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Main > Car Parts > Other > Saab Fashionista Eco Factor: Concept car powered by a gasoline/electric hybrid engine. French car designer Mayeul Walser has made sure that green cars can keep your style intact with a concept car he calls the Saab Fashionista. Certifying its name, the car has been designed for an up-market customer, for whom style always holds more relevance than environmental conservation. The car is designed to be built on GM’s hybrid platform as used in the Chevrolet Volt. The hybrid engine, which runs on either... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-02 05:53:58 Article Views Rating: 551 Main > Car Makers News > Nissan > Nissan Lithium-Ion Electric Car Concept cars are intended to be thought provoking. Nissan's NuVu, or 'New View,' city car concept is just that. It may make you smile, laugh, do a double-take, shake your head, draw you in for a closer look, or all of the above. One thing you can't do, however, is ignore it. NuVu is nothing short of a complete rethinking of the car's role in an urban environment. It's not designed for highway use or cross-country travel, but rather just zipping around on congested city streets and squeezing into... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-02 05:40:49 Article Views Rating: 490 Main > Week in Photos > Other > Royal Mail, CENEX, PostEurop and FuelCellEurope Join Forces To Accelerate Development Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Postal Vans Loughborough, 27 March 2009Royal Mail, the postal operating authority for the United Kingdom is working with CENEX, PostEurop, the association of European public postal operators, and FuelCellEurope, the European association of fuel cell developers to develop a universal design specification for hydrogen fuel cell postal vans. Once a draft design specification has been developed Royal Mail intends to share the design brief with all the other European postal operators for input in order for it to be... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-27 14:40:12 Article Views Rating: 171 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > The Ford Reflex Diesel Hybrid This hybrid car could challenge the Toyota Prius. The Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang, I say so what? Why do you need all that power? Where can you use it? Yet, Ford tries to build buzz with these kinds of vehicles. Forget the muscle cars. I say that if Ford could start selling the Reflex hybrid vehicle, right now, at a competitive price, they would have their biggest seller in years. "J Mays, Ford’s group vice president of design and chief creative officer, described the Ford Reflex concept as the... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-27 11:31:21 Article Views Rating: 569 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > Honda Insight Hybrid It was nearly nine years ago when Honda brought its innovative Insight gasoline-electric hybrid to U.S. highways, beating Toyota to the punch with a North American hybrid model by mere months. It seems that Honda is aiming at the same kind of publicity coup again with its all new Insight hybrid concept vehicle that just debuted at the Paris Motor Show. Today, even as hybrid fans are salivating over rumors about what Toyota's all-new 2010 Prius will be like, Honda is reaping the benefits of sharing... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-25 06:47:25 Article Views Rating: 410 Main > Car Makers News > Saab > Saab's Hot Flex-Fuel BioHybrids Saab recently unveiled a stunning pair of concept cars that redefine conventional compact car design. The Saab 9-X BioHybrid and 9-X Air concepts were developed in parallel to address youthful buyers considering smaller car options. Both cars share a flex-fuel/electric hybrid powertrain with exceptional green performance. The two concepts have similar sheetmetal and interior design, but the 9-X Air has what Saab calls a 'canopy top,' allowing open-air driving. "The Saab brand is on the move,"... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-25 06:30:15 Article Views Rating: 381 Main > Car Parts > Other > Infiniti Essence Hybrid Concept a Tribute to Luxury and Style We admit it. Although elegantly engineered electric cars inspire us and high fuel efficiency vehicles of all types get our rapt attention, we’re also big fans of performance cars. You can’t be a true-blue car enthusiast without appreciating the auto as art – sometimes fine art in the case of coachwork of the kind offered by marques like Ferrari, Maserati, and Lamborghini. And there’s nothing quite like the sound of an exotic sports car’s engine winding out at high... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-17 06:59:20 Article Views Rating: 410 Main > Motorsport > Other > 2009 Scion tC Vehicle Highlights The 2009 Scion tC lineup loses its Spec Package model. This 2-door hatchback is otherwise unchanged. The tC is a 2-door hatchback coupe sold by Toyota's youth-oriented division. It has a 160-hp 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine and a 5-speed manual transmission or optional 4-speed automatic. Available safety features include ABS, a driver knee airbag, front side airbags, and curtain side airbags. Neither traction control nor an antiskid system are offered. The front-passenger seatback... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-16 07:36:02 Article Views Rating: 364 Main > Motorsport > Other > 2009 Saturn Sky Vehicle Highlights The 2009 Saturn Sky lineup gains a new trim level. This two-seat convertible shares its basic design with the Pontiac Solstice, but differs in styling, features, and price. Like Solstice, Sky has rear-wheel drive, 4-cylinder engines, and a manual-folding soft top with a heated glass rear window. The top folds into the trunk. The base Sky has a 173-hp 2.4-liter engine. The high-performance Red Line has a turbocharged 260-hp 2.0-liter engine. Both offer 5-speed manual transmission and... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-16 06:56:18 Article Views Rating: 350 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > 2009 Volkswagen CC Vehicle Highlights The 2009 Volkswagen CC is a new premium midsize sedan that shares its basic design with VW's Passat. CC has a sleeker roofline than its sibling and seating for four instead of five. CC is available in Sport, Luxury, VR6 Sport, and VR6 4Motion trim. Two engines are available. Standard on Sport and Luxury models is a 200-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder. It teams with a 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission in Sport versions. Luxury CCs are automatic only. Powering... Full article... Article added: 2009-03-12 07:03:10 Article Views Rating: 717 |
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