Japanese automaker and the world’s second largest car manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) took the challenge with its upcoming 2009 Venza crossover sedan that will offer a glass roof. Sun roof is that feature in a vehicle in which conventional roofs are replaced by shatter-resistant roof or glass roofs to give passengers what Consumer Reports Senior Director David Champion tags as “air of space.”

Since 1991, cars are most affordable now. Lower your brows, I am not kidding. Reports say prices of vehicles dropped over 2% in Canada last year. Canadians paid almost the same for a new vehicle in 2007 as they did in 1991.

Travelers and tourists can now avail the Online Trip PlanningTM from Hertz. The NeverLost in-car navigation system is the first ever and newest progress to the rental car industry’s pioneering system. Hertz allows customers to arrange their trips totally online from the comfort of their home or workplace.

We thought that biodiesels are eco-friendly alternatives for fossil fuels that may help lessen the risk of global warming. The two groups discovered that biofuels worsen—rather than neutralize—global warming. Sounds bad news to me!

It won’t be long before we turn into crazy car geeks or gaga over cars!
“The Lifestyle Buying Guide and the Cars.com Lifestyle Awards recognize that different consumers need different things from their cars. Our Lifestyle Buying Guide lets shoppers search for cars across categories, comparing everything from trucks and SUVs to minivans and sedans. Cars.com is providing them with the tools they need to cross-shop the SUV against the minivan against the crossover,” says Cars.com managing editor Patrick Olsen.

The rider they call “Red Dog” of Monster Energy Kawasaki, Timmy Ferry, reached victory lane in a dramatic fashion! Ferry, armed with his Monster Kawasaki bike, earned his second straight visit to the Promised Land. According to Kawasaki.com, Ferry concluded the race with a second place finish at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The Red Dog achieved his second-consecutive landing on the podium after captivating his heat race.

The Daytona 500 win has been one of the most remembered events in racing history for when Earnhardt won it; it actually became an instant trophy for him for he had been failing at taking the crown at that race despite racing for two decades in different competitions (and winning most of them). Dale Earnhardt died three years later while racing.

One of the leading listed toy manufacturers worldwide announced that its H2GO hydrogen-powered radio controlled toy car bagged the 2008 Toy Award in the Electronics and Technology category. The H2Go was selected among 24 products nominated in eight categories for the said award intended for innovative products.

The all-new 2009 Chevrolet Transverse that had its first public appearance at the said event, will be the first Chevrolet car to offer the award-winning XM NavTraffic as a standard feature along with its standard hood and engine parts. XM's concurrent traffic information service, the XM NavTraffic, will be offered on Traverse vehicles.

By 2010, General Motors can already meet strict emissions standards in US. This was after GM, the world’s leading car manufacturer, invested about $69 million in its DMAX plant, a joint venture diesel engine factory in Moraine, Ohio to manufacture the new Duramax 6.6-liter V-8 turbo diesel engine.