ORIGINALLY UNVEILED last year at the Detroit Auto Show, the Land Rover LRX offered a stunning looking at how far the British manufacturer can take the brand’s iconic styling, maintaining its traditional design elements while pushing it toward an ultra-modern look.

Now, according to UK magazine Auto Express and thanks to a £27 million loan from the [...]

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With the rise of environmentalism and the doubts emerging over the long term viability of motor sport, race engineers have been forced to explore technologies that will extend its relevance in a changing global landscape.

The use of biofuels and recyclable composites are considered key to this, but a team of British scientists may have found [...]

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Using a Life Cycle Assessment system, Honda has established that the vast majority of its CO2 emissions are caused during the operation of its vehicles, with only a small percentage occurring during the manufacturing process.

In its efforts to achieve a 10 percent global CO2 decrease across its automotive model range and 20 percent for its [...]

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We first copped a look at the Bentley Continental Supersports around this time last month, though at the time it didn’t have a name – or at least not one that Bentley was willing to divulge.

In fact, all anyone would tell us was that it would be the company’s fastest, most powerful production car ever.

The [...]

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Once upon a time, ’green’ car buyers were offered scant choice - they may have been lucky to find a single green model from some automakers. Nowadays, any car maker not offering a range of green options is in serious trouble. Škoda has seen ‘the writing’ (on the walls that is) and introduced its GreenLine version of the new mid-size Superb [...]

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US president, Barack Obama, has announced the first steps of a plan to make the USA energy independent. The plan includes the use of green energy and stricter fuel-efficiency targets for vehicles to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

The energy plan includes a 35 mile per gallon fleet-average fuel economy mandate which must be met by all [...]

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Honda has announced that its hydrogen-fuelled FCX Clarity is now available for lease in Japan, making that nation the second country to be gifted with the zero-emissions wondercar that many say foretells the future of motoring.

Currently only available to corporations and government entities, the FCX’s Japanese expansion is part of Honda’s plan to release 200 [...]

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Working in collaboration with Germany’s Fachhochschule Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences, RMIT University researchers have unveiled Australia’s first hydrogen-powered race car.

The car will be bidding for the title of world’s fastest hydrogen-powered racer when it attempts to break the Guinness World Records mark for speed by a vehicle of its class in early 2009.

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Could Toyota be working on a two-seater drop-top sports car based on its upcoming iQ minicar? The blokes at Auto Motor und Sport certainly think such a project is in the works, and have published a rendering of what they say is a brand-new retro-styled mini-roadster from the Big T.

Those familiar with classic Japanese iron [...]

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Self-made billionaire and one of the largest private shareholders in Ford, Kirk Kerkorian, has decided to cut his losses and sell a chunk of his stake in the beleaguered manufacturer. The news comes at the worst possible time for Ford, whose share price has tumbled as falling large car sales and an ever-deepening economic crisis [...]

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MINI’s first entrant into the increasingly popular eco-car segment has yet to make its first official outing at the upcoming LA Auto Show, but to give us a small taste of things to come, BMW has released the first batch of info and pics of its new plug-in electric city car.

The MINI E will make [...]

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It came to my attention last week that Audi has been working hard to turn the recent Luxury Car Tax (LCT) increase to their sales advantage. Audi you see (they’re not stupid there in Audi HQ) has been through the Australian Government’s new ‘green car’ legislation and found that any car under $75,000 that produces a combined fuel-efficiency [...]

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