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Main > Car Makers News > Dodge > 2010 Dodge Charger design study Michael Leonhard, a self-proclaimed car stylist, has created his own take on what a future Dodge Charger may look like. While the current production Charger is far from old, there should be a replacement or refresh launching in around four of five years, and Leonhard’s design study gives us an idea of what it could look like if Chrysler’s design team had unrestricted license to create the car however they wished. Leonhard, who hails from Austria, has said that the starting point for his... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-29 04:23:04 Article Views Rating: 1981 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi A3 TDI Clubsport quattro concept Audi has prepped its second Clubsport quattro concept in just two years with the reveal today of the all-new A3 TDI Clubsport quattro concept, which is set to go on show at this month’s 27th annual Lake Wörther tuner show in Austria. Last year Audi presented the TT Clubsport quattro concept and just this week we saw spy images of an actual production version. Whether this latest A3 concept spawns an actual production version remains to be seen but the car is packed with a number of features that... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-19 11:19:18 Article Views Rating: 179 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi Q5 debuts in Beijing Audi has added a second model to its Q-car lineup with the unveiling of the all-new Q5 SUV at the Beijing Motor Show this weekend. The new car is designed to rival new entrants like the Mercedes-Benz GLK, which also debuted at the Beijing event, as well the current BMW X3 and Lexus RX range. The new Q5 measures 4.63m in length wheelbase is 2.81m, 1.88m across and sits 1.65m tall. It also has a class-leading drag coefficient of 0.33. To save weight engineers used aluminum for much of the vehicle’s... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-20 07:58:51 Article Views Rating: 279 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi to launch Q7 hybrid this year Audi will beat its German rivals in the hybrid race with the launch of a petrol-electric Q7 SUV due at the end of the year. The announcement was made by Audi board manager Frank Dreves, who revealed today that the hybrid SUV is being developed together with Porsche and that future collaboration on electronic architectures with the sports carmaker was possible. Dreves also revealed that Audi would increase its modular design practice and standardization of components – a process where a number of... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-20 06:36:04 Article Views Rating: 195 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Axon enters Automotive X Prize with new hatchback Axon Automotive, creators of last year’s Eco-M super lightweight speedster, has entered the $10 million Automotive X Prize with a new hatchback aimed at city dwellers. The new vehicle features a full carbon-fiber chassis and will likely be powered by a compact turbodiesel engine. Keeping weight down will be a big consideration for the Axon hatchback as it strives to achieve the Automotive X Prize’s requirement for competitors to produce a 100mpg car. The UK based company has pioneered a special... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-28 08:53:23 Article Views Rating: 136 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > BMW & Mercedes in EV talks with Magna One of the weirdest concepts from the recent Geneva Motor Show wasn’t from a major a carmaker but from independent manufacturer Magna-Steyr. The concept was the Mila Alpin hybrid and it served as a platform to showcase a number of different technologies all in the one vehicle. Features displayed on the Alpin include a new modular design that’s said to make construction cheaper and more efficient, a compact 4WD system capable of climbing terrain at 45 degrees and a mid-engine layout with a hybrid... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:22 Article Views Rating: 213 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > BMW & Mercedes in EV talks with Magna One of the weirdest concepts from the recent Geneva Motor Show wasn’t from a major a carmaker but from independent manufacturer Magna-Steyr. The concept was the Mila Alpin hybrid and it served as a platform to showcase a number of different technologies all in the one vehicle. Features displayed on the Alpin include a new modular design that’s said to make construction cheaper and more efficient, a compact 4WD system capable of climbing terrain at 45 degrees and a mid-engine layout with a hybrid... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:19 Article Views Rating: 185 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > BMW launches second-generation Hydrogen 7 Two years after the release of the original Hydrogen 7 ultra-clean limo, BMW has taken the wraps off a new ‘mono-fuel’ version that unlike the previous car, which had dual-fuel capability, is strictly limited to running on hydrogen. Also, the new car has almost zero-emissions, is more economical, has more power under the hood and is kinder to the environment than its predecessor. Perhaps the most important news is that the new mono-fuel 7-series isn’t just a pipe dream either - the model... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-02 05:23:26 Article Views Rating: 170 Main > Car Makers News > Other > California eases quotas for zero-emissions vehicles The California Air Resources Board CARB has today agreed to reduce the number of zero-emissions vehicles carmakers are mandated to build each year by 70%, easing an earlier target that would have seen them sell up to 25,000 zero-emissions vehicles between 2012-2014. This figure has now been reduced to just 7,500, and only the top six carmakers have to meet the new regulation. While the reduction may seem like a backwards step, the board is in instead focusing on viable technologies by increasing quotas... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:18 Article Views Rating: 126 Main > Car Makers News > Other > California easing zero-emissions mandate for carmakers California may be well known for its stance against pollution when it comes to legislating on emissions rules, but environmentalists have become incensed about the state’s increasingly lax attitude towards reducing pollution through regulation of new zero-emissions vehicles. In 1990, California adopted legislation that required 10% of carmakers’ fleets be zero-emissions vehicles by 2003. When it became clear this goal wasn’t going to be reached, the rule was changed to include ‘low-emissions’... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:55 Article Views Rating: 121 |
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