HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Korea’s largest carmaker and now a serious force on global markets, has launched the Elantra LPI hybrid in South Korea.

Hyundai’s new hybrid is the world’s first hybrid electric vehicle to be powered by a Liquefied Petroleum Injected engine, first unveilled at the 2009 Seoul Motor Show in April.

The Hyundai Elantra LPI hybrid [...]

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FOR THE MOST PART, your garden-variety LPG system isn’t synonymous with tyre-smoking or track days. HSV would like to change all that; its engineers have been busily working on an integrated LPG system to add some environmental and ‘hip-pocket’ benefits to its high-performance catalogue.

The HSV system, dubbed LPi (liquid propane injection), takes an advanced [...]

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Hyundai revealed its Elantra LPI Hybrid at the Seoul Motor Show earlier today, a car it says is the ‘world’s first’ LPG-fueled hybrid to use a lithium-polymer battery pack.

A strange claim, considering Hyundai’s compatriots over at Kia unveiled the Forte LPi hybrid last week - a car which also runs on LPG and utilises a [...]

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Those Koreans sure are quick at playing catchup. Recent ‘leaps and bounds’ in quality, performance and economy have seen the likes of Hyundai and Kia rocket to the top of car buyers’ shopping lists. 

Now Kia has emerged with another ace up its sleeve - a bona-fide hybrid.

Unveiled to the media in Korea, the Kia Forte [...]

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BMW has lifted the lid on its latest eco-friendly version of the 7 Series sedan - and there’s not a single hydrogen tank in sight. Unlike the current darling of the environment-conscious celebrity set, the BMW Hydrogen 7, the 7 Series ActiveHybrid uses a far more viable petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain to deliver its fuel economy [...]

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Mazda Australia has announced that the newly updated BT-50 utility is now on sale, with a number of revisions making the rugged workhorse more powerful, more versatile and more… attractive(?) for 2009.

The range has been bolstered by the addition of two new 2WD models and five new 4WD models, bringing the total number of BT-50 [...]

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He’s the grandson of Beetle inventor Ferdinand Porsche and aside from helping turn the Volkswagen Group into the car-manufacturing behemoth it is today, he was also instrumental in turning the mighty Bugatti Veyron from a schoolboy’s fantasy into fire-spitting reality.

Yet despite the thickness of his resume,  which includes many years as CEO then Chairman [...]

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Picture a new MINI and what do you think of? A small three-door hatch that’s popular with both driving enthusiasts and the latte-sipping set alike? Or perhaps you associate BMW’s successful small car brand with young professionals who want a practical, economical city car, but can’t bear motoring around in anything as prosaic as [...]

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Suzuki has announced that its updated-for-2009 Grand Vitara will hit showrooms Australia-wide in September, bringing with more power, better economy and greater safety than the outgoing model, along with a few minor cosmetic upgrades.

Two new petrol engines join the Grand Vitara range, with a 2.4-litre inline four replacing the old 1.6 and 2-litre units [...]

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Hyundai Motor Company plans to start retail sales of its first LPG-electric hybrid vehicle in July 2009, arguably the most sensible hybrid vehicle to come to market. The Elantra LPI Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) will initially be sold in the Korean domestic market and it will be the world’s first hybrid vehicle to be powered [...]

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Stefani Jelić is The Motor Report’s female conscience.  Unfortunately, she’s as much a car enthusiast as the rest of us, so she’s rubbish as an inner voice.

Living a life where a love affair with a $400 pair of Jimmy Choos can equal the love of a well-tuned engine on the side, what’s a [...]

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The new 2008 facelifted Mercedes Benz SLK has finally arrived in Australia bringing with it more power, improved efficiency and sharper styling. The SLK has been a success story for Mercedes with some 310,000 first-generation roadster models sold between 1996 and 2004. And around 185,000 customers - some 60,000 of them [...]

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