Although the Tesla roadster has received the lion’s share of attention from the enthusiast media, it is not alone among high-performance electric cars.

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AC Propulsion joins the current trend of exotic, electric-powered vehicles with its converted Scion xB, or ebox.

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Mike@Ec, apparently a moderator for the European Car website, had a bit of a snit when someone accused him of hating cars.

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Saturn recently announced that it will sell the Astra compact in the U.S. starting for with a ‘08 model year. While it’s no great secret that the General Motor’s all-American brand is developing an ever-cozier relationship with GM’s European subsidiaries, the question remains: How will Saturn take advantage of it? Has it been long enough that people will forget Saturn’s folksy, feel-good start in the bucolic rolling hills of Tennessee? Does it have what it’ll take to fight the good fight against those evil imports?

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Ford Motor Co., which recently pledge its assets such as manufacturing plants to obtain up to $18 billion in financing, has announced it will put up its claim on Mazda as collateral for additional funding.

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In the U.S., automotive enthusiasts are so used to the “domestics versus imports” argument that we rarely consider imports are eyeing each other to see who’s next into the compactor.

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TORRANCE, Calif. 12/04/2006 — The all-new 2007 Honda CR-V has earned 5-Star safety ratings for both frontal and side impact performance from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. A 5-Star rating is the highest government safety rating. With this rating, all 2007 Honda light trucks have now achieved 5-Star frontal and side impact crash safety ratings. Honda is the only full-line brand to have achieved this distinction.

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There’s a post over at the Automotive.com blog that discuss an article about General Motors looking into entering the small car market globally.

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Well-known Forbes automotive columnist Jerry Flint discussed his views on what the automakers did right and wrong in 2006 in his latest Backseat Driver column.

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