the purely electrically powered automobile, I truly believe we must change the state of personal transportation in North America. At the very least, we must downsize the average size of our automobiles. Even as we do that, we must also
  
  
• 2011 Kia Sportage sheds its stuffy image at Geneva Motor Show next month
  The second-generation Ki a Sportage will make its world debut at the 80th Geneva Motor Show on March 2. The rework marks a radical shift in the looks department -- from stuffy to stylish. The latest Sportage is longer, lower and wider than the previous model and it rides on a 2,640-millimetre wheelbase (up
  
  
• Porsche to reveal new 911 Turbo S in Geneva next month
  Porsche has developed a new top-of-the-range sports car for customers who will only settle for the very best in terms of power, performance, technology and driving dynamics: the new 911 Turbo S, says the auto-maker. Befitting its position at the top of the 911 range, the new model not only is more powerful