Did hydrogen cars just blow up? GM's closer to unloading Saturn, but also to keeping part of it. One less GPS nav brand to contend with. And, we get a lot of stares in this week's test car.
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• First look at the Nissan Cube
• Yet another EV comes out of the woodwork
The big week comes for Chrysler: bankruptcy and a shotgun marriage to Fiat, how you might get 80 mpg out of your current hybrid, and are four-cylinder engines on the way back for Mercedes and BMW?
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• BMW 650i convertible review and video
• 81 mpg Ford Fusion Hybrid--You can, too!
• Scosche SolChat solar Bluetooth speakerphone
Chrysler days away from bankruptcy? The 100 mpg Hummer H3, the Peapod car uses the iPhone for just about everything, and we soak up the fumes trackside at Laguna Seca.
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• Watch the Scuderi split-cycle engine at work
• Chrysler's Peapod car turns on with an iPhone
Driving the Aston Martin DB9, EPA starts a new era of emissions controls, GM is still talking bankruptcy, and Mitsubishi pulls the trigger on an electric car.
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• CNET drives the Aston Martin DB9 Volante
• Minicars get crushed by bigger ones
New York comes alive with its car show, car batteries that are grown, not built, want to steal a car legally? And a ride in a little Dodge that defies description.
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• CNET's NY auto show highlights
• CNET's Infiniti G37 Coupe review
Toyota starts a hybrid price war, new Camaro won't get a 4-cylinder or convertible, Twitter on OnStar and Opera browser on F-150's, plus a ride in the X5 xDrive35d.
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• EV start-up wants to merge with GM
We get a first look at the new Tesla S, California may tell you what color car you can drive, Chevy's Volt reminds it is for real, and we drive a BMW diesel that will surprise you.
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• First impressions of 2010 Prius
• First look at the new Tesla S
• CNET Review: BMW 335d diesel sedan
Cadillac offers wireless Internet in the CTS, sporty hybrids on the way from Honda and Toyota, gadgets that do a virtual repo when you miss a payment, and a very slick little car PC.
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SHOW NOTES
• Cadillac rolls out in-car Internet access
• New way to make scratch healing paint
• Stealth PC great for the car
Auto suppliers may pull the rug from under the industry, Toyota finds a new place for an airbag, ethanol producers want to force more of its product into your tank, goodbye Honda S2000.
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Toyota found one more place for an airbag.
(Credit: Toyota Motors)
• Ethanol producers want to feed more of its product to your car
• The new green, diesel Land Rover
• Liv Inizio electric car looks a lot like a Tesla
• Think wants to bring their little electric car to the U.S.
GM associated with the B word again, we have the hottest cars from the Geneva auto show, BMW wants their car keys to work like credit cards, figuring out the Toyota Venza.
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Aston's One-77 was just one of the drop dead yummy cars we brought back from Geneva for you.
(Credit: CNET)• CNET's Geneva auto show coverage
• Just try to dent an Aptera 2e
• Electric charging station map
